Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading old installer

2015-01-28 Thread Craig Reeves
x27;t have to set the neverovewrite. From: Jeremiahf Sent: 28 January 2015 16:59 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading old installer So you want to leave the old config file there? Will your new installer configu

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading old installer

2015-01-28 Thread Jeremiahf
So you want to leave the old config file there? Will your new installer configure the new config file and maintain it from there on? On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Kraygsoft wrote: > Anyone > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2

[WiX-users] Upgrading old installer

2015-01-28 Thread Kraygsoft
So I have created a nice new installer using WiX for my customer complete with nice shiny new custom bootstrapper and everyone was happy. Rejoicing in the death of their old buggy Visual Studio based installer. However I have struck a problem. There are a number of user configurable config files i

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading old installer

2015-01-28 Thread Kraygsoft
Anyone -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Upgrading-old-installer-tp7599052p7599055.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading Burn bootstrapper with msi

2014-10-27 Thread Mihailo Milenković
, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) [mailto:bwhee...@dshs.wa.gov] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 14:57 To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading Burn bootstrapper with msi Windows Installer can remove the bootstrapper for you. Use the Windows Installer FindRelat

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading Burn bootstrapper with msi

2014-10-27 Thread Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS)
: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading Burn bootstrapper with msi Hello everyone, I have a situation where until now I had one bootstrapper chaining several msi packages, but now I must switch to one msi instead of bootstrapper. The problem is that msi installer will not

[WiX-users] Upgrading Burn bootstrapper with msi

2014-10-27 Thread Mihailo Milenković
Hello everyone, I have a situation where until now I had one bootstrapper chaining several msi packages, but now I must switch to one msi instead of bootstrapper. The problem is that msi installer will not trigger the upgrade using upgrade code of the bootstrapper. I have searched through the n

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from Wix 3.5 to 3.8 and Visual Studio 2013

2014-07-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Jul-14 08:51, Chetan Dabade wrote: > i scanned my whole machine but couldn't find file "*Common.wxs*" and in > addition under Installer.wxs file there is a variable declared as: > > > ** > while googling i found the above mentioned error > > http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/05/20/its-time-to-

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from Wix 3.5 to 3.8 and Visual Studio 2013

2014-07-28 Thread Chetan Dabade
Hi all, I found the issue and fixed it. The issue was under each .wixproj file the value of $(WixToolPath) was referring to older version of Wix (.i.e 3.5) $(ProgramFiles)\Windows Installer Xml v3.5\bin\ I re-visited each individual projects unloaded it, edit the .wixproj file and change the

[WiX-users] Upgrading from Wix 3.5 to 3.8 and Visual Studio 2013

2014-07-28 Thread Chetan Dabade
Hi all, I am working on task which includes upgrading Visual Studio 2010 to 2013 as well as upgrading WiX 3.5 to WiX 3.8. I have the basic knowledge of WiX and i am not the expertise as such. Conversion of .NET projects were successful, however in case of WiX projects conversion from 3.5 to 3.8 i

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading...

2014-06-09 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Thanks I have add the "older" MSI's upgrade code to the upgrade table and will test that tomorrow :) Cheers, STeve -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: June-09-14 4:46 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading...

2014-06-09 Thread Phill Hogland
I do not have direct experience with this issue, but I suspect the thing to do is to leave the new package name as is, but rather author multiple upgrade codes to also remove the old product. http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/09/07/hint-be-generous-with-upgrade-codes/ -- View this message in conte

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading...

2014-06-09 Thread Steve-Ogilvie
what if at build time I change the name of the MSI to be the same as the original MSI's name and use the same upgrade code? Would that work ? Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Upgrading-tp7595079p7595124.html Sent from the wix

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading...

2014-06-05 Thread Carter Young
Your Second Option is Best, if not you will have a side by side install Quoting Steve-Ogilvie : > I have a quick question... > > We released 4.2.0.x about 3 months ago. and our Services MSI was named > TITUS_Services_Setup_x86 we shipped only the 32 bit services with our Client > installer with a

[WiX-users] Upgrading...

