Re: [WiX-users] The Visual Studio 2005 BootStrapper - almost there?

Due to the lack of a better solution we currently use the VS2005 bootstrapper together with our WiX projects. Basically we have one solution for every installer. That solution has two projects: 1. A VS2005 deployment project that creates the bootstrapper. 2. A wixproj project that builds our WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Copying files during uninstallation

After trying some approaches I came up with this one: Installed So far this approach works fine if you reinstall the application. But it does not work on unistall. I don't understand why. Can anyone of you WiX gurus help me? What do I have to do to copy (backup) a file on unistall?

Re: [WiX-users] question to Assembly=".net"

; > App isolation doesn't really require the MsiAssembly* table values for > managed assemblies (it does for native), but the additional benefit in > WiX is that you can access bind variables for that assembly as > documented in wix.chm. > > fgc wrote: >> Hi all, >>

[WiX-users] question to Assembly=".net"

Hi all, So far I know that setting the Assembly=".net" attribute installs my assembly into the Global Assembly Cache. But why should I specify AssemblyApplication in addition to Assembly=".net"? My understanding is that if I specify both attributes I end up with an installer that contains an Msi

Re: [WiX-users] How to set Title in Summary Information Stream

Alright, thanks to all of you for your answers. I will leave it at that for the moment. fgc wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm using WiX 2.0.5325.0 and have the following question: Is it possible > to set the Title attribute in the msi Summary Information Stream? So far I >

[WiX-users] Copying files during uninstallation

Hi all, Is it possible to copy a file when an application is uninstalled. I'm asking this question because I want to backup the app.config file of the application. I want to copy it during uninstallation ONLY, not during the installation. Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.na

[WiX-users] How to set Title in Summary Information Stream

Hi all, I'm using WiX 2.0.5325.0 and have the following question: Is it possible to set the Title attribute in the msi Summary Information Stream? So far I have not found a way to do this. It works fine with the Subject, Author, Keywords and Comments. But when I open the summary information of a

[WiX-users] how to add pre / post build steps to wixproj

Hi all, I'm looking for a way to add pre and post build steps to the wixproj project. According to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg02422.html it seems to be possible already but I did not find out how to make it work. I have the following wixproj file: