Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: How to generate unique but human readable IDs for directories, components and files

2015-04-27 Thread ssmsam
Thanks for your confirmation. Kind Regards, Sampat -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/heat-exe-How-to-generate-unique-but-human-readable-IDs-for-directories-components-and-files-tp7600068p7600104.html Sent from the wix-users mailing l

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: How to generate unique but human readable IDs for directories, components and files

2015-04-25 Thread bogser
I just realized that WiX appends a merge module GUID to all IDs during wxs compilation. So it's not the problem that heat.exe generates non unique IDs with -suid option, the IDs will become unique when wxs will be compiled to merge module. So, yes -suid option fully meets my requirements. -- Vie

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: How to generate unique but human readable IDs for directories, components and files

2015-04-23 Thread ssmsam
I think you can use -SUID parameter to heat. sampat -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/heat-exe-How-to-generate-unique-but-human-readable-IDs-for-directories-components-and-files-tp7600068p7600071.html Sent from the wix-users mailing

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: How to generate unique but human readable IDs for directories, components and files

2015-04-22 Thread bogser
Yeah, I know. For now there is some post-build script that corrects all IDs every time my merge module built. But this is workaround. The most proper way is native support of unique human-readable names in heat.exe I think. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-tools

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: How to generate unique but human readable IDs for directories, components and files

2015-04-22 Thread Nir Bar
You can run heat with unique IDs and then apply a XSLT transform to prefix each ID with the file name. - Nir Bar Freelance Developer Mail: nir@panel-sw.com Web: www.panel-sw.com - C++ On Windows, Linux and Embedded Platforms - WiX & InstallShield -- View this message in conte

[WiX-users] heat.exe: How to generate unique but human readable IDs for directories, components and files

2015-04-22 Thread bogser
When heat.exe harvests directory it generates unique but human unreadable directories, components and files IDs: There is option -suid, that forces heat.exe to generate human readable but non unique IDs like *File.txt_2*. Does heat.exe have an option to generate human readable and u

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe harvesting question

2014-09-24 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Any reason you aren't using the HeatDriectory task? -Original Message- From: newuser2014 [mailto:wamplersovere...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 10:24 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Heat.exe harvesting question Hi, I hav

[WiX-users] Heat.exe harvesting question

2014-09-24 Thread newuser2014
Hi, I have the following pre-build event for wix. "$(WIX)bin\heat.exe" dir "$(ProjectDir)/../src/bin/$(ConfigurationName)/MyAppInt" -cg MyAppFiles -gg -scom -sreg -sfrag -srd -dr AV -var var.MyAppFilesDir -out "$(ProjectDir)Fragments/MyAppFiles.wxs" I have my MyApp.exe and MyApp.exe.config files

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe harvesting case sensitive vb6 dll's

2014-03-19 Thread Bevan Weiss
ese components unless you will be forcing a major upgrade. Since changing component IDs on a minor upgrade is getting into dangerous territory. Regards, Bevan Weiss SAGE Automation >Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:11:38 +0530 >From: Ravishankar >Subject: [WiX-users] Heat.exe harvesting c

[WiX-users] Heat.exe harvesting case sensitive vb6 dll's

2014-03-18 Thread Ravishankar
Hi, Am facing a strange issue, i have a dll(VB6 created) with name = LITA300.dll and when i extract using Heat.exe it generates a set of Component ID and FileID Now if i change my dll name = lita300.dll , the heat.exe is generating a different set of Component ID and FileID "C:\Program Files (x

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe Exception with MSBuild and HeatDirectory

2014-02-19 Thread Ilir Bekteshi
Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:43:27 +0100 > >From: Ilir Bekteshi > >Subject: [WiX-users] Heat.exe Exception with MSBuild and HeatDirectory > > > >I have a HeatDirectory in wixproj and it works fine when i build from VS > but when i try to build with MSbuild it crashes with the er

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe Exception with MSBuild and HeatDirectory