2014-06-05 Thread Steve-Ogilvie
I have a quick question... We released 4.2.0.x about 3 months ago. and our Services MSI was named TITUS_Services_Setup_x86 we shipped only the 32 bit services with our Client installer with a different GUID and upgrade code. now we have changed our Services MSI to TITUS_Client_Services_x86 and

[WiX-users] Upgrading a package previously intsalled via a burn bundle with a msi.

2014-05-16 Thread James McConville
Hey folks, Hello, was wondering if I could get some thoughts on this... I've been asked to provide a bundled exe created in burn and a MSI for our product... The idea being that clients will generally use the exe which will install the our msi and VSTO. The standalone MSI I've been asked to pr

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading a multiple instance install

2013-05-13 Thread Hoover, Jacob
ubmit my pull request once the documentation has been updated. -Original Message- From: Skildum, Mathew [mailto:mathew.skil...@aspect.com] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 11:16 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: [WiX-

[WiX-users] Upgrading a multiple instance install

2013-05-13 Thread Skildum, Mathew
Everyone, I have a multiple instance install that I am working on and ran into an issue doing upgrade testing. It looks like all instances are removed when one of the instances is upgraded. This looks to be because WIX does not allow for the UpgradeCode to be modified in the instance element.

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an Install fails to downgrade a 3rd party library

2013-03-28 Thread Jackson Pope
Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: 28 March 2013 15:42 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an Install fails to downgrade a 3rd party library I don't like any of these per say, but just throwing some ideas out for you to ponder/try.

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an Install fails to downgrade a 3rd party library

2013-03-28 Thread Hoover, Jacob
:24 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an Install fails to downgrade a 3rd party library You could try scheduling remove existing products earlier, after InstallInitialize. -Original Message- From: Jackson Pope [m

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an Install fails to downgrade a 3rd party library

2013-03-28 Thread Jackson Pope
t: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an Install fails to downgrade a 3rd party library You could try scheduling remove existing products earlier, after InstallInitialize. -Original Message- From: Jackson Pope [mailto:jackson.p...@nonlinear.com] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 3:28 AM To: wix-

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an Install fails to downgrade a 3rd party library

2013-03-28 Thread Hoover, Jacob
You could try scheduling remove existing products earlier, after InstallInitialize. -Original Message- From: Jackson Pope [mailto:jackson.p...@nonlinear.com] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 3:28 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading an Install fails to

[WiX-users] Upgrading an Install fails to downgrade a 3rd party library

2013-03-28 Thread Jackson Pope
Hiya all, Similar to this question on StackOverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4227456/windows-installer-deletes-versioned-file-during-product-upgrade-instead-of-down) I've got a new version of an install that accesses an old version of a 3rd party library. Previous version (1.0) refe

Re: [WiX-users] upgrading from 64-bit to 32-bit product leavesfiles behind

2012-09-20 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
nfig files - generate them in the application from defaults if they aren't present. -Original Message- From: Benjamin Kaduk [mailto:ka...@mit.edu] Sent: 19 September 2012 20:04 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] upgrading from 64-bit to 32-bit product leavesfiles beh

Re: [WiX-users] upgrading from 64-bit to 32-bit product leaves files behind

2012-09-19 Thread Benjamin Kaduk
Bob Arnson wrote: > Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > > I'm really confused by this behavior, and don't know where to look > > further. > The verbose upgrade log. It will tell you why MSI decided to leave a > ile behind. The problem is, as far as I can tell from the verbose upgrade log, MSI does not think

Re: [WiX-users] upgrading from 64-bit to 32-bit product leaves files behind

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Urman
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > On 18-Sep-12 16:24, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: >> I'm really confused by this behavior, and don't know where to look >> further. > The verbose upgrade log. It will tell you why MSI decided to leave a > file behind. If it decided to do so. It could a

Re: [WiX-users] upgrading from 64-bit to 32-bit product leaves files behind

2012-09-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Sep-12 16:24, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > I'm really confused by this behavior, and don't know where to look > further. The verbose upgrade log. It will tell you why MSI decided to leave a file behind. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

