[WiX-users] Logging in EXE custom action

I have to spawn an exe as a custom action that I have complete control over. I am using the CAQuietExe to do this. I need to log some info when this runs to the install log. Is this possible? My first thought was to pass the MSIHANDLE to the exe but I do not know if this is per-process which I

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ath. Better yet, replace cmd \c with %COMSPEC% \c if the function will expand environment variables. -Original Message- From: David Amey [mailto:da...@creative-engine.co.uk] Sent: 20 June 2011 14:06 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] logging

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: +44 (0)1483 799111 -Original Message- From: Martin Kulov [mailto:mar...@kulov.net] Sent: 15 June 2011 15:54 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] logging Hi David, I am not expert in candle and light but I believe that redirect

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_FOLDER,@SW_MAXIMIZE) Martin Kulov -----Original Message- From: David Amey [mailto:da...@creative-engine.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 12:17 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] logging Hi Dave, Thank you for this link. I have been try

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Something like this may help: http://blog.crankybit.com/redirecting-output-to-a-file-in-windows-batch-scripts/ David Amey wrote: > > Hello All > > Can someone please explain how I can turn logging on during the candle and > light calls, as I have errors that I need to correct. > I am automating

[WiX-users] logging

Hello All Can someone please explain how I can turn logging on during the candle and light calls, as I have errors that I need to correct. I am automating the calls, which causes the command prompt to close very quickly after the code has been run. Thanks in advance. PS thank you Tonny Erjomin

Re: [WiX-users] Logging while uninstalling from Control Panel

, 2010 7:52 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging while uninstalling from Control Panel On 8/6/2010 3:13 PM, Ivo Beltchev wrote: > I think you can edit the registry (via custom action or another way) > to set WindowsInstaller to 0, and change UninstallStr

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On 8/6/2010 3:13 PM, Ivo Beltchev wrote: > I think you can edit the registry (via custom action or another way) to > set WindowsInstaller to 0, and change UninstallString to "MsiExec.exe /x > {blah} /l*v C:\q.txt". > No, ARP ignores that string. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

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lease consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > -Original Message- > From: Sai Kodi [mailto:saik...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:50 AM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

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di [mailto:saik...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:50 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging while uninstalling from Control Panel Hi Pally, That's not what I am looking for. I have already done that search and I

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With MSI 4.0 and above, you can use the MsiLogging property. -Original Message- From: Sai Kodi [mailto:saik...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:50 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging while uninstalling fr

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[WiX-users] Logging while uninstalling from Control Panel

Hello All, If the user uninstalls an application from Control Panel, is it possible to provide an uninstallation log file somehow for the uninstallation process? If so, how would I provide that log file name and location? Please advise. Thanks, Sai Kodi -- View this message in context: http:/

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in deferred CA

Why not? You can use Session.Log() in deferred CA as well. -- Yan -Original Message- From: Stelios Kyprou [mailto:stelios.kyp...@formicary.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 13:05 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Logging in deferred CA Hello

[WiX-users] Logging in deferred CA

Hello! I was wondering, how can i log stuff within a deferred custom action, since i can't use session.Log? Regards, Stelios -- Stelios Kyprou Systems Engineer Formicary - delivering quality financial technology solutions(TM) www.formicary.net -

Re: [WiX-users] Logging Error

Thanks for the response. That appears to have been the issue. -Original Message- From: Jeremy Farrell [mailto:jfarr...@pillardata.com] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:03 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging Error Perhaps Windows

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Perhaps Windows path separators (\) in the paths? > From: Thode, Katelyn [mailto:katelyn.th...@guidancesoftware.com] > > I am attempting to log the installation of a package I > created. When I run the following command line: > > msiexec.exe /I "C:/comp/code/libdbg/tfuInstaller.msi" /l*v > "

[WiX-users] Logging Error

I am attempting to log the installation of a package I created. When I run the following command line: msiexec.exe /I "C:/comp/code/libdbg/tfuInstaller.msi" /l*v "C:/Documents and Settings/name/My Documents/tfuInstaller.txt" I get an error message that states: This installation package could n

Re: [WiX-users] Logging information

nt: Friday, July 09, 2010 9:33 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging information > > Hi, > Thanks for reply. Actually I want to register our com exe. We are using heat > to create the .wxs file. It contains the information about class an

Re: [WiX-users] Logging information

discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging information Hi Windows Installer doesn't support logging the console output of command you execute through a custom action. Consider using CAQuietExec to execute your custom action. That will do two t

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- > From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:53 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Logging information > > Hi, > > I am running following custom action which runs /RegServer command.

