[WiX-users] crystal 2008 (12.2) msm

2010-05-14 Thread lewisv
I am trying to my installer working with the crruntime_12_2.msm from Crystal Reports. It is giving me 23 errors most of which are web.config is installed by two different components. First I don't know why it is installing a web config ( i only really need the viewer ) Plus i need to get rid of a

[WiX-users] transactions in db scripts

2010-05-07 Thread lewisv
I am wondering about how you guys handle transactions in db upgrade scripts. >From what i have seen sql server, does not allow create/alter/drop functions in transactions unless you have some flags sets. First am i correct with this? Next how do you guys go about updating the db? Should i surro

[WiX-users] db install thoughts

2010-05-06 Thread lewisv
I am working on a install app that needs to install/update a db. The system will need to install/upgrade the database. The first time i will need to create db (with one or more sql files), Each time after that I will need to issue one or more scripts based on the current version of the db. I

[WiX-users] installlocation at runtime with customaction

2010-04-12 Thread lewisv
I have several subdirectories that need to be created and shared when i install my app. During the first time install they will look something like this AppData Photos Reports But each of these could hold a lot of data. So my app is built to be able to look on different drives. The user c

Re: [WiX-users] skip almost dialogs on upgrade

2010-04-08 Thread lewisv
Ok, if i condition the welcome dialog. Would i need to also condition all the following dialogs. ie setuptype, license, custom etc... It seems to me, if i simply disable the welcome dialog then the next dialog in order would show up. Putting a new verifyreaddlg before progress makes sense. But th

[WiX-users] skip almost dialogs on upgrade

2010-04-07 Thread lewisv
When i am doing a upgrade of my application. ( i am un-installing an re-installing ) I would like to skip all the user interaction dialogs. Right now i have this in my setup PREVFOUND This of course will skip the license, setuptype etc... dialogs. but the user still has to press next on

Re: [WiX-users] read a file + advertise

2010-04-06 Thread lewisv
I would seem to me that i should default to what the file says. So basically if there is a file use it, this would allow me to change the settings if needed. So why do you think you should default to the registry. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/read-a-file-advertise-t

Re: [WiX-users] read a file + advertise

2010-03-31 Thread lewisv
Ok, i can save the data that is in my xml in the registry. But i will need to do that only the first time. How do i determine, if this is a first time install ( where i need to read the xml file) for an advertise install where i need to read the registry. Should i just have my custom action che

[WiX-users] read a file + advertise

2010-03-31 Thread lewisv
I don't want to rely on my end users to tell me certain installation settings. So i decided to make a xml file that that is located in the same dir as the msi, i then read and parse with custom action, and write those settings to my users computer. I just ran into an issue, i was using advertise

Re: [WiX-users] migratefeaturestates

2010-03-09 Thread lewisv
Found it, the inclusion range was not correct. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/migratefeaturestates-tp4695528p4705376.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Download I

Re: [WiX-users] desktop shortcuts not working

2010-03-08 Thread lewisv
Did not know that that id had to be the correct name. Changed it to Desktopfolder and it worked! Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/desktop-shortcuts-not-working-tp4695442p4695834.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

[WiX-users] migratefeaturestates

2010-03-08 Thread lewisv
I am trying to get the migratefeature state options working. I installed a first version of mu application and went through custom to set the features to non-default items Then ran my major upgrade, and chose custom, but the chosen features were not selected. I ran the verbose log, and it does s

[WiX-users] desktop shortcuts not working

2010-03-08 Thread lewisv
I am trying to put a few desktop shortcuts on the users screen, but I really don't know why they are not working. The program menu shortcut works fine, but the desktop shortcut does not. I have tr