[WiX-users] upgrading from 64-bit to 32-bit product leaves files behind

2012-09-18 Thread Benjamin Kaduk
Hi all, I've got a product that has historically been 32-bit only but has since gained a 64-bit installer. I still have to distribute both 32- and 64-bit versions (if only to support 32-bit systems as well as 64). I don't want to allow both a 32-bit and a 64-bit version to be installed side-by

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading to Burn [list of steps to take]

2012-09-07 Thread Hoover, Jacob
C++) and Wix's own BA (written in C#) as examples of where one could start. Jacob -Original Message- From: vchauras [mailto:vivekchauras...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 5:37 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading to Burn [list of steps

[WiX-users] Upgrading to Burn [list of steps to take]

2012-09-07 Thread vchauras
Hello all, We already have a big size msi for our product and it supports installation of various features. Now, with Wix3.6 onwards, we want to use Burn in our build stage. My main concern before moving to Burn is that : - how would I know if my current MSI needs Burn supported functionality or

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading one of multiple installed instances, round 2

2011-09-14 Thread Daniel Pratt
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > On 14-Sep-11 19:12, Daniel Pratt wrote: > > uninstall mode. I've tried many different permutations of command lines, > but > > the typical error message is "Invalid command line argument. Consult the > > Windows Installer SDK for detailed comm

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading one of multiple installed instances, round 2

2011-09-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Sep-11 19:12, Daniel Pratt wrote: > uninstall mode. I've tried many different permutations of command lines, but > the typical error message is "Invalid command line argument. Consult the > Windows Installer SDK for detailed command line help". > > Now I suppose that this error message is tr

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading one of multiple installed instances, round 2

2011-09-14 Thread Michael Osmond
have solved the different issues that come up. Michael -Original Message- From: Daniel Pratt [mailto:colorblind...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 15 September 2011 9:12 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading one of multiple installed

[WiX-users] Upgrading one of multiple installed instances, round 2

2011-09-14 Thread Daniel Pratt
This post is a follow-up to my previous post(s) in this forum, wherein I've been trying to figure out a way to reliably upgrade a single instance of a multiple-instance installation. I had determined to try again to set up the installation to do a "major upgrade", but it appears I have failed (agai

Re: [WiX-users] upgrading custom actions to be data driven

2011-01-15 Thread Sean Farrow
From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: 15 January 2011 13:20 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] upgrading custom actions to be data driven Before I begin describing how to refactor hard wired custom actions to data d

Re: [WiX-users] upgrading custom actions to be data driven

2011-01-15 Thread Christopher Painter
opher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me - Original Message From: Sean Farrow To: "wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net" Sent: Sat, January 15, 2011 5:02:12 AM Subject: [WiX-u

[WiX-users] upgrading custom actions to be data driven

2011-01-15 Thread Sean Farrow
Hi: I'm currently in the process of upgrading my custom actions to be data driven. In the current implementation of the msi I'm using properties to enable/disable feature visibility. Is there a way to do this from a table given that what was about 30 properties are now going to be entries in a cu

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-10 Thread Albert van Peppen
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Onderwerp: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj Unfortunately, no. That build was a (now very old) intermediate release. We don't save intermediate releases for very long. We don't have the resources to support drops at all points in t

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-07 Thread Rob Mensching
Unfortunately, no. That build was a (now very old) intermediate release. We don't save intermediate releases for very long. We don't have the resources to support drops at all points in time of the development cycle. If you're using the the "development branch" of the WiX toolset (which both WiX v

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-05 Thread Eric Goforth
Thanks Rob, I'd like to avoid having to upgrade all our projects at this time. Is there a version at http://wix.sf.net/releases that will work with my \Microsoft\WiX\v3.5\Wix2010.targets style wix projects? -Eric On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:31 AM, Rob Mensching wrote: > And to answer the actual

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread Rob Mensching
Yes, we switched to "v3.x" in hopes that the VS project system will not have an upgrade in WiX v3.6 and later. There were a great many changes in VS2010 that caused the project system upgrade. It's painful and hopefully we've done the work necessary to not need another one for the life of WiX v3.x

