[WiX-users] Help - !!UIText Table Missing!!

2015-06-08 Thread Shaun Harrison
Hi, I keep getting the same error message while trying to create my own custom feature tree. I'm currently using the SelectionTree type which displays which features I want to install, however on clicking the icon to decide wherever to install or not, instead of seeing where to install the program

Re: [WiX-users] Help getting started with custom actions

2014-11-27 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
2014-11-27 23:55 GMT-03:00 Bob Arnson : > On 26-Nov-14 23:45, Nicolás Alvarez wrote: >> I'm not sure how to handle rollback. Suppose A.msi is already >> installed, I install B.msi, the update-index CA runs, and for some >> reason installation fails and rolls back. The correct result is to >> have t

Re: [WiX-users] Help getting started with custom actions

2014-11-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 26-Nov-14 23:45, Nicolás Alvarez wrote: > I'm not sure how to handle rollback. Suppose A.msi is already > installed, I install B.msi, the update-index CA runs, and for some > reason installation fails and rolls back. The correct result is to > have the index with only pluginA.dll in it, as it wa

[WiX-users] Help getting started with custom actions

2014-11-26 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
My installer was simple so far, with only files to install. It has come the time where I may need to introduce custom actions, to generate a plugin cache/index at install time. I'm switching between WiX documentation and MSDN and blog posts and feeling a bit lost about CAs. Background: The index u

[WiX-users] help

2014-11-06 Thread Mohammad Ajmal
Hi, During MSI creation of our application we download bundles from our artifactory. Is it possible to add a step in MSI creation document where we can mention to check the count of bundles downloaded before preparing the MSI? Please pardon me and let me know if this is not the right platform to

Re: [WiX-users] Help using PIDKEY + MaskedEdit + PIDTemplate

2014-09-12 Thread TimM
Joe, did you ever get the MaskedEdit control to only accept Upper/Lower case letters and numbers? I am trying the same thing and I just want the MaskedEdit to only access the same thing, but at the moment it will accept all characters and then I have to create conditions/CA to validate to make sur

Re: [WiX-users] help: how can I ask questions about wix toolset

2014-09-03 Thread Carter Young
I recommend that you start here: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/wix-users-f687560.html This is the threaded searchable HTML representation of everything we've discussed. Use the search box to search for relevant terms regarding your issues. If the answers you

[WiX-users] help: how can I ask questions about wix toolset

2014-09-03 Thread ZhangCarson
Hi, Experts I am new to WIX, recently I need to update an old Visual Studio setup project to Wix project.I have meet some issues, how can I ask questions? Can I send questions directly by this email address? Best RegardsCarson --

Re: [WiX-users] help msi Chain

2014-08-13 Thread Ferdi
Merhaba Arife From WiX documentation: After The identifier of another package that this one should be installed after. By default the After attribute is set to the previous sibling package in the Chain or PackageGroup element. If this attribute is specified ensure that a cycle is not cre

Re: [WiX-users] help msi Chain

2014-08-13 Thread Ferdi
Merhaba Arife From WiX documentation: After The identifier of another package that this one should be installed after. By default the After attribute is set to the previous sibling package in the Chain or PackageGroup element. If this attribute is specified ensure that a cycle is not cre

[WiX-users] help msi Chain

2014-08-12 Thread Arife Kurt
Hello , Could you add mail list ,please ? Could you help me , please ? I need help quick :( I development Bootstrapper. I have some msi so order to use "after" attribute for msi. But I have error: : A circular reference of ordering dependencies was detected. The infinite loop includes: Packag

Re: [WiX-users] Help with adding new elements using XMLConfig

2014-04-15 Thread Michael Turner
Uma, Apologies for the delayed response. If you haven't figured it out already, you only need to remove the parent 'SnippetDir' node, and all of its children will be removed with it. However, you will need to be clever with your XPath to make sure you select the correct 'SnippetDir' node for rem

Re: [WiX-users] Help with adding new elements using XMLConfig

2014-03-28 Thread Uma Harano
? I cannot use the Node="document" and pass the entire xml snippet? Thanks! Uma- -Original Message- From: Michael Turner [mailto:mcturner...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:16 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help with adding new elem

