Hello All,
I am using Difxapp for the first time, my installation is successful as long
as the hardware I am installing it present in the system.
I searched and can't find an answer to my question, maybe my key words are
incorrect. Please let me know if this is possible.
The MSI I have installs
This MSKB article discusses how to do it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259697
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> From: Shane Corbin [mailto:shane_cor...@selinc.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 22:49
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> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxA
I'm still curious how you are calling CM_Reenumerate_DevNode on the root
devnode in your custom
action.
Would you mind sharing this snippet?
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the DIFxApp team would fix these issues... Or
> at
> least document the limitations so that at least people who read the docs
> don't get trapped by this.
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>
> We've recently been seeing issue 1 where an upgrade doesn't work due to a
> missing registry entry. We're current
We've recently been seeing issue 1 where an upgrade doesn't work due to
a missing registry entry. We're currently telling customers how to do a
full repair on a case by case basis as this occurs. Did anyone ever
find a fix for this?
Thanks,
Rob
On 29/11/2010 21:23, James Johnston wrote:
> Hi
Would you mind sharing your custom action so myself and others can see how
you accomplished this?
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From: "James Johnston"
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp
To: "'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'"
Message-ID: <026b01cdc412$32
else would be a crazy design.
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> From: Parkes, Kevin [mailto:kevin.par...@wacom.eu]
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 15:29
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] DIFxApp
>
> I'm trying to replace a driver "installer
I'm trying to replace a driver "installer" (essentially a self-extracting EXE
with INF file etc. which runs DPInst) with a WiX-based MSI.
I'm using WixDifxAppExtention and it's working except that I get a security
warning: "Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software" (with
optio
> -Original Message-
> From: Shane Corbin [mailto:shane_cor...@selinc.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 18:07
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades
>
> Hey James,
>
> Did you ever get any resolution to your
Hey James,
Did you ever get any resolution to your problem regarding scanning for new
hardware when your installation must first uninstall an older version?
I'm in the same boat, and was curious if you made any progress since your
last post. If you are continuing with your workaround, I'd really
> -Original Message-
> From: Frank Jenner [mailto:frank8...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 19:29
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: [WiX-users] DIFxApp driver files in multiple directories
>
> I'm attempting to use
ot; and run the appropriate MSI.
Wes
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From: Frank Jenner [mailto:frank8...@gmail.com]
Sent: June-22-12 4:29 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] DIFxApp driver files in multiple directories
I'm attempting to use the Wi
I'm attempting to use the WixDifxAppExtension to install a driver. In the
only DIFxApp examples I have seen (of which there are very few), all of the
files associated with the driver are located in the same directory, and all
of those files are nested directly beneath the Component that contains th
e the
dedicated ARP entry.
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From: Tobias S [mailto:tobias.s1...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 16:01
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxAPP and Properties question
Personally I tend to set AddRemoveProgram
Thanks. I did exactly that and the ARP* properties are working just fine.
I love this thing ;-)
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Tobias S wrote:
> Personally I tend to set AddRemovePrograms="no" to prevent drivers
> from showing up in ARP. Mean otherwise the user could uninstall the
> drivers w
Personally I tend to set AddRemovePrograms="no" to prevent drivers
from showing up in ARP. Mean otherwise the user could uninstall the
drivers while leaving back the application which IMHO makes no sense.
Back to your question AFAIK configuring the ARP entries is done inside
the DifX driver.
Rega
I have a perfectly useful device driver installation using WiX and the
DIFxAPP extensions. It is quite lovely and very little code.
I do have one quick question. With typical MSI databases you can set
the various ARP* properties to present additional information in the
Programs and Features or A
I'm testing my installaition of device driver (with supporting other
components e.g. service and gui element). Currently doing test on WinXP
with installer on machine 3.01.4001.5512 .
I'm also using Wix 3.5.
Install portion works ok, everything looks like it's in right place.
On uninstall I get t
On 01-Jul-11 15:27, jjbean wrote:
> In many cases, I've found that even when using the win32 api directly, it's
> not possible to rollback uninstalled drivers, the exact behavior is very
> platform dependent. In many cases, the api returns "reboot required", at
> which point there is no chance of r
users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp does not properly rollback to the old driver
when doing a major upgrade
I don't think there's much the DIFXApp team can do to make the lib
foolproof/robust.