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread Rob Mensching
And to answer the actual question, I think 3.5.1419 has rolled off. That build is almost a year out of date, we don't keep development builds around for more than a few months typically (and less when we get to Escrow like with WiX v3.5). On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > W

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread Rob Mensching
Weekly release are at http://wix.sf.net/releases. Yes, I know, we need to clean all this stuff up. Sorry. Eventually http://wixtoolset.org will have all the information. On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Eric Goforth wrote: > Hmmm, I'm on codeplex (http://wix.codeplex.com/releases/view/44406) >

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread Eric Goforth
Hmmm, I'm on codeplex (http://wix.codeplex.com/releases/view/44406) right now and I don't see a way to download 3.5.1419, is it possible to do that? I checked out http://wixtoolset.org/ too, but it looks like that's just a place-holder site for now. -Eric On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Eric Gof

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread Eric Goforth
Thanks, it looks like he has 3.5.1419, I have 3.5.2415. On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:40 PM, jhennessey wrote: > > All builds will say "Windows Installer XML Toolset 3.5" but you need to check > the actual build version (I think the latest is 3.5.2430.0). > > v3.x\Wix.targets is what is current > -- >

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread jhennessey
All builds will say "Windows Installer XML Toolset 3.5" but you need to check the actual build version (I think the latest is 3.5.2430.0). v3.x\Wix.targets is what is current -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Upgrading-wixproj-tp58900

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread Eric Goforth
Hello, I looked at the other developer's add/remove programs, it showed the same version as mine: Windows Installer XML Toolset 3.5 Before the "upgrade," I see: $(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.5\Wix2010.targets In the .wixproj file, after the "upgrade," I see: $(MSBuildExtensionsPat

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread jhennessey
It looks like they have an older version of 3.5 installed than you do. I believe it used to v3.5 but was later switched to use v3.x. If you both install the same version it should solve your problem. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/U

[WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread Eric Goforth
Hello, I have installed Windows Installer XML Toolset 3.5 on my development machine, which is running Vista 32-bit, for what it's worth. I'm then opening a .wixproj file using Visual Studio 2010 that was created by a different developer here using WIX3.5/VS2010, I believe. At any rate, when I op

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI

2010-07-26 Thread Lukas Haase
sts.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI > > Hi, > > I changed my approach a little bit. For reference: > > This is what I added to my wxs file: > > DllEntry='CheckSpecialist' /> > > >

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI

2010-07-26 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
[mailto:lukasha...@gmx.at] Sent: 26 July 2010 11:44 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI Hi, I changed my approach a little bit. For reference: This is what I added to my wxs file: And this is my small CheckSpecialist.c

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI

2010-07-26 Thread Lukas Haase
riginal Message- > From: Lukas Haase [mailto:lukasha...@gmx.at] > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:20 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI > > Hi, > > Today I began creating my first WiX project.

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI

2010-07-26 Thread Lukas Haase
x.at] > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 5:18 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI > > Dear Blair, > > Thank you for the hint! I will replace my MessageBox-call prompt with > MsiProcessMessage/WcaProcessM

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI

2010-07-25 Thread Blair
l executable somehow/somewhere. -Original Message- From: Lukas Haase [mailto:lukasha...@gmx.at] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 5:18 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI Dear Blair, Thank you for the hint! I will replace my Me

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI

2010-07-25 Thread Lukas Haase
> From: Lukas Haase [mailto:lukasha...@gmx.at] > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 12:47 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI > > Dear Blair, > > Am 22.07.2010 01:04, schrieb Blair: >> 1. You can b

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI

2010-07-23 Thread dB .
al Message- From: Lukas Haase [mailto:lukasha...@gmx.at] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:20 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI Hi, Today I began creating my first WiX project. Until now I used SetupSpecialist but as I am faci

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI

2010-07-22 Thread Blair
M To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI Dear Blair, Am 22.07.2010 01:04, schrieb Blair: > 1. You can build MSIs with WiX that don't require running the setup as > administrator. Nothing that can be done outside of Windows Installer wi