Re: [WiX-users] Help with adding new elements using XMLConfig

2014-03-26 Thread Uma Harano
cturner...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:16 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help with adding new elements using XMLConfig Uma, First of all, I don't think you can insert XML before a given node using XmlConfig; you can only append a new chi

Re: [WiX-users] Help with adding new elements using XMLConfig

2014-03-26 Thread Michael Turner
Uma, First of all, I don't think you can insert XML before a given node using XmlConfig; you can only append a new child to a given parent node. (http://stackoverflow.com/q/8224918) Also, there are two nodes that match your XPath expression, and XmlConfig only uses the first match. Since you kno

[WiX-users] Help with adding new elements using XMLConfig

2014-03-25 Thread Uma Harano
Hi, I am using the XMLConfig element in Wix 3.8 to add to an existing XML file. The xml file looks like this before running setup: SnippetCollection> On true 1033 %InstallRoot%\VC#\Snippets\%LCID%\Visual C#\ Visual C#

[WiX-users] help

2014-03-20 Thread Jun Qi(Timiz)
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Re: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

2014-03-18 Thread Dan Watson
eforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming > > Dan, > If you only have one msi, you probably don't need to utilize a bootstrapper > application. > The only time you'd need to utilize the BA is if you want to chain multiple > msi's. > > I

Re: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

2014-03-18 Thread rw1017
Dan, If you only have one msi, you probably don't need to utilize a bootstrapper application. The only time you'd need to utilize the BA is if you want to chain multiple msi's. It sounds like you only have one installer. You can create any kind of MBA to interface with the given bootstrapper appl

Re: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

2014-03-18 Thread Dan Watson
this? Please forgive the rather lengthy prose – this is in the interest of clarifying my problem with some detail. Dan > From: jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:28:09 + > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

Re: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

2014-03-17 Thread Hoover, Jacob
-Original Message- From: Dan Watson [mailto:dan.wat...@outlook.com] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 5:20 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming As a new late comer to Wix Bootstrapper programming -- but familiar with MSI side of things -- I am not making

[WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

2014-03-17 Thread Dan Watson
As a new late comer to Wix Bootstrapper programming -- but familiar with MSI side of things -- I am not making much progress I'd hoped I would. Perhaps I was making some wrong assumptions about the Bootstrapper programming. I have gone through the online documentation and I can follow what is de

Re: [WiX-users] Help passing properties to Rollback custom action.

2014-01-03 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
El viernes, 20 de diciembre de 2013, escribió: > Hello, > > I have a custom action that moves some deprecated files from an > old install to a temp directory during a major upgrade and I have another > custom action to move them back that runs only during roll back. I am > having trouble a

Re: [WiX-users] Help passing properties to Rollback custom action.

2013-12-22 Thread Blair Murri
on your log) that action must come before SetRollbackData, which means you need that action to be After InstallInitialize instead of before InstallFinalize. -Blair > From: tyler.w.r...@accenture.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:30:29 + >

[WiX-users] Help passing properties to Rollback custom action.

2013-12-20 Thread tyler.w.reid
Hello, I have a custom action that moves some deprecated files from an old install to a temp directory during a major upgrade and I have another custom action to move them back that runs only during roll back. I am having trouble accessing the two properties set by the first custom acti

Re: [WiX-users] Help with custom action during rollback.

2013-12-17 Thread Steven Ogilvie
about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help with custom action during rollback. You may need to use early upgrade scheduling, but the major upgrade mechanism should be able to do that far more reliably than a custom action. To boot, it stores things as rbf files which facilitates rolling

Re: [WiX-users] Help with custom action during rollback.

2013-12-17 Thread John Cooper
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Help with custom action during rollback. Hello, I have a custom action that removes some deprecated files when upgrading an older InstallShield install, but I can't get my rollback custom action to run and put them back. Below

[WiX-users] Help with custom action during rollback.

2013-12-17 Thread tyler.w.reid
Hello, I have a custom action that removes some deprecated files when upgrading an older InstallShield install, but I can't get my rollback custom action to run and put them back. Below is how I have defined my actions in the WXS file and scheduled them.

Re: [WiX-users] Help, Custom Action not working in InstallUISequence...

2013-12-15 Thread StevenOgilvie
I got it working... (my bad should have googled more) but in case anyone else is having issues here is what i did: WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nab

Re: [WiX-users] Help, Custom Action not working in InstallUISequence...