[WiX-users] Logging information

Hi, I am running following custom action which runs /RegServer command. I am ruunig msi using command line msiexec.exe /i installer.msi /L*v c: install.txt However I am not seeing what exactly command executed by my custom action. Can anyone know how to

Re: [WiX-users] Logging from XML file?

. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging from XML file? Sorry, I meant my Product.wxs (or any other wix xml source). Generally I would just like to have something printed to the log if I did: msiexec /i myinstaller.msi /l* install.log I would like to do something like this: Thanks, slide On Wed

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...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 6:09 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging from XML file? Sorry, I meant my Product.wxs (or any other wix xml source). Generally I would just like to have something printed to the

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t; > > Off the top of my head I don't know of anything specific, but the answers > > to > > these questions will go a long way to getting you an answer. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Slide [mailto:slide.o@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wedne

Re: [WiX-users] Logging from XML file?

> From: Slide [mailto:slide.o@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:15 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Logging from XML file? > > Is it possible to log something to the installer log file f

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ide.o@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:15 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Logging from XML file? Is it possible to log something to the installer log file from the XML definition? Thanks,

[WiX-users] Logging from XML file?

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ually do > > it > > feels like it skips the candle and light process. It does not build > > anything > > and no log file is created... Maybe something to do with ">" char?? Or > what > > do you think? > > Thank you in advance! > > Peter &g

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ter > > 2008/10/6 Phil Sayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > anyone else received this message almost 10 times today? > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Peter Vestergaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 6:47 AM > > To:

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build anything and no log file is created... Maybe something to do with ">" char?? Or what do you think? Thank you in advance! Peter 2008/10/6 Phil Sayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > anyone else received this message almost 10 times today? > > -Original Message----- >

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anyone else received this message almost 10 times today? -Original Message- From: Peter Vestergaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 6:47 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging I am using the command line

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You haven't actually called light on your command line. Have you registered the .wixobj file extension with light or something? Rob Peter Vestergaard wrote: > Thanks for your assistance. It does however not work for me... > my command is: "C:\Projects\...\WiXOutput.wixobj" -out > "C:\Projects\

Re: [WiX-users] Logging

Thanks for your assistance. It does however not work for me... my command is: "C:\Projects\...\WiXOutput.wixobj" -out "C:\Projects\...\Installer.msi" -ext WixUIExtension -loc "C:\Projects\...\Language.xml" 1>out.txt 2>err.txt 2008/10/6 Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For one product my light c

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For one product my light command is this: light -nologo -sw1044 DBS.wixobj SN_COMMON_PATH.wixobj Add_Common_Bin_To_Path.wixobj -loc Common\CommonSettings\Common-E.wxl -loc English.wxl -out DBS.msi You would then tag the redirection stuff on the end like this: light -nologo -sw1044 DBS.wixobj SN_

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I am using the command line On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Simon Dahlbacka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Or if you use votive (or othervise msbuild compatible project), you can use > the normal msbuild logging mechanism > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171470(VS.80).aspx > > /Sim

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Or if you use votive (or othervise msbuild compatible project), you can use the normal msbuild logging mechanism http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171470(VS.80).aspx /Simon On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Peter Vestergaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Thanks for your reply. > I can't get

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Thanks for your reply. I can't get this to work with light. Could you give me an examble of the correct syntax? -Peter On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's the traditional method of redirecting the output: > candle 1>stdout.txt 2>stderr.txt > > Rob

Re: [WiX-users] Logging from a Custom Action during the UI phase

> If you're looking for a quick non-debugger method, property > changes are still logged. It may be a hack, but calling > MsiSetProperty(hMSI, _T("LOGME"), _T("...")) is effective. Michael, That's a nice workaround - I like it. Cheers, John --

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There's the traditional method of redirecting the output: candle 1>stdout.txt 2>stderr.txt Rob >Peter Vestergaard wrote: > Hi. > Is there any way to log candle and light build errors and warnings to a text > file? > Best regards > Peter >

[WiX-users] Logging

Hi. Is there any way to log candle and light build errors and warnings to a text file? Best regards Peter - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications

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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Michael Urman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you're looking for a quick non-debugger method, property changes > are still logged. It may be a hack, but calling MsiSetProperty(hMSI, > _T("LOGME"), _T("...")) is effective. Another option is to call OutputDe

Re: [WiX-users] Logging from a Custom Action during the UI phase

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 3:13 AM, John Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yeah, Windows Installer doesn't let it work. Why? Some >> message processing issue inside them. I think this is >> documented in some small print somewhere. >> >> PS: Please don't shoot the messenger. > > Of course not. I

Re: [WiX-users] Logging from a Custom Action during the UI phase

This is how I generally do it (message box/attach debugger) -- although you can of course do your own logging. You could probably even trigger it off of a property passed on the MSIEXEC command line. John Hall wrote: >> Yeah, Windows Installer doesn't let it work. Why? Some >> message process

Re: [WiX-users] Logging from a Custom Action during the UI phase

> Yeah, Windows Installer doesn't let it work. Why? Some > message processing issue inside them. I think this is > documented in some small print somewhere. > > PS: Please don't shoot the messenger. Of course not. I had half guessed it was something like this anyway. I guess it's a matter o

Re: [WiX-users] Logging from a Custom Action during the UI phase

October 01, 2008 02:05 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Logging from a Custom Action during the UI phase In my installer I have some C++ custom actions that log to the main MSI log file using MsiProcessMessage. I'm now writing a CA that is execu

[WiX-users] Logging from a Custom Action during the UI phase

In my installer I have some C++ custom actions that log to the main MSI log file using MsiProcessMessage. I'm now writing a CA that is executed on a button press in the UI as the user leaves the feature selection dialog. However, none of my debug output is appearing in the log. Is there a reaso

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As in /MD instead of /MT? Other way. /MD[d] says to use the CRT DLL; /MT[d] says to statically link the CRT. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Downlo

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odule. Phil Wilson From: Peterson, Joel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:53 PM To: Simon Dahlbacka; Wilson, Phil Cc: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action After installing Visual Studio 2005 SP1, the WinSxS Merge Modules

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7 11:03 AM To: Wilson, Phil Cc: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action On 4/27/07, Wilson, Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ah, ok, the one in [ProgramFilesFolder]Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages\vcredist_x86 is

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f a missing library or version incompatibility? From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 11:53 AM To: Rowland, Chris Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action [EMAIL

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2007 17:50 To: LEMIRE, JOHN; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action There is a tool out there called "depends.exe" that does this *and* provides a spiffy tree that shows all the dependencies your code has. I use this tool *all the time* to

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

On 4/27/07, Wilson, Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ah, ok, the one in [ProgramFilesFolder]Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages\vcredist_x86 is up to date with SP1. yes, I should probably have mentioned that (as long as you pull it from a machine that has been updated wi

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson, Phil Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 10:45 AM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action I find it hard to believe they put a refresh up there on April 10th that is not for SP1, but you

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nt: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:58 AM To: Wilson, Phil Cc: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action On 4/27/07, Wilson, Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As an easy test, install the VC support redist for VS 2005 on a test system and see if yo

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As in /MD instead of /MT? From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:08 PM To: Rowland, Chris Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action [EMAIL PROTECTED

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AIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, April 27, 2007 9:04 AM *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Cc:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action I found a co-worker lucky enough to have 05 insta

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CTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LEMIRE, JOHN Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:44 AM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action I've lost track of what your CA actually does (if it was ever mentioned) but have you tried using a dummy exe shell an

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D]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action You may have other problems (like dependencies that aren't being met thus your code is immediately failing) but assuming that your code is running correctly, you're not going to see any m

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191EE&displaylang=en Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Log

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"DoAction". Windows Installer restriction. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:52 AM To: Rob Mensching; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action I'll try to answer your questi

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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any way to determine from the log why a CA is failing to execute, if it appears that its never even getting into the CA in the first place? That almost always means that the DLL has a dependency not being met, which almost always means you're linking with

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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I haven't tried that. The WiX chm explicitly says you need VS 2005 to build. I guess I could try it with 03 anyways. That's why I'm not sure you can use wcautil.lib from VS 7.1. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ---

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in the first place? From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:18 AM To: Rowland, Chris Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

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='Microsoft.VC80.CRT' version='8.0.50608.0' ... encountered; ignored From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:29 AM To: Rowland, Chris; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users

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users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was able to resolve my build errors by "defining" everything missing myself (to /**/ ). I read that they might be defined by default in VS05, but not in VS03 (what I'm using