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI

2010-07-22 Thread Lukas Haase
Dear Blair, Am 22.07.2010 01:04, schrieb Blair: > 1. You can build MSIs with WiX that don't require running the setup as > administrator. Nothing that can be done outside of Windows Installer without > elevation requires elevation in Windows Installer to also do. In fact this is exactly what I do

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI

2010-07-21 Thread Blair
M To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI Hi, Today I began creating my first WiX project. Until now I used SetupSpecialist but as I am facing serious problems with it I want to use WiX in future. This is my first big question: On clients' com

[WiX-users] Upgrading from other setup program to WiX/MSI

2010-07-21 Thread Lukas Haase
Hi, Today I began creating my first WiX project. Until now I used SetupSpecialist but as I am facing serious problems with it I want to use WiX in future. This is my first big question: On clients' computers there will be an old instance of my program (with SetupSpecialist) installed. Even wor

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading

2009-11-23 Thread Blair
, November 23, 2009 4:21 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading That's known as a Minor Update but it's only one of the available upgrade types. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370579.aspx Palbinder Sandher Soft

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading

2009-11-23 Thread Pally Sandher
t: 21 November 2009 10:59 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading Sorry.. the solution was to execute the msi like this: msiexec.exe /I product.msi REINSTALL=All REINSTALLMODE=vomus So I am not stuck anymore. Regards, Daniel Daniel Marjamäki wrote: > >

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading

2009-11-21 Thread Daniel Marjamäki
Sorry.. the solution was to execute the msi like this: msiexec.exe /I product.msi REINSTALL=All REINSTALLMODE=vomus So I am not stuck anymore. Regards, Daniel Daniel Marjamäki wrote: > > I am having trouble with upgrades. > Upon installation I want to completely uninstall any old versions.

[WiX-users] Upgrading

2009-11-21 Thread Daniel Marjamäki
I am having trouble with upgrades. Upon installation I want to completely uninstall any old versions. I have seen so many answers about this in various places. But nothing works. I use the same UpgradeCode in both old and new versions. I use the same Product Id in both old and new versions. I u

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading to WiX 3, CNDL0005 error.

2009-07-23 Thread Mike Carlson (DEV DIV)
From: Andy Glass [mailto:agl...@laserfiche.com] Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:01 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading to WiX 3, CNDL0005 error. Greetings all, I'm working up updating an installer from WiX 2 to WiX3. I've use

[WiX-users] Upgrading to WiX 3, CNDL0005 error.

2009-07-23 Thread Andy Glass
Greetings all, I'm working up updating an installer from WiX 2 to WiX3. I've used WixCop to do most of the conversion, but I'm getting the following error: error CNDL0005 : The File element contains an unexpected child element 'util:PerformanceCounter'. The area in question is: I have

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading...

2009-07-22 Thread Alexander Shevchuk
k.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:12 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading... Hello, I used WIX to create an installer for our last release of our software. I was using NSIS prior to that, but we had customers who wanted to be to implement installs over a ne

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading...

2009-07-22 Thread Chris Lord
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading... Hello, I used WIX to create an installer for our last release of our software. I was using NSIS prior to that, but we had customers who wanted to be to implement installs over a network, so we switched. So, we are at a point where I

[WiX-users] Upgrading...

2009-07-22 Thread John D. Marinuzzi
Hello, I used WIX to create an installer for our last release of our software. I was using NSIS prior to that, but we had customers who wanted to be to implement installs over a network, so we switched. So, we are at a point where I have to do another release, and I want to be able to 1) Inst

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading SQL Server in Wix

2009-05-04 Thread Michael Osmond
:04 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading SQL Server in Wix Hi Guys, I wanted to ask the community for any best practices or methods used with the upgrading of SQL Databases through WIX. The install step is fine and pretty straight forward, the upgrade process is messy and I am