2013-12-15 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Yes I tried it via the command line and it all works... I have this set up: Steve -Original Message- From: kaizen__ hotmail.com [mailto:kaize...@hotmail.com] Sent: December-15-13 5:47 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Help, Custom Action not

[WiX-users] Help, Custom Action not working in InstallUISequence...

2013-12-15 Thread kaizen__ hotmail . com
Are you sure you should be using CAQuietExec, and not CAQuietExec64?And you should probably be using the AppCmd in Sysnative instead of the 32-bit version in SysWOW64 (which would match the CAQuietExec64 command).I have had some problems with using 32bit system executables to modify system thing

[WiX-users] Help, Custom Action not working in InstallUISequence...

2013-12-15 Thread StevenOgilvie
Hey all, I hope someone can help me out here I am banging my head on this one... A little history, I have a Web Server installer that creates a Web App Pool and a Web Site. I have a Welcome, License, Choose DB, Choose Web Site info etc...pages in my UI In the Web Site info I have an edit box for

Re: [WiX-users] Help activating IIS using the DISM command

2013-12-11 Thread Phil Wilson
/// The OS. > > /// > > private class Os > > { > > /// > > /// The OS ANYSERVER. > > /// > > [SuppressMessage("StyleCop.CSharp.NamingRules", > > "SA1310:FieldN

Re: [WiX-users] Help activating IIS using the DISM command

2013-12-11 Thread John Walter
; www.jackhenry.com > > > > -Original Message- > From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 8:34 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help activating IIS using the DISM command >

Re: [WiX-users] Help activating IIS using the DISM command

2013-12-11 Thread John Walter
store InconsistentNaming > > /// > /// Prevents a default instance of the class > from being created. > /// > private Os() > { > } > > /// > /// The is windows server. &

Re: [WiX-users] Help activating IIS using the DISM command

2013-12-11 Thread John Cooper
age- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 8:34 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help activating IIS using the DISM command One problem is that between the different versions of Windows the DISM command li

Re: [WiX-users] Help activating IIS using the DISM command

2013-12-11 Thread Steven Ogilvie
LastError = true, EntryPoint = "#437")] private static extern bool IsOS(int os); } -Original Message- From: John Walter [mailto:jo...@twofold-software.com] Sent: December-11-13 5:41 AM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Help activating IIS

[WiX-users] Help activating IIS using the DISM command

2013-12-11 Thread John Walter
Hi, I am fairly new to the WiX installer but have been able to create an install package that creates our website and installs all needed components some being installed from other installers run from my bootstrapper. The one element I am having difficulties with is enabling IIS. We need to have

Re: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade

2013-12-03 Thread John Cooper
the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade Another way is to set the @Execute attribute of the CustomAction element to the value firstSequence. Then you don't need to condition it nor create additional source files. > Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 13:43

Re: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade

2013-12-03 Thread tyler.w.reid
Thank you all for the wonderful answers. I will try them out and see which one we like better. On a side note I agree that this is user data and should be handled differently, but this is one of our older installs that was done prior to my arrival so we haven't done much with it because we are s

Re: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade

2013-12-02 Thread Blair Murri
.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade > > To have it in both but execute once, a yourself tool is an include file in > both sequences. You'll probably find there are other CA that should just be > executed the once e.g. > > &g

Re: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade

2013-12-02 Thread Rob Goodridge
.com] > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 12:41 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade > > Hello, > > I have been tasked with creating a custom action that will migrate > the user's serial numbe

Re: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade

2013-12-02 Thread Hoover, Jacob
populate your dialog in the UI. -Original Message- From: tyler.w.r...@accenture.com [mailto:tyler.w.r...@accenture.com] Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 12:41 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade Hello, I have been

[WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade

2013-12-02 Thread tyler.w.reid
Hello, I have been tasked with creating a custom action that will migrate the user's serial number during a major upgrade. I have a custom action that runs before RemoveExisting that moves the license file, but my problem is that we have a custom dialog if ran in GUI mode that prompts f

Re: [WiX-users] Help with installer admin privileges

2013-11-23 Thread Walt Dexter
So your entire target machine population has had that done? On Nov 22, 2013, at 9:43 AM, RussellResthaven wrote: > Never mind, looks like I found the answer. > > I've always disliked Windows 7 UAC security where it gives a pop-up every > time anything wants to change my system, which is often