2014-02-18 Thread Bevan Weiss
s definitely in Windows 8 and above) Is v3.7.1224.0 the version that you are expecting? Bevan -Original Message- >Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:43:27 +0100 >From: Ilir Bekteshi >Subject: [WiX-users] Heat.exe Exception with MSBuild and HeatDirectory > >I have a HeatDirectory in

[WiX-users] Heat.exe Exception with MSBuild and HeatDirectory

2014-02-18 Thread Ilir Bekteshi
I have a HeatDirectory in wixproj and it works fine when i build from VS but when i try to build with MSbuild it crashes with the error below. Does any one have any idea why is this happening? Unhandled Exception: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///E:\TFS\\to

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe : warning HEAT5151

2013-12-16 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
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Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe : warning HEAT5151

2013-12-16 Thread John Cooper
about the WiX toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] heat.exe : warning HEAT5151 Hi All, I am creating a WIX installer. In the heat part i am getting the below warning: heat.exe : warning HEAT5151 : Could not harvest data from a file that was expected to be an assembly: D:\configRelease\command_process

[WiX-users] heat.exe : warning HEAT5151

2013-12-16 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
Hi All, I am creating a WIX installer. In the heat part i am getting the below warning: heat.exe : warning HEAT5151 : Could not harvest data from a file that was expected to be an assembly: D:\configRelease\command_processors\bpolympic\OraclePull.dll. If this file is not an assembly you can i

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe not including all references/dependencies

2013-06-24 Thread Tom -
necessary file. Best Regards, Tom > Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 14:34:44 -0400 > From: gorley.phili...@gmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe not including all references/dependencies > > You could create a separate configuration, say Custom

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe not including all references/dependencies

2013-06-22 Thread Blair Murri
er changing a component's guid). Blair Murri > Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 14:34:44 -0400 > From: gorley.phili...@gmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe not including all references/dependencies > > You could create a separate confi

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe not including all references/dependencies

2013-06-22 Thread Philippe Gorley
You could create a separate configuration, say Custom|AnyCPU, for your solution, where all of your projects' output paths are set to the same folder, along with all assemblies having CopyLocal set to true, so you can just run Heat on that directory to grab everything. You would do this by addin

[WiX-users] Heat.exe not including all references/dependencies

2013-06-22 Thread Tom -
This is a follow-up to my previous conundrum of all needed assemblies not getting included in my setup-package. The answer seems simpler than I thought. Previous setup projects in VS.NET 2010 was obviously kind enough to detect and include all references. Setting Heat.exe to a single output dire

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe XSLT parameters

2013-02-27 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
You can't do it. I use a separate msbuild step to call Saxon to transform my XML. XSLT 2 is much nicer anyway. -Original Message- From: chennam [mailto:chatrapathi.chen...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 February 2013 19:17 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

[WiX-users] Heat.exe XSLT parameters

2013-02-26 Thread chennam
Hi, I have below command working very well. but not sure can we pass parameters to XSLT Template (FilterFiles.xslt) through command line when we pass xslt template as a parameter to heat command? "C:\\heat.exe" dir "C:\Workspaces\Chatra\Website\SCBUDirect.B2CWeb" -cg SCBUDirect -gg -t "C:\Workspa

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-18 Thread Yawar Khan
Read the heat documentation. Harvest a directory heat dir ".\My Files" -gg -sfrag -template:fragment -out directory.wxs You don't have to install msi to check the effect of Heat params. See generated "SCBUFragment.wxs" for details. Anything included in fragment file will be part of your installati

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-14 Thread chennam
Hi i am using below statement for harvesting the web application. "%WIX%bin\heat.exe" dir "$(Wixdest)" -cg SCBUDirect -gg -scom -sreg -sfrag -srd -dr INSTALLLOCATION -var env.Wixdest -out "C:\Workspaces\Chatra\SCBUFragment.wxs" And when I install the MSI the resulting folders just contain .dll,.