[WiX-users] Upgrading SQL Server in Wix

2009-05-04 Thread Murray Hipper
Hi Guys, I wanted to ask the community for any best practices or methods used with the upgrading of SQL Databases through WIX. The install step is fine and pretty straight forward, the upgrade process is messy and I am unsure what scripts will run and when. I did a quick search but wasn't able to

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product

2009-04-01 Thread Neil Sleightholm
com> From: Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation) [mailto:v-su...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thu 02/04/2009 01:40 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product Thanks Phil. Your have hit the bullseye. You are right. I saw the log

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product

2009-04-01 Thread Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation)
. Sudripta. Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product<http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=5C889913FF236E4190093AF280AB4EC40167E7E295%40wwlkfmail1.wonderware.com> From: Wilson, Phil - 2009-04-02 00:09 It's nothing to do with the same user account. It&

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product

2009-04-01 Thread Wilson, Phil
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:53 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product The older version hadn't any ALLUSERS value set. The new version has ALLUSERS set to 1. But, I am installing both the versions from the same user account

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product

2009-04-01 Thread Karl Denning
Hi Have you remembered to add "SecureCustomProperties" to your property table? (Or does candle/light do that for you??) K. Yes, I have the following element defined within InstallExecuteSequence of version 2.0.1000.0. Another thing is that in the new version of the product, I have comp

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product

2009-04-01 Thread Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation)
n't any 'ARPNOREMOVE' property. The new version hasn't got any of the property. Thanks. Sudripta. Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product<http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=5C889913FF236E4190093AF280AB4EC40167E7E22F%40wwlkfmail1.wonderwa

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product

2009-04-01 Thread Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation)
thing is that the product name is also different in the new version. The only similarity between the two versions is the upgrade code. Thanks. Sudripta. Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product<http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_n

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product

2009-04-01 Thread Wilson, Phil
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product Do you have a RemoveExistingProducts action defined in your execution sequence? Jim Williams -Original Message- From: Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation) [mailto:v-su..

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product

2009-04-01 Thread Jim Williams
Do you have a RemoveExistingProducts action defined in your execution sequence? Jim Williams -Original Message- From: Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation) [mailto:v-su...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users

[WiX-users] Upgrading an older version of product

2009-04-01 Thread Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation)
I have two versions of my MSI... one is version 1.0.0.0 and another is 2.0.1000.0. The upgrade code for both the MSIs are the same. But, there are many significant differences between version 1.0.0.0 and 2.0.1000.0, including different install directories and files-to-install. Version 1.0.0.0 in

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading ...Not happening

2009-03-22 Thread Hukumchand Shah
gt; -Original Message- > From: Hukumchand Shah [mailto:hukum.s...@gmail.com] > Sent: 21 March 2009 07:27 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading ...Not happening > > Hi All, > I want to do upgrade in my current WIX installer

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading ...Not happening

2009-03-21 Thread Neil Sleightholm
: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading ...Not happening Hi All, I want to do upgrade in my current WIX installer. I am changing the Version shown below. and also adding the upgrade element: But when I make .msi and run it

[WiX-users] Upgrading ...Not happening

2009-03-21 Thread Hukumchand Shah
Hi All, I want to do upgrade in my current WIX installer. I am changing the Version shown below. and also adding the upgrade element: But when I make .msi and run it by double clicking then it shows error meaasge attached with mail. I also checked the log files, it

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading...

2009-01-20 Thread Rob Mensching
grade code draws a line through the products so that the Upgrade table and FindExistingProducts action can associate them with each other. -Original Message- From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenene...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:04 To: wix-users Subject: [WiX-users] Upgradin

[WiX-users] Upgrading...

