Re: [WiX-users] version 3 - error LGHT0216

2006-07-04 Thread Hecker, Thomas
Is it actually possible to open/compile the project with VS Express?   Thanks and regards, Thomas Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Derek CiceroneGesendet: Montag, 3. Juli 2006 22:06An: 'Silvio Massari'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netBetreff: Re: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] version 3 - error LGHT0216

2006-07-04 Thread Derek Cicerone
I’m not sure about VS Express, but Nant definitely should work.   Derek   From: Hecker, Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 12:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: AW: [WiX-users] version 3 - error LGHT0216   Is it

[WiX-users] ICE64

2006-07-04 Thread Shmarya Rubenstein
Hi all,I have the following:               I use the Directories ID in a Shortcut definition:       Id='$(var.projectname).exe'   Name='$(var.projectname).exe'  Source='$(var.bin_directory)net-2.0/$(var.projectname).exe'   Vital='y

[WiX-users] environment variable available in executed program

2006-07-04 Thread Hecker, Thomas
Hi,   1) I'm adding my newly installed dir to the system path   2)  scheduled CA runs a .bat file that uses an executable from the share\bin dir added to path.        NOT Installed    3) In the up-popping console window I can see that the executable was not found. But after opening a new

Re: [WiX-users] environment variable available in executed program

2006-07-04 Thread Rob Hamflett
I had a similar thing with a new env var not being found by the program I was launching. I can only conclude the following: When you launch your MSI, it's value for PATH does not include your new folder. The changes get committed to the system, but your MSI still has it's original set of env

Re: [WiX-users] ICE64

2006-07-04 Thread Rob Hamflett
If you want to get rid of the validation error you need to create a component under ProgramMenuMyToolFolder which just contains . And yes, it's annoying. Rob Shmarya Rubenstein wrote: > Hi all, > > I have the following: > > > > > > > > >

Re: [WiX-users] environment variable available in executed program

2006-07-04 Thread Hecker, Thomas
Thank you for this explanation. So I see two other possibilities: 1) calling another .bat with 2 arguments - the value of my env variable - the other .bat file that needs the variable The script sets the variable itself and calls the other bat file 2) calling C:\WINNT\system32\cmd

[WiX-users] WIX Service installation

2006-07-04 Thread Simon Topley
Hello Alexei,   I just stumbled across this posting on the WIX mailing list. I am having a similar problem, only that my installservices action is NEVER executed... so the start service fails. I was wondering if you found a solution on the off chance it is the same problem I'm having. Any h

Re: [WiX-users] ICE64

2006-07-04 Thread Shmarya Rubenstein
Ok, added that now I'm getting:    warning LGHT1010 : Found orphaned Component 'ProgramsMenu'.  Every Component should have at least one parent Feature.    error LGHT0204 : ICEM05: The component ProgramsMenu.B5B01DD1_64E0_4204_A7DE_B079DF5A26D6 in the Component table is not

Re: [WiX-users] environment variable available in executed program

2006-07-04 Thread Strele Franz
hi, have a look at the msdn-documentation for the "Environment Table" [1]: "Note that environment variables do not change for the installation in progress when either the WriteEnvironmentStrings action or RemoveEnvironmentStrings action are run. On Windows NT and Windows 2000, this information

Re: [WiX-users] environment variable available in executed program

2006-07-04 Thread Hecker, Thomas
Oh, thank you for this interesting idea! But I think writing a little bootstrap .bat file is much less effort for my scenario. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Strele Franz Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. Juli 2006 15:54 An: WiX-users@lists

[WiX-users] Displaying a Message Box during install/uninstall

2006-07-04 Thread John Robbins
Hello, I'd like to display a message box on a non-fatal warning during my install. Additionally, because of a bug in Visual Studio (I'm installing add-ins), I want to show a message box on uninstall. Given my limited WiX and MSI knowledge, I don't see how to do the display unless I do a complete c

Re: [WiX-users] Displaying a Message Box during install/uninstall

2006-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
John Robbins wrote: > I'd like to display a message box on a non-fatal warning during my install. > Additionally, because of a bug in Visual Studio (I'm installing add-ins), I > want to show a message box on uninstall. Given my limited WiX and MSI > knowledge, I don't see how to do the display unle

Re: [WiX-users] UI Issue with .Net Framework Detection

2006-07-04 Thread Chuck
Bob, I just grabbed the 2.0.4221... version and rebuilt everything.  It now displays my message box if .Net 2.0 isn't installed but it doesn't do that until after all of the UI components have been displayed?!  Any thoughts on how to get this to run first?  In my InstallExecuteSequence I have

Re: [WiX-users] UI Issue with .Net Framework Detection

2006-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Chuck wrote: I just grabbed the 2.0.4221... version and rebuilt everything.  It now displays my message box if .Net 2.0 isn't installed but it doesn't do that until after all of the UI components have been displayed?!  Any thoughts on how to get this to run first?  In my InstallExecuteSeque

Re: [WiX-users] version 3 - error LGHT0216

2006-07-04 Thread Silvio Massari
Hi Derek, I debugged light.exe, the exception is thrown in the yellow line: public Database(string path, OpenDatabase type) { uint handle = 0; int error = MsiInterop.MsiOpenDatabase(path, new IntPtr((int)type), out handle);if (0 != error) { throw new Win32Exception(error); } this.Handle = hand

[WiX-users] CustomAction failing on Vista

2006-07-04 Thread Josh Einstein
I am using a CustomAction to launch ngen at the end of my installation but it’s not working correctly in Vista with UAC. If I invoke the command manually from the command prompt as the logged in user, it fails because ngen requires the admin token. So I don’t get any elevation prompts even

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction failing on Vista

2006-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Josh Einstein wrote: I am using a CustomAction to launch ngen at the end of my installation but it’s not working correctly in Vista with UAC. If I invoke the command manually from the command prompt as the logged in user, it fails because ngen requires the admin token. So I don’

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction failing on Vista

2006-07-04 Thread Josh Einstein
I haven’t looked at Wix Version 3 yet. I guess I was put off by the (unstable) after it. The reason I switched to Wix was for a more predictable installation experience than InstallShield. Is the schema compatible with version 2? I am a few days away from a launch so I might have to put it

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction failing on Vista

2006-07-04 Thread Derek Cicerone
NGen is supported in both WiX 2 and 3.  I would highly suggest using the custom actions we built since they were done with assistance from the NGen team.  There could be some bugs however, so it probably isn’t appropriate for shipping in a few days (a few months would be much more appropria

Re: [WiX-users] version 3 - error LGHT0216

2006-07-04 Thread Derek Cicerone
Got it – this will be fixed in the next release.  You’ll need to ensure you get darice.cub and mergemod.cub from either the MSI SDK or a later WiX release to stop this error from occurring.   Derek   From: Silvio Massari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 2:

Re: [WiX-users] Installing COM components

2006-07-04 Thread Shmarya Rubenstein
jdrake, your suggestion is essentially the same as using tallow to extract the COM infromation...On 7/3/06, jdrake < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I should qualify my answer.  IF you are only installing the components themselves, and NOT a COM+ Application, then you should use the .NET IDE tocreate an i