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-13 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
That, or add the generated wxs file to your project in visual studio. -Original Message- From: Yawar Khan [mailto:yawar.k...@live.com] Sent: 13 February 2013 07:14 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe SET WIX="" SET WORKING="" *To

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-12 Thread Yawar Khan
SET WIX="" SET WORKING="" *To harvest* "%WIX%/bin/heat.exe" dir "%WORKING%\..\exe\plugin" -cg pluginFiles -gg -scom -sreg -sfrag -srd -dr INSTALLLOCATION -var var.PluginProjectDir -out ..\Fragments\pluginFilesFragment.wxs [You may use/skip -sreg, -sfrag, -dr, -var according to your need] *Candle

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-12 Thread chennam
Thanks pal for reference . Now I was able to create the .WXS which is output of Heat.exe and it does contain all the components of the Web directory specified as source directory. But now how could I integrate or refer the generated .WXS ;the out put of Heat.exe in the Installer setup so that whe

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-12 Thread Pally Sandher
Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: chennam [mailto:chatrapathi.chen...@gmail.com] Sent: 11 February 2013 22:19 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe Thanks Steve, Intially cmd was notable to

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-11 Thread chennam
Thanks Steve, Intially cmd was notable to recognize Heat.exe as internal or external cmd. Now was able to fingure out heat.exe from Wixtool bin. After harvesting the with Heat.exe a fragment file of .WXS is generated based on the file structure of web application.But I was thinking the MSI file

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-11 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Run "heat.exe /?" at a cmd prompt this will list all the parameters Steve -Original Message- From: chennam [mailto:chatrapathi.chen...@gmail.com] Sent: February-11-13 4:33 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Heat.exe Hi I am new to WIX, Can any one

[WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-11 Thread chennam
Hi I am new to WIX, Can any one help me in pointing the heat.exe. Does it comes with WiX tool? And what are the steps or Command to run the Heat.EXE. Thanks in advance. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Heat-exe-tp7583483.html Sen

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe, "suppress COM" usage (-scom)

2013-01-08 Thread JohnB
Aha, thanks to Bill, Jacob, and Germano for the suggestions. "-scom -sreg" seems to do the trick. Regarding the original question, what is -scom useful for? Are there situations where Class and ProgID elements are not desirable? I'm wondering if the usage statement for that flag should be clari

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe, "suppress COM" usage (-scom)

2013-01-08 Thread Arnette, Bill
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 2:43 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Heat.exe, "suppress COM" usage (-scom) I'm harvesting a directory/file structure. I do not want COM visible files to be COM registered - this is for a server-side product that doesn't

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe, "suppress COM" usage (-scom)

2013-01-08 Thread Hoover, Jacob
x-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Heat.exe, "suppress COM" usage (-scom) I'm harvesting a directory/file structure. I do not want COM visible files to be COM registered - this is for a server-side product that doesn't use registry-based COM. Some of the ass

[WiX-users] Heat.exe, "suppress COM" usage (-scom)

2013-01-08 Thread JohnB
I'm harvesting a directory/file structure. I do not want COM visible files to be COM registered - this is for a server-side product that doesn't use registry-based COM. Some of the assemblies are COM visible, so heat harvests registry information. I tried adding the "suppress COM" (-scom) option

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file.

2012-06-21 Thread Rob Mensching
> > > > Windows Installer can handle 1200 components easily. ComponentGroups and > > ComponentGroupRefs can simplify managing large numbers of components in > the > > source code. > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Alexey Ivanov [m

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file.

2012-06-21 Thread Alexey Ivanov
.com] > Sent: 21 June 2012 08:57 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each > folder, not to generate component for each file. > >>so if the first file in a component exists and is of the c

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file.

2012-06-21 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
simplify managing large numbers of components in the source code. -Original Message- From: Alexey Ivanov [mailto:alexey.iva...@gmail.com] Sent: 21 June 2012 08:57 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each fo

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file.

2012-06-21 Thread Alexey Ivanov
gt; present.  Is there a reason you don't want to utilize a component per file? >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Alexey Ivanov [mailto:alexey.iva...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:17 AM >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subj

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file.

2012-06-20 Thread Alexey Ivanov
e a reason you don't want to utilize a component per file? > > -Original Message- > From: Alexey Ivanov [mailto:alexey.iva...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:17 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for fil

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file.

