Re: [WiX-users] Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize

2008-02-26 Thread Wilson, Phil
ith FilesInUse during the subsequent silent installs, reboots etc. Phil Wilson From: Brian Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:51 AM To: Bob Arnson Cc: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Need a custom action with UAC el

Re: [WiX-users] Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize

2008-02-21 Thread Bob Arnson
Brian Rogers wrote: > Please don't mistake the fact that I like using Windows Installer as a > tool, I just think it needs to become more robust at this point. I'm pretty sure nobody's arguing against that. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Rogers
I have seen these types of tools used in the past. Mainly for database migrations and other more challenging configurations. I would agree that it would be best to have tool that ran after the installer or invoked at stages during the installation as the user. At that point the Windows Installer se

Re: [WiX-users] Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize

2008-02-19 Thread Bob Arnson
Wilson, Phil wrote: Hear Hear! Many (if not most) install issues come from complicating an install with configuration tasks. It's nearly always easier and cheaper to have configuration using programs that run in a normal user environment and can be debugged and tested without having to wait

Re: [WiX-users] Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize

2008-02-19 Thread Wilson, Phil
rceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize Peter Walke wrote: I have to register a com dll at the beginning of our installation. We need to use the logic contained within the dll to inspect machines on the network during the

Re: [WiX-users] Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize

2008-02-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Peter Walke wrote: I have to register a com dll at the beginning of our installation. We need to use the logic contained within the dll to inspect machines on the network during the install. Therefore, it is not feasible to defer this custom action. Is there any way to elevate the user's

Re: [WiX-users] Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize

2008-02-14 Thread Alexander Shevchuk
Behalf Of Peter Walke Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:09 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize Hi all, I have to register a com dll at the beginning of our installation. We need to use the logic

[WiX-users] Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize

2008-02-14 Thread Peter Walke
Hi all, I have to register a com dll at the beginning of our installation. We need to use the logic contained within the dll to inspect machines on the network during the install. Therefore, it is not feasible to defer this custom action. Is there any way to elevate the user's privileges rig