I'm pretty sure that DIFXApp is simply a wrapper around the win32 set
I don't think there's much the DIFXApp team can do to make the lib
foolproof/robust.
I'm pretty sure that DIFXApp is simply a wrapper around the win32 setupapi
API.
I've used both for the last few years.
In many cases, I've found that even when using the win32 api directly, it's
not possible to r
o anything about it when
customers try to point this out. It's very frustrating to deal with.
(Heck... if one of those two products was open source, I would have
seriously considered fixing it and submitting a patch...)
James
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From: Rob Hamflett [mailto:r...@snsys.co
taller but have proprietary, non-DIFxApp
>> custom actions for installing drivers.
>>
>> Logitech webcam driver, Dell V310 printer driver, NVIDIA graphics drivers,
>> ATI Radeon graphics driver, Intel HD graphics driver, Intel DH55HC drivers,
>> Intel HD Audio drivers: t
Hi Tobias,
In relation to a separate issue, a colleague asked all the developers at his
site to install our
driver and reports that about 1 in 10 fail, but a second attempt works fine.
Thanks for the link,
I'll check it out.
Rob
On 24/03/2011 21:03, Tobias S wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> Just some t
Hi Rob,
Just some thoughts to it (even I never had the issue). Maybe they help:
On http://errordecoder.com/system-error-codes/3/code-1021.html I found
some points which could be from interest:
* Device Driver Conflicts
* Hardware Malfunction
Is it only one system where it occurs ? Hardwar
I'm seeing an occasional issue using DifxApp, which a log reports as:
DIFXAPP: INFO: ENTER UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices...
DIFXAPP: ERROR: RETURN UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices. (Error code 0x3FD:
Cannot create a stable
subkey under a volatile parent key.)
DIFXAPP: ERROR: Installatio
l HD Audio drivers: these products did not appear to use Windows
> Installer for installing the drivers. (Some drivers had MSI files for
> helper/utility programs but did not have the MsiDriverPackages table so I
> conclude they do something else).
>
> Best regards,
>
> James Joh
ML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFXAPP: ERROR: Failed to calculate strong name.
If it's only one PC and it works fine on other computers of similar
configuration (same version of Windows, etc.) then maybe also check some
registry entries:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current
might want to review the topics
> in this section in MSDN for any potential gotchas:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff543645(VS.85).aspx
>
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> From: Jury BURA [mailto:jury.b...@visutechsystem.by]
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 16:40
&g
gotchas:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff543645(VS.85).aspx
>
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> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 16:40
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> Subject: Re:
l gotchas:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff543645(VS.85).aspx
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From: Jury BURA [mailto:jury.b...@visutechsystem.by]
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 16:40
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFXAPP: ERROR: Failed to c
s.
>
> If the driver isn't WHQL signed then you have to set the legacy attribute on
> the DIFX driver element; otherwise that could maybe be another factor?
>
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Subject: [WiX-users] DIFXAPP: ERROR: Failed to calculate strong name.
Hi!
I have this error (WiX 3.6.1321):
DIFXAPP: ENTER: InstallDriverPackages()
DIFXAPP: INFO: 'CustomActionData' property 'DIFxApp Version' is '2.1'.
DIFXAPP: INFO: 'CustomActionData' propert
Hi!
I have this error (WiX 3.6.1321):
DIFXAPP: ENTER: InstallDriverPackages()
DIFXAPP: INFO: 'CustomActionData' property 'DIFxApp Version' is '2.1'.
DIFXAPP: INFO: 'CustomActionData' property 'UI Level' is '5'.
DIFXAPP: INFO: 'CustomActionData' property 'componentId' is '{GUID}'.
DIFXAPP: INFO: '
able so I
conclude they do something else).
Best regards,
James Johnston
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From: Quinton Tormanen [mailto:quint...@deltamotion.com]
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 17:53
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp does not prop
people that replied. Please keep me posted on what you find
out.
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From: James Johnston [mailto:johnst...@inn-soft.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 3:46 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] DIFxApp does not properly rollback to the
Hi,
As some of you have probably noticed, there has been some discussion
recently regarding problems with DIFxApp causing rollbacks. I did some more
investigation and was able to reliably reproduce the issue and come up with
a very good idea on what is causing the problem. All investigation was
.