2012-06-20 Thread Hoover, Jacob
M To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file. like this https://github.com/krab/vacuum-im-wix-installer/blob/master/Files.wxs is possible with wix? if i run: >heat dir install_files -gg -suid -sfr

[WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file.

2012-06-20 Thread Alexey Ivanov
like this https://github.com/krab/vacuum-im-wix-installer/blob/master/Files.wxs is possible with wix? if i run: >heat dir install_files -gg -suid -sfrag -srd -out 1.wxs Components for

[WiX-users] heat.exe(0,0): error HEAT5307: Build failed.

2011-08-29 Thread Peter Solomon
Hi All, I've just reinstalled a new laptop with VS2008, Wix3.5 but now when I try build my projects the setup projects fail to build with the following error: heat.exe(0,0): error HEAT5307: Build failed. All the links I see on the internet refer to C++ projects. These however are C# projects.

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-10 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
al Message- > From: sangeeta1 [mailto:snmsn...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 11:11 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, > Name, Title, version > > > The source .wxs file that Heat.exe

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-10 Thread sangeeta1
t; > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5824258&i=0>] > > > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 10:18 AM > > To: [hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5824258&i=1> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-10 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
efore printing this e-mail > -Original Message- > From: sangeeta1 [mailto:snmsn...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 10:18 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, > Name, Title, version >

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-10 Thread sangeeta1
eeta1 [mailto:[hidden > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5824029&i=0>] > > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 9:38 AM > To: [hidden email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5824029&i=1> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to p

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-10 Thread Blair
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version Thanks a lot for these details! Taking your Manufacturer xsl as a baseline example, I tried to replace the Name attribute in but really made no progress. I got this crappy code to work,

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-10 Thread sangeeta1
.fiserv.com > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > -Original Message- > > From: sangeeta1 [mailto:[hidden > > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5820142&i=0>] > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 8:47 PM > &

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-09 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
t; > > > > > > > > > > Notice that File/@Source="$(var.CodeDir)\code\test.txt" just like the > > documentation says. > > > > In a element is *not* generated in either example. > > > > Edwin G. Castro &g

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-08 Thread sangeeta1
c Banking Services > Fiserv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > -Original Message- > > From: sangeeta1 [mailto:[hidden > > email]<http://user/SendEm

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-08 Thread sangeeta1
rvices > Fiserv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > -Original Message- > > From: sangeeta1 [mailto:[hidden > > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&a

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-08 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
2010 1:58 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, > Name, Title, version > > Heat does not generate a element. > > Heat /? shows the following documentation for -var: > >-var

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-08 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
eta1 [mailto:snmsn...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 12:25 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, > Title, version > > > Hi all, > >I am trying to generate a wxs source file

[WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, Name, Title, version

2010-12-08 Thread sangeeta1
Hi all, I am trying to generate a wxs source file using Heat.exe and wanted to check if I can pass values for Manufacturer, Name, Title and version to heat.exe? I tried using -var argument, but does nt seem to update it to the source file heat.exe dir c:\temp\Configuration\Files -ag -cg MyCom

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe runtime error (r6034)

2010-10-18 Thread Blair
[mailto:luca.taro...@faacgroup.com] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 4:55 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe runtime error (r6034) Brian, Thank you for the detailed explanation. I will definitely consider this issue. I know that the company is ISV for Miscro

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe runtime error (r6034)

2010-10-18 Thread zero51
Brian, Thank you for the detailed explanation. I will definitely consider this issue. I know that the company is ISV for Miscrosoft, however, if there is only one doubt about rights to create a single package that includes both the application and SQL server express, my suggestion to them will

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe runtime error (r6034)

2010-10-17 Thread Brian Rogers
Hey Luca, Distribution and repackaging are two different matters. I highly doubt you have the rights to repackage SQL Server. If you consume their MSI's and/or merge modules "as-is" I am sure this would be fine. However, when you change their deployment packages you have effectively created a diff

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe runtime error (r6034)

2010-10-13 Thread zero51
yes, it is. The company where I work is allowed to distribute SQL server. However, I figured out the issue: the problem wes due to some switches on heat command. If I need to include in my .msi file all the installation package I need to use "-sreg" in order to avoid that heat looks for registry