Re: [WiX-users] Help with installer admin privileges

2013-11-22 Thread RussellResthaven
Never mind, looks like I found the answer. I've always disliked Windows 7 UAC security where it gives a pop-up every time anything wants to change my system, which is often (java, flash, etc). So the first thing I do whenever I setup a machine is slide the slider down to the bottom to select "neve

Re: [WiX-users] Help with installer admin privileges

2013-11-22 Thread Blair Murri
If you open up the MSI in Orca and View → Summary Information, you should see a checkbox near the bottom (in the Source Image box) of the dialog: UAC Compliant. It should be “not checked”. Then look in the Property table. You should find a property named ALLUSERS that is set to the value of 1.

Re: [WiX-users] Help Retrieve full File Path for a File from a CustomAction

2013-11-15 Thread David Watson
up to date as it has not been modified by the user) and can decide whether to overwrite the current templates or not. -Original Message- From: Carter Young [mailto:ecyo...@grandecom.net] Sent: 15 November 2013 16:12 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help

Re: [WiX-users] Help Retrieve full File Path for a File from a CustomAction

2013-11-15 Thread Carter Young
Provide 1 base theme for every new version of your product. In your SetupUI advise customer that there are more themes available at your website. Package all the unversioned ones on said server to create a revenue stream...Quoting tyler.w.r...@accenture.com: > Hello, > > We have an

[WiX-users] Help Retrieve full File Path for a File from a CustomAction

2013-11-15 Thread tyler.w.reid
Hello, We have an installer that installs a website and all of its content including several themes. Now during our system testing they have discovered that since the themes aren't versioned they don't always get upgraded and some of these files are editable by the customer. So what I w

[WiX-users] help

2013-10-29 Thread Umesh Joglekar
> From: wix-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: WiX-users Digest, Vol 89, Issue 117 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:17:36 + > > Send WiX-users mailing list submissions to > wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe vi

Re: [WiX-users] help! how do I install .net 4.5 from my installer ?

2013-09-19 Thread Phil Wilson
Use a command line that suits your requirements: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2010/05/12/10011664.aspx although I wouldn't make it so silent it will not show an error message if it fails. Phil Wilson On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:20 PM, nkshirsagar wrote: > Is there any other way to d

Re: [WiX-users] help! how do I install .net 4.5 from my installer ?

2013-09-18 Thread nkshirsagar
Is there any other way to do this apart from the bootstrapper ? I don't want another UI showing up, and I dont want a top level package. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/help-how-do-I-install-net-4-5-from-my-installer-tp7588996p7589

Re: [WiX-users] help! how do I install .net 4.5 from my installer ?

2013-09-18 Thread Blair Murri
: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:13:00 -0700 > From: nkshirsa...@gmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help! how do I install .net 4.5 from my installer ? > > Hi, > > Thanks for the tips. I'm still confused .. > > The tutorial link you sug

Re: [WiX-users] help! how do I install .net 4.5 from my installer ?

2013-09-18 Thread nkshirsagar
Hi, Thanks for the tips. I'm still confused .. The tutorial link you suggested says .. Step 1: Create a bundle for your application Follow the instructions in Building Installation Package Bundles Step 2: Add a reference to one of the .Net PackageGroups Add a reference to WixNetFxExtension to

Re: [WiX-users] help! how do I install .net 4.5 from my installer ?

2013-09-17 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
2013/9/18 nkshirsagar : > Hello all! > > I need to check if .net 4.5 is installed on the system, and if not, install > it through my MSI. Probably a bad idea to do it in the MSI itself. Instead create a bootstrapper that installs .NET and then installs your MSI. http://wixtoolset.org/documentatio

[WiX-users] help! how do I install .net 4.5 from my installer ?

2013-09-17 Thread nkshirsagar
Hello all! I need to check if .net 4.5 is installed on the system, and if not, install it through my MSI. Can someone please give me some pointers on how to achieve this? I am a WIX newbie, so any detailed help will be very useful to me ... I am pasting my .wxs file below .. Thanks, Nikhil.

Re: [WiX-users] help! How do I launch a file upon install ?

