Re: [WiX-users] Newbie question

2013-07-16 Thread David Watson
'Scheduling.exe' though, so beware of ID clashes. -Original Message- From: Sean Hall [mailto:rhal...@hotmail.com] Sent: 16 July 2013 01:41 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Newbie question Use a .wxi file. For more info, lo

Re: [WiX-users] Newbie question

2013-07-15 Thread Sean Hall
Use a .wxi file. For more info, look at this StackOverflow question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8495903/how-to-define-a-global-variable-in-wix Sean > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:46:13 -0700 > From: kpet...@otaksoft.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-u

[WiX-users] Newbie question

2013-07-15 Thread K Peters
Hi, I do above the product tag in my main.wxs file. I have a number of fragment files, each handling a large number of DLLs for certain product categories. I now want to refer to the LocalRootDir from within these fragment files I have not been able to do this without redefining Lo

Re: [WiX-users] Newbie question

2010-08-06 Thread Blair
Check out the "heat" tool. -Original Message- From: Satyaprakash J [mailto:sat...@smartek21.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 1:00 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Newbie question Hi, Please let me know if automati

Re: [WiX-users] Newbie question

2010-08-06 Thread Satyaprakash J
-users] Newbie question Hi, I have created a ASP.NET application project in Visual Studio. I have created the wxs file. Now if I add a new file to the ASP.NET application project, it looks like we have to manually update the wxs file also. Is there an automated way of updating the

[WiX-users] Newbie question

2010-08-05 Thread Satyaprakash J
Hi, I have created a ASP.NET application project in Visual Studio. I have created the wxs file. Now if I add a new file to the ASP.NET application project, it looks like we have to manually update the wxs file also. Is there an automated way of updating the wxs file? Thanks Sat

Re: [WiX-users] Newbie question on using content not installed on target machine

2009-06-18 Thread Rob Mensching
If you use the SqlScript element it never installs the files on disk. Unfortunately, it does have a bit of a performance issue so the really big files might run really slowly. Otherwise, I think you're looking at creating a very complex CustomAction. Tom Crozier wrote: > I have several large (1

[WiX-users] Newbie question on using content not installed on target machine

2009-06-18 Thread Tom Crozier
I have several large (100 MB) sql scripts that I need to run after installing our product. I would like to create a separate Media cabinet to include them in (which would NOT get installed onto the user's system) and run the scripts from there, since I don't want to waste the time and bandwidth

[WiX-users] newbie question: How to install driver?

2008-10-05 Thread jacob
Hello. I'm new to installers and wix in particular, therefore, maybe, stupid question, but I didn't find answer on the surface. I have a product 9for which I want to make an installer) that consists of: 1. kernel-mode driver, that is root-enumerable pnp device (software only); 2. accompanying ser

[WiX-users] newbie question about removing files created by application

2008-10-04 Thread kkmca
I have some birt functionality that creates a number of files and directories under web inf that remain after uninstall. I understand that i need to explicitly remove the files. I understand that the removefiles node requires a component parent and since these files arent installed there is no co

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about removing files created by application

2008-09-27 Thread Bob Arnson
kkmca wrote: >> My question is do i need to create a component reference to these files >> created after installation in order to remove them? >> No, you just need a component; it doesn't have to be a component that installed the files. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about removing files created by application

2008-09-26 Thread Chad Petersen
versioned files prior to installing the "new" files. Chad -Original Message- From: kkmca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:11 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about removing files created by application

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about removing files created by application

2008-09-26 Thread kkmca
kkmca wrote: > > I have some birt functionality that creates a number of files and > directories under web inf that remain after uninstall. > > I understand that i need to explicitly remove the files. I understand that > the removefiles node requires a component parent and since these files >

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about uninstalling

2008-06-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Weinstein, Scott wrote: > I've attmpted to add > After="FindRelatedProducts">NEWAPPFOUND > But I have no UI for this package. > > Could that be the problem? > No, with OnlyDetect="yes" there won't be any attempt to uninstall the newer version. But it might be interesting: Try installi

