Re: [WiX-users] Request for help building a Simple MSI..

2010-02-12 Thread Pally Sandher
lset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Request for help building a Simple MSI.. ... The custom actions may require a bit of adjustment to work properly - I didn't unit test this code. As to payment ... I want a bottle of Stubbs BBQ sauce, a fresh copy of the Ugly Ame

Re: [WiX-users] Request for help building a Simple MSI..

2010-02-11 Thread Wendell Joost
... The custom actions may require a bit of adjustment to work properly - I didn't unit test this code. As to payment ... I want a bottle of Stubbs BBQ sauce, a fresh copy of the Ugly Americans CD with Boom Boom Baby, Celis White, Shiner Bock or some HEB swag .

Re: [WiX-users] Request for help building a Simple MSI..

2010-02-11 Thread Vern Graner
On 2/10/2010 12:10 PM, Vern Graner wrote: > On 2/10/2010 12:21 AM, Sascha Beaumont wrote: >> Without having the source code of those two EXE files you're running >> and knowing what registry entries they modify there's no benefit to >> creating an MSI, you might as well stick with the batch file.

Re: [WiX-users] Request for help building a Simple MSI..

2010-02-10 Thread Vern Graner
On 2/10/2010 12:21 AM, Sascha Beaumont wrote: > Without having the source code of those two EXE files you're running > and knowing what registry entries they modify there's no benefit to > creating an MSI, you might as well stick with the batch file. The benefit of creating the MSI version of the

Re: [WiX-users] Request for help building a Simple MSI..

2010-02-09 Thread Sascha Beaumont
Your "install and config the services" section is the issue, using WiX you wouldn't run those commands directly - you would include the relevant registry information in the MSI itself. That way if anything goes wrong, Windows Installer can roll back the changes. Without having the source code of t

Re: [WiX-users] Request for help building a Simple MSI..

2010-02-09 Thread Vern Graner
So.. uhm.. any takers..? On 2/8/2010 5:07 PM, Vern Graner wrote: > On 2/5/2010 7:22 PM, Blair wrote: > > In the "Stop the services" section, shouldn't that be "NET STOP "*? > > Yep.. spot on... I copied those and forgot to change the state to stop.. > all fixed. :) > > > You are using "self

Re: [WiX-users] Request for help building a Simple MSI..

2010-02-08 Thread Vern Graner
On 2/5/2010 7:22 PM, Blair wrote: > In the "Stop the services" section, shouldn't that be "NET STOP "*? Yep.. spot on... I copied those and forgot to change the state to stop.. all fixed. :) > You are using "self registration" for your EXEs. That is greatly > discouraged for quite a few reaso

Re: [WiX-users] Request for help building a Simple MSI..

2010-02-05 Thread Blair
Several comments, some more nitpicky than others. In the "Stop the services" section, shouldn't that be "NET STOP "*? You are using "self registration" for your EXEs. That is greatly discouraged for quite a few reasons. I suspect you are coming from a mindset of installation being a "procedural"