2013-09-04 Thread nkshirsagar
WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX = 1 and NOT Installed worked for me. I had to remove the -UIRef Id="WixUI_Minimal" ilne from it otherwise I was getting redefined variables with the UI I had added as a reference through the visual studio properties -- View this message in co

Re: [WiX-users] help! How do I launch a file upon install ?

2013-09-04 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Subject: [WiX-users] help! How do I launch a file upon install ? Hello folks.. I've looked at http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/ui_and_localization/run_program_after_install.html to see the proper way to launch an exe that I'm installing after the user clicks t

[WiX-users] help! How do I launch a file upon install ?

2013-09-03 Thread nkshirsagar
Hello folks.. I've looked at http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/ui_and_localization/run_program_after_install.html to see the proper way to launch an exe that I'm installing after the user clicks the "finish" button. I've used the minimal gui, but added it as a reference by ri

Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories

2013-07-12 Thread Chad Petersen
PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories Thanks Jacob. But I'm not sure where this code piece goes. -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013

Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories

2013-07-12 Thread Hoover, Jacob
I just added 1 line () to your example.wxs. -Original Message- From: Richard Silverstein [mailto:rsilverst...@conarc.com] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:55 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories Thanks

Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories

2013-07-12 Thread Richard Silverstein
Thanks Jacob. But I'm not sure where this code piece goes. -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:14 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help needed including direct

Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories

2013-07-12 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories Thanks for looking at this... Yes, Notepad.exe and Readme.txt are there. I included the wrong example but in this case, I'm not getting fragment.txt either. For the directory example, I have a folder c

Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories

2013-07-12 Thread Chad Petersen
From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 1:18 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories I compiled and linked your example into an MSI and ran it and it works great. Notepad.exe and Readme.tx

Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories

2013-07-12 Thread Richard Silverstein
com] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 1:18 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories I compiled and linked your example into an MSI and ran it and it works great. Notepad.exe and Readme.txt installed. Remember if you ar

Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories

2013-07-12 Thread Chad Petersen
[mailto:rsilverst...@conarc.com] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 9:07 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] help needed including directories I'm new to Wix and having trouble including directories. I read about Heat and Fragments and it appears I'm doing it by the examp

[WiX-users] help needed including directories

2013-07-12 Thread Richard Silverstein
I'm new to Wix and having trouble including directories. I read about Heat and Fragments and it appears I'm doing it by the example, but my directory and its files are not getting included after the install. My install.bat has: "c:\program files (x86)\wix toolset v3.8\bin\candle" fragment.wxs

[WiX-users] HELP! How to turn off Logging with C# custom actions

2013-06-19 Thread StevenOgilvie
Hi folks, I have database passwords and web app pool username passwords showing up in my MSI log file I have verbose logging on: I have the properties set like this: I have my deferred custom action set like this: NOT Installed in my custom action: [CustomAction] public static A

Re: [WiX-users] help controlling uninstall bundle behavior

2013-06-14 Thread Rob Mensching
That makes a great deal of sense. Too bad the ExePackages won't uninstall cleanly. DetectConditions are still important. On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 6:11 PM, jo...@msli.com wrote: > After much reading, I am trying to use bundle the wrong way. > > By design the bundle is the unified user interface

Re: [WiX-users] help controlling uninstall bundle behavior

2013-06-14 Thread jo...@msli.com
After much reading, I am trying to use bundle the wrong way. By design the bundle is the unified user interface to the stuff installed. Instead I will simply let the bundle appear in "Programs and Features", and hide everything that will be uninsulated by the bundle. Some 3rd party ExePackages

[WiX-users] help controlling uninstall bundle behavior

2013-06-13 Thread jo...@msli.com
I need some help finding a good behavior for uninstalling using bundles. My bundle installs 4 things (wxs at end of this message): Two ExePackage, Two MsiPackage >From "Control Panel"->"Programs and Features", I see an entry for each item in my chain, which I like. I also see multiple entrie

[WiX-users] Help hiding Directory selection dialog during major upgrades.

