[WiX-users] Saving existing xml file on uninstall and then merging it back in during reinstall

Hello all, We have a config file that is installed which can be customized post installation (not sensitive data). How can we save the config file during uninstall so that customizations can be merged into the new install. I was thinking along the following: A. During uninstall copy the conf

Re: [WiX-users] Slow Installs

Seems to me that I remember reading something in Nick Ramirez' book that the components are ordered in the table based upon the component id and that you could speed up our installation by including the folder path in the component id. This would order your files by directory so that the installer

[WiX-users] Can multiple versions of Wix be installed side by side in TFS

Hello all, We have an older version of Wix installed on our TFS build server. I would like to use 3.7 for a new project because of the Burn support which would really be helpful. The TFS admin asked me to investigate possible side by side support issues. Can you install different versions of Wix o

Re: [WiX-users] How to use PostBuild event code to include configuration in msi name (eg MyInstaller Test.msi)

Hello raj, Thanks for your response. We are just beginning to use Wix and do everything within Visual Studio. Our wix project is included within the application solution, so the msi is created when the solution is built. Can the code you were kind enough to share be used or adapted within the Vis

Re: [WiX-users] How to use PostBuild event code to include configuration in msi name (eg MyInstaller Test.msi)

Hello Rob, Thanks for the reply. We have our Wix project in the same solution as the application and just create the msi when the solution is built by Visual Studio. We are not doing anything in Wix with the command line, everything is done via Visual Studio. I do not think it is possible to s

[WiX-users] How to use PostBuild event code to include configuration in msi name (eg MyInstaller Test.msi)

Hello all, We had a requirement to show the configuration in the msi name because we have several validation steps along the way. For the benefit of others, here is how to do it using PostBuild events to call a bat file which renames the file. The system supplied parms pertaining to path all inclu

Re: [WiX-users] How to display project configuration (eg Test or Prod) when using minimal UI

We ended up using a PostBuild event to call a bat file that renames the msi to include the configuration. 1. In the Wix project, we added a BatFiles folder containing RenameMSI.bat 2. In the Wix project properties, we added this to the Build Events, Post-build Event Command Line call "$(ProjectD

[WiX-users] How to display project configuration (eg Test or Prod) when using minimal UI

Hello all, We are using a Wix setup project with the minimal UI. Is there a way to include the project configuration so that it is displayed somewhere in the installation dialogs? I would like users to know that they are installing to Test, Lab or Prod. Thanks in advance for any ideas and/or sugge

Re: [WiX-users] How can I set/change the generated msi name from within product.wxs

Christopher Painter-2 wrote > Now when you call MSBUILD you pass in /p:WiXProductVersion=1.2.3 and > you'll get an MSI with that in the name and that version in the property > table. Would I need to do some kind of custom action for the part referenced above? Are you talking about a manual st

[WiX-users] How can I set/change the generated msi name from within product.wxs

Hello all, We have a requirement that the generated msi include the project name and version (e.g. MyAppInstaller v1.0.1.msi). The OutputName tag in the wixproj file contains the generated msi name. Is there a way to update the OutputName tag within the product.wxs file? I would like to set it to