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en the user clicks the next button in a custom dialog. From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:29 AM To: Rowland, Chris; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action Are you dynamically

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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was able to resolve my build errors by "defining" everything missing myself (to /**/ ). I read that they might be defined by default in VS05, but not in VS03 (what I'm using.) Did you rebuild wcautil.lib? I'm not sure whether you're going to run into problems

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CustomAction. When is it being scheduled? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action Yeah, the error was in the custom

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ECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action _T is a macro defined in tchar.h. I believe this was included in earlier Visual Studios because my custom actions were originally written in VS2003. It looks like __out and others are defined in sal.h. -

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; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action That code looks the same as what I am using except that I have _T() around my strings. Are you running your custom action immediate or deferred? -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

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d to use the mangled name... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action Ye

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Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 5:20 PM To: Brian Simoneau; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action Yeah, the error was in th

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debug :-) From: Brian Simoneau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:57 PM To: Rowland, Chris; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action Was the error in the custom action itself? If so, then yo

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: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action After an obscene amount of headbanging, I finally managed to get it to build (with warnings) with the almighty T() call. Unfortunately that resulted in a CA that caused the installer to quit due to an error. If

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-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action _T is a macro defined in tchar.h. I believe this was included in earlier Visual Studios because my custom actions were originally written in VS2003. It looks like __out and others are defined in sal.h. -Brian Si

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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:05 PM To: Brian Simoneau; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action It's an immediate CA. I tried wrapping my strings with _T() but _T is not de

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efine __inout /* ? */ #define __in_bcount(THING) /* ? */ From: Brian Simoneau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:59 PM To: Rowland, Chris; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action That code look

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2:31 PM To: Brian Simoneau; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action Thanks for the continuing advice. I'm still not seeing any log out put though. I've commented out the guts of my CA, so now I

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e in some way as well? Thanks again for your help. Google doesn't reveal much on this subject :-( From: Brian Simoneau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:58 PM To: Rowland, Chris; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [

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PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:41 PM To: Brian Simoneau; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action I was able to resolve my build errors by "defining" everythi

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

ECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action Thanks, that looks like what I wanted. I'm having trouble linking everyth

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

__ From: Brian Simoneau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:20 PM To: Rowland, Chris; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action If you are writing a C++ custom action, then the WcaLog function in wcautil will write to t

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is used by the ExitOnXxx macros in WiX CusotmActions. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LEMIRE, JOHN Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:15 PM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action Note huge caveat that ::MsiProc

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

I can't say if it overcomes this shortcoming... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Loggin

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action Is there any way to write a message to the install log from a custom action? Chris Rowland* Software Engineer * SunGard * Data Management Solutions * 1194 Oak Valley Drive, Suite 100 * Ann Arbor, MI 48108 * Tel 734.332.4423 * Fax 734.332

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:08 PM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action Is there any way to write a message to the install log from a custom action? Chris Rowland* Software Engineer * SunGard

[WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

Is there any way to write a message to the install log from a custom action? Chris Rowland* Software Engineer * SunGard * Data Management Solutions * 1194 Oak Valley Drive, Suite 100 * Ann Arbor, MI 48108 * Tel 734.332.4423 * Fax 734.332.4440 * http://www.sungard.com/datamanagementsolutions

Re: [WiX-users] logging of RemoveExistingProducts

Dana Gutride wrote: > When the already installed version was created, were those > uninstall custom actions included in it? The installed MSI > is called to handle the uninstall sequence, any changes you > make to your uninstall sequence will only affect the new > installers you create. > >

Re: [WiX-users] logging of RemoveExistingProducts

Are you sure you're looking at the right property? I mean, NEWERVERSIONDETECTED is a strange property name for the detection of an *older* version. That said, the uninstall of the old version should be in the log, masrked with (N) for nested as opposed to (c) for client side and (s) for server

Re: [WiX-users] logging of RemoveExistingProducts

Andre: When the already installed version was created, were those uninstall custom actions included in it? The installed MSI is called to handle the uninstall sequence, any changes you make to your uninstall sequence will only affect the new installers you create. As far as your logging questio

[WiX-users] logging of RemoveExistingProducts

I have a product that needs to run custom actions when uninstalling. This works. However, when trying to install a major upgrade on an already installed version the older version is properly found (i.e. I get something like MSI (s) (3C:DC) [09:51:36:582]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding NEWERVERSIO