2013-05-30 Thread tyler.w.reid
How do I hide the directory selection dialog during any upgrade. I have tried using a lot of different approaches and it shows every time. Below is the relevant code for the ui that does not work. LicenseAccepted = "1" AND UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE LicenseAcc

Re: [WiX-users] Help Menu for Custom MBA

2013-05-10 Thread Nick Miller
Awesome, thanks! -Original Message- From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 5:31 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help Menu for Custom MBA Yes, because with Burn the standard command line args are

Re: [WiX-users] Help Menu for Custom MBA

2013-05-10 Thread Marco Tognacci
at is requested (Full, Passive...).In the CommandLine you'll find only your custom command line args that you have parse yourself. > From: nmil...@livetechnology.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 21:16:52 +0000 > Subject: [WiX-users] Help Menu for

[WiX-users] Help Menu for Custom MBA

2013-05-10 Thread Nick Miller
Hi All, Is there anything special I need to do to create a command line help menu in my custom managed bootstrapper application? Bootstrapper.Command.GetCommandLineArgs() seems to ignore /?, /h, and /help completely... Thanks, Nick Nicholas Miller (Network Administrator) LiveTechnology Holdi

[WiX-users] Help importing/executing a registry file

2013-04-11 Thread victorwhiskey
Hello, I'm in need of some suggestions on how to do this. The problem is I have a package that wipes out a registry key on upgrade/uninstall (I only do major upgrades), call it "package A". So when I upgrade to "package B" with MajorUpgrade element scheduling RemoveExistingProducts after InstallI

Re: [WiX-users] Help with component not installing.

2013-04-01 Thread Christopher Painter
If I had to take a guess, I'd suspect MigrateFeatureStates is playing a part in the Major Upgrade. From: "Rob Mensching" Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 10:22 AM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Subj

Re: [WiX-users] Help with component not installing.

2013-04-01 Thread Rob Mensching
There is a part in the verbose log file that shows you the state of all the components being installed. Above that you should see messages from the Windows Installer about why it chooses not to install a particular Component if it isn't clear (i.e. a Feature is turned off). On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 a

[WiX-users] Help with component not installing.

2013-03-29 Thread tyler.w.reid
Hello, Basically I have a component group in my installer that will not get installed when doing an upgrade. Now we have found that the upgrade only doesn't work when we upgrade from a version that didn't previously contain these components. In our example the initial install is version

Re: [WiX-users] Help with Wix custom managed bootstrapper

2013-02-19 Thread kochkin.alexey
On detect complete callback you must parse command line arguments to deside show UI or not and may bу automaticly plan some action. If it`s Command.Action == Uninstall, and Command.Display is Embedded or Passive, you have to plan(Uninstall), cause UI is not showing and anybody cann`t press uninsta

Re: [WiX-users] Help with Wix custom managed bootstrapper

2013-02-17 Thread Kristian Jaksch
Thanks for the reply! I think I don't understand what the custom managed bootstrapper does automatically and what logic I as a developer need to add to it. Please have a quick look at my Bootstrapper application code and the logic for installing/uninstalling which I for now only put in code behind:

Re: [WiX-users] Help with Wix custom managed bootstrapper

2013-02-15 Thread Rob Mensching
Your upgraded package: [191C:2664][2013-02-15T13:12:08]i001: Burn v3.7.1224.0, Windows v6.2 (Build 9200: Service Pack 0), path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{23bfee33-60bc-452e-88f7-41dee844d1f1}\BootstrapperSetup.exe, cmdline: '-uninstall -quiet -burn.related.upgrade Did an install: [191C:2664]

Re: [WiX-users] Help with Wix custom managed bootstrapper

2013-02-15 Thread Kristian Jaksch
Yes, it seems the bundles are detecting each other. There are 2 log files when trying to do an upgrade (actually 3 if you count the log file for the *.msi file also). The first log file (111BootstrapperSetup_20130215131202): [0044:18DC][2013-02-15T13:12:02]i001: Burn v3.7.1224.0, Windows v6.2 (Bu

Re: [WiX-users] Help with Wix custom managed bootstrapper

2013-02-14 Thread Rob Mensching
Take a look at the Burn log file and see if the related bundles are finding each other. You should see stuff in the log file saying the new bundle is upgrading the old bundle. On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Kristian Jaksch wrote: > Hello, > > I'm still struggling with the custom managed bootst

[WiX-users] Help with Wix custom managed bootstrapper

2013-02-04 Thread Kristian Jaksch
Hello, I'm still struggling with the custom managed bootstrapper application. I've built a sample from scratch by looking at some other examples but I'm still having issues with getting it to work as I want. It is the same problem I've had before: If I first build the bootstrapper and install it

Re: [WiX-users] Help?