James
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From: Quinton Tormanen [mailto:quint...@deltamotion.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 21:25
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades
We use the FT245BM. We use our own PID and have a resold drive
, November 30, 2010 8:43 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades
In response to #2: It looks like you are using the same / similar
hardware
that we do. We also use an FTDI product (FT232R). However, there are
some
ds,
James Johnston
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Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 22:55
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades
2. I do not see the second problem at all with our drive
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades
Hi,
A couple questions, both regarding DIFxApp. (We use it to install three
drivers for three plug-and-play USB devices for a hardware product that
we
ship.)
1. Some time ago Rob Mensching mentioned the following on this li
Hi,
A couple questions, both regarding DIFxApp. (We use it to install three
drivers for three plug-and-play USB devices for a hardware product that we
ship.)
1. Some time ago Rob Mensching mentioned the following on this list:
"Yeah, there are some design issues in the DIFxApp code around Upgr
Hi,
A couple questions, both regarding DIFxApp. (We use it to install three
drivers for three plug-and-play USB devices for a hardware product that we
ship.)
1. Some time ago Rob Mensching mentioned the following on this list:
"Yeah, there are some design issues in the DIFxApp code around Upgr
Thanks for the reply Bob. It appears that neither DIFx or DPInst support
the Sensor driver type. SetupAPI appears to work just fine, installing
the sensor as a "legacy" driver -- funny yet sad.
/rafael
On 2/26/2010 11:32 AM, Bob Arnson wrote:
> On 2/24/2010 10:33 AM, Rivera, Rafael wrote:
>
On 2/24/2010 10:33 AM, Rivera, Rafael wrote:
> I put together a WiX 3.0 package, utilizing the DIFx extensions, to
> install a Windows 7 Sensor (UMDF driver). During installation, DIFXAPP
> logged "No matching devices found in INF" and simply threw the driver
> into storage. I read I'm to populate
Howdy.
I put together a WiX 3.0 package, utilizing the DIFx extensions, to
install a Windows 7 Sensor (UMDF driver). During installation, DIFXAPP
logged "No matching devices found in INF" and simply threw the driver
into storage. I read I'm to populate my INF with an appropriate
DriverPackageT
Алексей Далекин wrote:
> I'm using WIX v3 to install my filter driver. The driver is installed
> correctly but DeleteFiles option doesn't work.
>
You'd have to take that up with the DifxApp folks; WiX just wraps their
custom actions.
> I need to remove *.inf, *.sys files from my InstallFolder
Hi,
I'm using WIX v3 to install my filter driver. The driver is installed
correctly but DeleteFiles option doesn't work.
..
I need to remove *.inf, *.sys files from my InstallFolder after the
successful intsallation to the drviers storage.
Could anybod
Lian Jiang wrote:
> DIFXAPP: ERROR: InstallDriverPackages failed with error 0xE24A
>
0xE24a translates to ERROR_WRONG_INF_TYPE so you likely have an .inf
file that's malformed for the OS you're trying to install on.
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WiX v3.0 to
resolve your problem.
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From: June Bell [mailto:june.bell...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:51 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] DIFXAPP: ERROR - The operating system you are
runningon is
might try that and see if
it helps.
-Ari
-Original Message-
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:01 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFXAPP: ERROR - The operating system you are running
WiX supports all operating systems. It sounds like DIFXApp does not.
DIFXApp was written by the DIFXApp team. You need to follow up with them
to get it fixed. Kinda' funny that it refers to "codenamed Longhorn" as
well. Someone at MSFT should probably be bopped for that.
June Bell wrote:
> Hi,
Hi,
I used WiX v3.0 RC2 build (v3.0.5217.0) to build my installation package. I
was trying to install the package on Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core, but
got the following error:
DIFXAPP: ERROR - The operating system you are running on is not supported.
Only Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows
Hi,
I used WiX v3.0 RC2 build (v3.0.5217.0) to build my installation package. I
was trying to install the package on an evaluation copy of Windows Server
2008 R2 Server Core, but got the following error:
DIFXAPP: ERROR - The operating system you are running on is not supported.