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe runtime error (r6034)

2010-10-12 Thread Blair
? -Original Message- From: Mark Simonetti [mailto:ma...@opalsoftware.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:57 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe runtime error (r6034) Still get the same problem here too. Not sure that there

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe runtime error (r6034)

2010-10-12 Thread Mark Simonetti
Still get the same problem here too. Not sure that there's a solution at the minute. Anyone got any ideas on this? Thanks, Mark. On 12/10/2010 08:20, zero51 wrote: > Hi, > > I got the same problem. I am trying to harves by using heat a whole > installation of SQL Server 2008. > > the error

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe runtime error (r6034)

2010-10-12 Thread zero51
Hi, I got the same problem. I am trying to harves by using heat a whole installation of SQL Server 2008. the error is the same: R6034 An application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incorrectly. Please contact the application's support team for more information." ... and af

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId

2010-10-06 Thread Neil Sleightholm
o: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 5:12:51 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId So, the answer is good luck using harvesting tools as they may not always work.  Not really a confidence booster, but they seem to work fo

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId

2010-10-06 Thread Christopher Painter
ing Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me - Original Message From: Jon W To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 5:12:51 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: P

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId

2010-10-06 Thread Jon W
gt; From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 12:14 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId > > I know you prefaced your opion

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId

2010-10-06 Thread Blair
-Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 12:14 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId I know you prefaced your opion with "idea

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId

2010-10-06 Thread Christopher Painter
ler XML toolset. Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 1:53:41 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId It is recommended that COM dlls be harvested on a machine that approximates the target machine as close as possible. Realize that due to the nature of harvesting that there

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId

2010-10-06 Thread Blair
r 06, 2010 6:08 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId Yes, heat and tallow ran on win7 x64. Are there any written rules one must follow when trying to gather registry information? Must the machine

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId

2010-10-06 Thread Jon W
Yes, heat and tallow ran on win7 x64. Are there any written rules one must follow when trying to gather registry information? Must the machine be 32-bit, etc...? These are 32-bit c++ dlls. Thanks, Jon On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Blair wrote: > You don't say if the XP is 32 or 64 bit. You

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId

2010-10-05 Thread Blair
o: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId When I use heat.exe v3, or tallow.exe to gather registry information on XP, I get the following data: When I use heat.exe v3, or tallow.exe to gather registry information on W

[WiX-users] heat.exe registry harvesting: ProxyStubClassId

2010-10-05 Thread Jon W
When I use heat.exe v3, or tallow.exe to gather registry information on XP, I get the following data: When I use heat.exe v3, or tallow.exe to gather registry information on Win7 x64, I get the following data: Is there a reason for the missing ProxyStubClassId entry on Win7 x64? Thank

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2010-09-24 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
ngine.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 2:27 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe > > Thankyou Bob, > > This now works fine! > > Is it possible to set the variable within the main.wxs file so that

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2010-09-23 Thread David Amey
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe On 22-Sep-10 18:11, David Amey wrote: > Basically I'm using heat to harvest a folder, simples. However I'm using the "-var" property in the command line (to replace the "sourceDir" in the output component'

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2010-09-22 Thread Bob Arnson
On 22-Sep-10 18:11, David Amey wrote: > Basically I'm using heat to harvest a folder, simples. However I'm using the > "-var" property in the command line (to replace the "sourceDir" in the output > component's source attribute), using a variable declared in the main.wxs. > This replaces the "

[WiX-users] Heat.exe

2010-09-22 Thread David Amey
Hi everyone! I've been struggling with this problem for a while, if anyone can help I would really appreciate it. Basically I'm using heat to harvest a folder, simples. However I'm using the "-var" property in the command line (to replace the "sourceDir" in the output component's source attrib

[WiX-users] heat.exe runtime error (r6034)

2010-09-21 Thread Mark Simonetti
Hi all, I'm trying to harvest some files (postgres 9.0 for windows to be specific) using heat.exe. At the moment I'm keeping the command line very simple: heat dir pgsql -o test.wxs While heat is processing, I often get the following pop up: "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Program: C