2012-11-14 Thread Steven Ogilvie
My apologizes :) You are correct sir! The reg key was there... Steve -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: November-14-12 2:15 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help? I am using SQLExpress 2012

Re: [WiX-users] Help!

2012-11-14 Thread Neil Sleightholm
r etc could still end up compressed. Neil -Original Message- From: Chad McCune [mailto:c...@selerix.com] Sent: 14 November 2012 20:11 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help! I can use the registry to detect the instance just fine. Unfortunately, that doesn

Re: [WiX-users] Help!

2012-11-14 Thread Chad McCune
the installation so it can install/repair itself. I hope this clarifies what I'm trying to accomplish a little better. Thanks so far! Chad Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:31:52 +0000 From: Steven Ogilvie Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help? To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.

Re: [WiX-users] Help?

2012-11-14 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help? I have SQL Express 2012 installed and there isn't a \InstanceNames\ in the registry so that would fail for SQL EXPRESS -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: November-14-12 11:45 AM To: General discu

Re: [WiX-users] Help?

2012-11-14 Thread Steven Ogilvie
bject: Re: [WiX-users] Help? Here is the code to detect whether your instance is installed: This will set two variables SqlInstanceFound if the instance is present and SqlVersion is the SQL version of the instance (you might not need the second one but it is useful i

Re: [WiX-users] Help?

2012-11-14 Thread Steven Ogilvie
In my bootstrapper I have this: -Original Message- From: Chad McCune [mailto:c...@selerix.com] Sent: November-14-12 10:59 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Help? I'm new to WiX, st

Re: [WiX-users] Help?

2012-11-14 Thread Neil Sleightholm
- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: 14 November 2012 16:17 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help? I would suggest starting with WixStdBA. You should be able to configure the bundle with a few DirectorySearch/

Re: [WiX-users] Help?

2012-11-14 Thread Hoover, Jacob
ve it. -Original Message- From: Chad McCune [mailto:c...@selerix.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 9:59 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Help? I'm new to WiX, started playing with it last week. Our current software installer works, but has i

[WiX-users] Help?

2012-11-14 Thread Chad McCune
I'm new to WiX, started playing with it last week. Our current software installer works, but has issues. We are going to be moving to VS2012 soon, and the MS Setup Project is no longer available, so I was going to take this opportunity to update and improve it. Scenario: Like most softwa

Re: [WiX-users] Help with VB DLLs and OCXs

2012-07-29 Thread Aaron Gunstone
ram Files, by the way. I duplicated the (working) merge code that I used with all the other MS merge modules. > -Original Message- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: 29 July 2012 19:32 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Su

Re: [WiX-users] Help with VB DLLs and OCXs

2012-07-29 Thread Aaron Gunstone
gt; Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help with VB DLLs and OCXs > > Those are operating system files right? Shouldn't you be > using a Merge Module to install stuff that isn't your own? > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Aaron Gunstone > > wrote: > > > Hi folks

Re: [WiX-users] Help with VB DLLs and OCXs

2012-07-29 Thread Rob Mensching
Those are operating system files right? Shouldn't you be using a Merge Module to install stuff that isn't your own? On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Aaron Gunstone wrote: > Hi folks, first time poster (and WIX user) here. > > Due to customer request, I'm having to convert our InnoSetup based > i

[WiX-users] Help with VB DLLs and OCXs

2012-07-29 Thread Aaron Gunstone
Hi folks, first time poster (and WIX user) here. Due to customer request, I'm having to convert our InnoSetup based installer to WIX. It's a VB6/DirectX7 app. I believe I have it correctly installing the application, and the core VB dependencies via MS merge modules (oleaut32, msvbvm60, comcat,

Re: [WiX-users] Help with localized file locations

2012-06-18 Thread Frank Jenner
Hmm, sounds intriguing. Could you point me in the direction of some more information about this approach and/or provide an example? The WiX docs mention binder paths in "How To: Specify source files", but I wonder if there is more thorough source of information. Thanks again for your advice! _

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