2009-01-20 Thread Colin Fox
I am getting some very odd behaviour when trying to test upgrading my product. Up until now I've just uninstalled the previous version before installing the new version. But now I'm trying to actually upgrade, and what I'm getting is a little bit baffling. Just to test the upgrade, I'm only chang

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading components marked as permanent

2008-12-05 Thread Wilson, Phil
sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading components marked as permanent Our product includes a TAPI Service Provider (TSP) that requires that it be installed to System32. I have read that if a file is installed in System32 it should be marked as permanent. I have made updates to our TSP but the

[WiX-users] Upgrading components marked as permanent

2008-12-05 Thread John Lalande
Our product includes a TAPI Service Provider (TSP) that requires that it be installed to System32. I have read that if a file is installed in System32 it should be marked as permanent. I have made updates to our TSP but the installer won't upgrade the version that is installed. Is there a way to

[WiX-users] Upgrading multiple versions of a product

2008-10-28 Thread Alex Schearer
Hi again, I'm running into trouble when I'm trying to install/remove/install a patch which applies to multiple versions of a product. Here's a snippet from the WXS for the patch in question: (Imagine I'm upgrading product Foo to version C. Version A and B exist in the wild.)

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading

2007-11-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Craig0ss wrote: > What about a component search, if it finds the product it fills the > keypath?? > Should work. I've never tried it. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc.

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading

2007-11-06 Thread Craig0ss
hmmm What about a component search, if it finds the product it fills the keypath?? Ive read this but am unsure on how to execute this my self thanks Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > Craig0ss wrote: >> I need my MSI to check for an existing install of the software ie. 5.2.1, >> now it does this fine

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading

2007-11-05 Thread Jeremy Farrell
> From: Craig0ss > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 12:01 PM > > Ive read alot of other posts regarding upgrading but ive yet > to find any > information relavent to my situation, so if anyone knows of > any threads and > have the links to them then please post. Here is what i want to do > > I n

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading

2007-11-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Craig0ss wrote: > I need my MSI to check for an existing install of the software ie. 5.2.1, > now it does this fine, however i also need it to check for the existing > directory and then pass that information to a variable that the installer > then sets the installer to install to. Basically i need

[WiX-users] Upgrading

2007-11-05 Thread Craig0ss
Hi guys Ive read alot of other posts regarding upgrading but ive yet to find any information relavent to my situation, so if anyone knows of any threads and have the links to them then please post. Here is what i want to do I need my MSI to check for an existing install of the software ie. 5.2.1

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading Publisher Policy Files in Merge Modules

2007-04-23 Thread DexterSinister
Mike, Phil - Thanks for the quick responses ! After some more testing, it appears to be a problem with how InstallShield is consuming the merge modules ... not with how they're built. Now I just need to convince another development group to use WiX ... Regards, -dmm -- View this message i

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading Publisher Policy Files in Merge Modules

2007-04-23 Thread Wilson, Phil
em both in the same component.) Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DexterSinister Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:45 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading Publisher Policy Files in Merge Modules

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading Publisher Policy Files in Merge Modules

2007-04-23 Thread Mike Dimmick
yName table, which you do in WiX by passing the -fv switch to light. -- Mike Dimmick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DexterSinister Sent: 23 April 2007 19:45 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading Publisher Poli

[WiX-users] Upgrading Publisher Policy Files in Merge Modules

2007-04-23 Thread DexterSinister
Is there any trick to this ... ? We've got a merge module that is used by a couple of other groups, and while the assemblies get installed to the GAC properly ... when upgraded assemblies & policy files get shipped, the policy files don't seem to upgrade properly. Thanks in advance, -dmm -- Vi

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading to v3 and Vista...

2007-01-29 Thread Cullen Waters
at the ICE you put in that field is being passed in as /sice:64 instead of /sice:ICE64, which is what you want. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon Watts Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 12:28 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subje

[WiX-users] Upgrading to v3 and Vista...

2007-01-28 Thread Gordon Watts
Hi there, First of all, Votive v3 and the error messages that come from v3 of light/etc. are fantastic. That and the mailing list archives allowed me to answer most of my questions. Kudos! A few issues/questions remain. 1) I'd like to convert the following to the new RegistryValue wix eleme

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading not doing anything

2007-01-04 Thread Aaron Feng
D] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Feng *Sent:* Thursday, January 04, 2007 07:47 *To:* Bob Arnson; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading not doing anything Bob, I'm having a lot of problems trying to do minor upgrade. Partly the MSI is automated using a custom in h

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