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe does not export COM information for a .NET component dll

2010-09-01 Thread Pally Sandher
t 2010 22:46 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe does not export COM information for a .NET component dll On 10-08-31 3:25 PM, Lian Jiang wrote: > Hi, > > I am using WIX 3.0 to export the COM registry setting from a managed component dll but I only get a fi

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe does not export COM information for a .NET component dll

2010-08-31 Thread Sohail Somani
On 10-08-31 3:25 PM, Lian Jiang wrote: > Hi, > > I am using WIX 3.0 to export the COM registry setting from a managed > component dll but I only get a file without the COM information. I can use > regasm to registery this dll. > > I use the same heat.exe to export another .net component dll succe

[WiX-users] heat.exe does not export COM information for a .NET component dll

2010-08-31 Thread Lian Jiang
Hi, I am using WIX 3.0 to export the COM registry setting from a managed component dll but I only get a file without the COM information. I can use regasm to registery this dll. I use the same heat.exe to export another .net component dll successfully. The only difference of these two dlls are

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Harvest contents of directory and NOT the directory name

2010-04-29 Thread Pally Sandher
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Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Harvest contents of directory and NOT the directory name

2010-04-28 Thread jeff00seattle
I took some hunting but I found the flag (have not tried it yet) http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson6.php http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson6.php Yet another switch, -srd will suppress the identifier generation for the root folder specified. File components in the root folder will refer

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Harvest contents of directory and NOT the directory name

2010-04-28 Thread jeff00seattle
Thanks for the reply, However, I do not see suppress root directory flag viewing the following heat.exe documentation link: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/heat.htm http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/heat.htm - Thanks Jeff in Seattle -- View this message in context: http://win

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Harvest contents of directory and NOT the directory name

2010-04-28 Thread Navid Azimi-Garakani
There's a suppress root directory flag on heat.exe that controls this for you. Thanks, Navid -Original Message- From: jeff00seattle [mailto:jeff_tan...@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 3:14 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Ha

[WiX-users] heat.exe: Harvest contents of directory and NOT the directory name

2010-04-28 Thread jeff00seattle
Hi I have a directory .\foo\ that has contents I want to harvest. However, in the end, my INSTALLDIR within Harvester.wxs contains directory foo and then its components, and I want only want is components. In other words, my current harvest is this... But I wan

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Add attribute Win64="yes" to Component elements?

2010-04-27 Thread Sascha Beaumont
Oohhh... nifty! Thanks for pointing that out Bob :) On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > On 4/22/2010 7:29 PM, Sascha Beaumont wrote: >> No, heat doesn't harvest 64-bit information. >> >> I just do a find/replace (sed would work from the command line if it >> needs scripting) >>

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Add attribute Win64="yes" to Component elements?

2010-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/22/2010 7:29 PM, Sascha Beaumont wrote: > No, heat doesn't harvest 64-bit information. > > I just do a find/replace (sed would work from the command line if it > needs scripting) > > Find: Guid="*"> > Replace: Guid="*" Win64="yes"> > If you use the -arch switch, Candle will do that for yo

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Add attribute Win64="yes" to Component elements?

2010-04-22 Thread Sascha Beaumont
No, heat doesn't harvest 64-bit information. I just do a find/replace (sed would work from the command line if it needs scripting) Find: Guid="*"> Replace: Guid="*" Win64="yes"> Sascha On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:22 AM, jeff00seattle wrote: > > Hi > > I am using heat.exe of WiX 3.0. > > Can it

[WiX-users] heat.exe: Add attribute Win64="yes" to Component elements?

2010-04-22 Thread jeff00seattle
Hi I am using heat.exe of WiX 3.0. Can it add attribute Win64="yes" to Component elements when it harvests? - Thanks Jeff in Seattle -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/heat-exe-Add-attribute-Win64-yes-to-Component-elements-tp4947

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe warning: limit of 1600 components per feature: what will happen?