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about uninstalling

2008-06-04 Thread Weinstein, Scott
e? --Scott I've updated my .wxs to the following - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:05 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer X

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about uninstalling

2008-06-02 Thread Bob Arnson
Weinstein, Scott wrote: > Here's what the log has: > > MSI (c) (D0:84) [09:55:37:131]: Doing action: FindRelatedProducts > MSI (c) (D0:84) [09:55:37:131]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText > Action 9:55:37: FindRelatedProducts. Searching for related applications > Action start 9:55:37: FindRelatedPr

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about uninstalling

2008-06-02 Thread Weinstein, Scott
ussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about uninstalling Weinstein, Scott wrote: > For some reason my install packages is not detecting the prior install, > and the upgrade process is not working. I'm unable to see what I've done > w

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about uninstalling

2008-05-31 Thread Bob Arnson
Weinstein, Scott wrote: > For some reason my install packages is not detecting the prior install, > and the upgrade process is not working. I'm unable to see what I've done > wrong and hoping it's a simple thing. > Generate a verbose log during installation of the upgrade package and see what

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about uninstalling

2008-05-31 Thread Chris Mumford
One small difference that I can see between yours and mine which is working is that you don't specify the Language in your UpgradeVersion elements. Also, this isn't required to upgrade, but to prevent downgrade: NEWAPPFOUND Just making sure you had that too. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:36 AM,

[WiX-users] newbie question about uninstalling

2008-05-30 Thread Weinstein, Scott
Hello - For some reason my install packages is not detecting the prior install, and the upgrade process is not working. I'm unable to see what I've done wrong and hoping it's a simple thing. Here's what I have: When I

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question

2008-01-28 Thread Bob Arnson
mark.modrall wrote: I was just wondering what did if not flag missing dependencies. It writes rows into the ModuleDependency table, but WiX doesn't read them at the moment. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question

2008-01-28 Thread mark.modrall
I was just wondering what did if not flag missing dependencies. Thanks Mark From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 5:36 PM To: mark.modrall; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] newbie question If you&

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question

2008-01-28 Thread Mike Dimmick
id that, the aim is to only fix serious bugs in version 2.0. -- Mike Dimmick _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mark.modrall Sent: 28 January 2008 16:19 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] newbie question Hi... I've inherite

[WiX-users] newbie question

2008-01-28 Thread mark.modrall
Hi... I've inherited a build system that does its msi packaging with wix 2.0. Since I inherited the build system, I've also inherited the complaints about it. While investigating one of them I ran into something that struck me as odd, and I was hoping someone here might comment on it.

[WiX-users] Newbie question on ClickThrough

2007-12-31 Thread Chris Marks
Hi, I just started looking at WiX and am very intrigued by the ClickThrough project vision. I have downloaded and installed the Wix 3.0 MSI, which seems to have included the ClickThrough ui app. I haven't found any documentation on how to use ClickThrough or what I really need to put into the fie

Re: [WiX-users] Newbie Question

2007-09-21 Thread Rob Mensching
DirectorySearch and FileSearch? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jessi Darling Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 13:39 To: wix-users Subject: [WiX-users] Newbie Question Is there a way that I can search for a file that exists on the server without having to hard

[WiX-users] Newbie Question

2007-09-21 Thread Jessi Darling
Is there a way that I can search for a file that exists on the server without having to hard code the path or use a registry search? Then string it into this property? When I try to use a file exists, even with a registry search, it returns that the file cannot be found. -- Jessica Darling --

Re: [WiX-users] Newbie question about shortcut uninstall

2007-02-02 Thread Richard.Foster
this helps, Regards, Richard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Robertson Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 11:42 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Newbie question about shortcut uninstall Please excuse a stupid

[WiX-users] Newbie question about shortcut uninstall

2007-02-02 Thread Mike Robertson
Please excuse a stupid question from someone who has only been using WiX for a few days... I'm installing a shortcut to the start menu, but putting up a dialog to let the user change the name of the shortcut. This works fine, but when it comes to uninstall time the shortcut is not getting removed.