Only Windows 2000
Hi,
I am using wix3.5.0529.0 and my msi throws below error:
DIFXAPP: ERROR: InstallDriverPackages failed with error 0xE24A
DIFXAPP: RETURN: InstallDriverPackages() 3758096970 (0xE24A)
CustomAction MsiInstallDrivers returned actual error code 1603 (note this may
not be 100% accurate if t
Unfortunately, we don't own the DifxApp code. It seems like the
Condition on the Component should work but the DIFXApp team would have
to tell you if/why it does not.
Kalev Lember wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to conditionally install drivers with DIFxApp extension?
>
> If I put a Condition
Hello,
Is it possible to conditionally install drivers with DIFxApp extension?
If I put a Condition element inside the Component or Feature that
contains the driver files, it doesn't seem to have any effect to the
custom actions that actually install the drivers. For example, one of
the custom
Yeah, the DifxApp team was kind enough to ignore our requests for WiX v3
updates. So we eventually had to do it ourself.
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From: Rob Hamflett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 01:31
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users
Ah, I see that there are now versions of the DifxApp wixlib shipped with WiX.
I was previously
using v2 and using the wixlibs from the Driver Installation Tools 2.01
installation. I'll try the
ones in the v3 bin folder.
Rob
Bob Arnson wrote:
> Rob Hamflett wrote:
>> Can I get WiX v3 to inst
Rob Hamflett wrote:
> Can I get WiX v3 to install drivers?
>
Yes. Supporting all three platforms required the .wixlibs to be external
to WixDifxAppExtension, however:
To use this element, you need to reference the WixDifxAppExtension
extension and add the .wixlib appropriate for the t
I found some earlier posts about how there are no DifxApp wixlib files for v3.
Is this still the
case? I read mention of a bug being open for this but couldn't find it. Can I
get WiX v3 to
install drivers?
Rob
-
This
I'm using WiX 2 and DIFxAPP that ships with Vista WDK.
Application to install is a KMDF class filter driver.
I have written an INF file that describes that my driver uses WDF. But
DIFxAPP won't see that and installs only driver files ignoring
WdfCoInstaller.
Where is the error? There are INF fil
Hi All,
I have a little question regarding difxapp. I am using the following code
snipset for installing a driver:
{{{
...
...
}}}
The c_one component is then installed as part
We have a Full UI MSI (UILevel 5) that uses DifXApp to install drivers
on WinXP and Vista. All works well on these OS's except that we get a
slight "splash UI" in the upper-left-hand-corner of the monitor when the
driver is actually being installed.
Is there a way to make DifXApp install driver
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Scott Palmer
*Sent:* 21 November 2006 20:52
*To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* [WiX-users] DIFxApp and unsigned drivers
Hello,
I've been given the job of creating a new installer for our product that
needs to install a few device driver
-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and unsigned drivers
Hello,
I've been given the job of creating a new installer for our product that
needs to install a few device drivers for custom hardware.
I'm using WiX v3 not v2 (because there is no way in hell I'm goin
PROTECTED] on behalf of Mike DimmickSent: Sat 23/09/2006 16:03To: Dennis Roy; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: Re: [WiX-users] DifxApp
The only suggestion I can make at the moment is simply to use an older version of WiX. The supported version of DIFxApp seems to be the WiX 2.0 versio
ourceForge.
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From: Dennis Roy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Fri 22/09/2006 18:25To: Mike Dimmick; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: RE: [WiX-users] DifxApp
Linking in the DifXApp.wixlib got me beyond that point. The caps on the MSI was just me.
I can build it with no w
?
Thanks
Dennis
From: Mike Dimmick
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006
5:00 PM
To: Dennis Roy;
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] DifxApp
I think you need to include
difxapp.wixlib in the command line to light.exe. I believe
the extension can supply the .wixlib internally from a resource (by overriding the GetLibrary method) but it appears that WixDifxAppExtension doesn't do this yet.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dennis RoySent: Thu 21/09/2006 21:04To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge
I sent this to wix-devs and then realized is should probably
go to wix-users.
I get an error LGHT0094 : Unresolved reference to symbol
‘CustomAction:MSIProcessDrivers’ in section
‘Fragment:’. When trying run light on my project. The
command line I’m running is light –ext WixDifxAppExt
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