2010-04-19 Thread jeff00seattle
Thanks for the reply I compared source and MSI extraction using http://winmerge.org/ WinMerge , and it showed no difference. - Thanks Jeff in Seattle -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/heat-exe-warning-limit-of-1600-components-per-feature-what-will-happen-tp4928703p4928

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe warning: limit of 1600 components per feature: what will happen?

2010-04-19 Thread Brian Rogers
Actually, this has been deprecated in Wix 3.5. Windows Installer no longer has this restriction. To your questions, WiX would have been fine. The issue would have been on machines before Windows 2000. Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove On

[WiX-users] heat.exe warning: limit of 1600 components per feature: what will happen?

2010-04-19 Thread jeff00seattle
heat.exe : warning HEAT5155 : Although there are no limitations to the size of a ComponentGroup, Windows Installer has a limit of 1600 components per feature. Please consider reducing the size of ComponentGroup '$(var.ComponentGroupName)' from current count of '3037'. What is the impact of my ins

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe popping up a dialog

2010-03-03 Thread Bob Arnson
On 3/3/2010 5:02 AM, Jacek Pospychała wrote: > anyway, I'm still interested to learn, how the DLL is processed that it can > throw a popup.. > Self-reg runs code in the DLL; it can do anything, which is one of the reasons it's evil in an installer. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe popping up a dialog

2010-03-03 Thread Jacek Pospychała
ok, I figured out adding "-sreg" to heat command line does the trick. anyway, I'm still interested to learn, how the DLL is processed that it can throw a popup.. Jacek 2010/3/3 Jacek Pospychała > hi, > > I'm generating wxs file for Sun Java Runtime using heat and unfortunately > during this p

[WiX-users] heat.exe popping up a dialog

2010-03-03 Thread Jacek Pospychała
hi, I'm generating wxs file for Sun Java Runtime using heat and unfortunately during this process, heat/jre popups an error dialog saying "Java Plug-in 1.6.0_18 is not installed properly". This happens for two DLL files inside JRE and turns our sleek fully automated process into manual nightmare :

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe and 64-bit compatibility

2010-01-15 Thread Rob Mensching
Yeah, it's not trivial but we should solve this problem eventually. On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Brian Rogers wrote: > Not sure if it is that straight forward. I think the reason we keep punting > this feature is the dependencies heat.exe has on the Wix core project ( > > http://sourceforge.n

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe and 64-bit compatibility

2010-01-14 Thread Brian Rogers
Not sure if it is that straight forward. I think the reason we keep punting this feature is the dependencies heat.exe has on the Wix core project ( http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2012626&group_id=105970&atid=642717 ). Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me h

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe and 64-bit compatibility

2010-01-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 1/13/2010 8:07 PM, Navid Azimi-Garakani wrote: > Is there a particular reason why Heat.exe is targeted and compiled > specifically against the x86 architecture? Because an MSIL .exe runs as a 64-bit process on an x64 system, so it couldn't load x86 DLLs. I suspect there's a need for Heat64.

[WiX-users] Heat.exe and 64-bit compatibility

2010-01-13 Thread Navid Azimi-Garakani
Is there a particular reason why Heat.exe is targeted and compiled specifically against the x86 architecture? I have seen a couple of questions about this around on the Internet but no firm answer or resolution. I briefly looked over the Heat code (v3.0.5419.0) and there does not seem to be anyt

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe

2010-01-13 Thread Brian Rogers
I see two directories listed below. You should only have one. "C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\heat.exe" dir "..\..\~tmp\j2build3v_win\apps" -gg -sfrag -scom -sreg "$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\~tmp\j2build3v_win\apps\eu" -out "$(ProjectDir)gen_fragment.wxs" -template:fragment Should be:

[WiX-users] heat.exe

2010-01-13 Thread Achter Renate (UGIS - UniCredit Group)
Hi, I have some problems to migrate from WIX 3.0.4707 to WIX 3.0.5419 because the arguments of HEAT.EXE changed. usage: heat.exe harvestType harvestSource -o[ut] sourceFile.wxs What is meant with the new argument harvestSource? The old command looks like this: "C:\Program Files\Windows Installe

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