[WiX-users] Change TARGETDIR if space is not avilable and installs in another drive In Silent Mode(not in UI mode)

hi, My requirement is -> In case of Silent Install, when user give the command "msiexec /i abcdef.msi /q" by default it installs in C drive. If C drive doesn't have enough space, then my installer automatically selects another drive which has space and should install there silently. Following

[WiX-users] Light.exe: error LGHT0094

Hi, I have generated a wxs file using heat.exe (I have installed Wix3.0.3530.0.msi) and used the option -template:product. I have fixed all GUIDs and errors generated by candle.exe and obtained a wixobj file. Now when I ran the linker light.exe against the object file, I get the following

[WiX-users] Using -loc

Hi, Is there a way for using -loc with "wild cards" instead of mentioning the actual file names one by one?? For example, something like: Light.exe -cultures:en-US -loc *_en-us.wxl -out MyProd.msi MyProd.wixobj - SF.Net ema

[WiX-users] XMLConfig - delete an element - BUG

Since nobody answered my question I believe this is a bug, right? Chris wrote: > Hello, > I want to delete the last config-element of this xml-file with XMLConfig: > > > > > > > > > > I tried it with the following xml-statement but it deletes all > config-elements: > >

[WiX-users] Listing extant websites

Just so I don't find myself reinventing the wheel, is it possible to get a list of the currently provisioned websites in IIS using WixIISExtension? I ask because the current behavior seems to be a silent overwrite of any existing website with the same settings as the one being installed. This obvio

[WiX-users] MsiSetProperty - Value is not displaying

Hi, INSTALLPATH refers - C:\ char PATH[256]; DWORD PATHSize = sizeof(PATH); MsiGetProperty(hInstaller, "INSTALLPATH", &PATH[0], &PATHSize); Now am the same am trying to assign new ppty ie INSTALLNEWPATH MsiSetProperty(hInstaller,"INSTALLNEWPATH",PATH); When am tryin

Re: [WiX-users] Handling Feature Dependencies

Thanks For the Response John, But that is what I did with the segment below. It kept giving me, this error however - "error LGHT0095 : Multiple primary references were found for Feature 'fC' ... Or Am I missing something in my Fragment? It is a FeatureGroup including MergeRefs.

Re: [WiX-users] Handling Feature Dependencies

Oh. Are you saying put the MergeRefs directly under the feature groups? Okay. I will give that a shot. From: John Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 2:59 PM To: Robert Priest; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Handling Fe

Re: [WiX-users] Handling Feature Dependencies

Oh. Are you saying put the MergeRefs directly under the feature groups? Okay. I will give that a shot. Yes, and then put FeatureGroupRefs under your Features. John - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Th

[WiX-users] Specifying name dynamically for environment variable doesn't seem to work.

Howdy, folks. I'm trying to accomplish the following (without success): This creates an environment variable named [TARGETENV] *not* an environment variable of the name specified in the installer form's edit field. I can understand Id not supporting property expansion, but I'm hosed if Name d

[WiX-users] Must be administrator to remove?

Hello everyone,In my quest to test and certify my installation package for Vista, I have decided to bite the bullet and install the application for the current user only, not touching any part of the machine (HKLM, Program Files, etc.) that is off limits. Everything is now installed under %AppData%

[WiX-users] FlexNet Connect

Has anyone successfully implemented the Installshield Update Service, FlexNet Connect, in a Wix project? Has anyone used the merge module in anything outside of InstallShield itself? I'd like to leverage our existing update delivery framework based on the InstallShield Update Service. Thanks, P

Re: [WiX-users] Specifying name dynamically for environment variable doesn't seem to work.

I believe the Environment WiX element maps to a row in the Environment table. The Name column only allows for a text string (which is not further evaluated) and not a formatted string (which allows property replacement), so I think you are hosed but I could be wrong. Jim -Original Message

Re: [WiX-users] More languages done?

Ah. I was only looking in the WiX v3 source. Thanks. Jim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:39 PM To: Jim Hewes Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] More languages done? Jim Hewes wrote: I no

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

I found the reason of that problem by using RegMon where I saw the 1450 error when opening a registry key. Then I found those following URLs which perfectly match my problem: - http://tinyurl.com/2rj93p - http://tinyurl.com/3ey6fe Getting rid of the `Components' subtree (there was only one child

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

Emmanuel Stapf [ES] wrote: > I found the reason of that problem by using RegMon where I saw the 1450 error > when opening a registry key. Then I found those following URLs which > perfectly match my problem: > - http://tinyurl.com/2rj93p > - http://tinyurl.com/3ey6fe > This is why validation is

Re: [WiX-users] More languages done?

Jim Hewes wrote: Ah. I was only looking in the WiX v3 source. Thanks. Currently the full set of loc strings hasn't been ported to v3. There are some missing strings because of changes in v3. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] Using -loc

Albert Shamsiyan wrote: Is there a way for using --loc with "wild cards" instead of mentioning the actual file names one by one?? Not from light itself, though you could do it from a batch file or MSBuild project. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Light.exe: error LGHT0094

NSENGIYUMVA DAVID wrote: I have generated a wxs file using heat.exe (I have installed Wix3.0.3530.0.msi) and used the option -template:product. I have fixed all GUIDs and errors generated by candle.exe and obtained a wixobj file. Now when I ran the linker light.exe against the object file, I get

Re: [WiX-users] Changing PushButton Text on Dialogs

Rob Jones wrote: I need to change the text on the Back and Next buttons on all dialogs used in my WiX 3.0.2925.0 setup. I'm currently using the WixUI_InstallDir dialog set. I thought that the following might work: All the controls use loc strings, so you can replace the text by overridi

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

> Emmanuel Stapf [ES] wrote: > > I found the reason of that problem by using RegMon where I saw the > > 1450 error when opening a registry key. Then I found those > following > > URLs which perfectly match my problem: > > - http://tinyurl.com/2rj93p > > - http://tinyurl.com/3ey6fe > > > > Th

[WiX-users] Changing PushButton Text on Dialogs

I need to change the text on the Back and Next buttons on all dialogs used in my WiX 3.0.2925.0 setup. I'm currently using the WixUI_InstallDir dialog set. I thought that the following might work: However, that results in a compile

Re: [WiX-users] how to use quiet custom action

Hi, I followed the instruction below, and copied the example in WiX.chm, I get the following ICE68 error: Error 7 ICE68: Invalid custom action type for action This is the example used... . . . Thanks - Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore

Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

Thanks Stefan, I tried using that, and the Progress Text in the dialog shows "Removing Backup Files" during the execution of my slow custom action, it never renders my text... Heres what I have: Configuring Visual Studio... (this may t

Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

Adam Langley wrote: > ... > the Progress Text in the dialog shows "Removing Backup Files" > during the execution of my slow custom action, it never > renders my text > ... > My guess: You should make your action be deferred instead of commit. a) Wix ProgressText maps to Windows Install

Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

Thanks Daryn, that completely fixed my problem, cheers for the clear explanation aswell! Im always stumbling around exactly when I want to execute my custom actions. Is there a diagram somewhere listing all the install sequence execute events (InstallInitialize, InstallFinalize, etc etc) - in their

[WiX-users] Problems deploying Microsoft MSM module to SystemFolder

Can I not deploy files to System32? S:\release\cabs\product.msi.wxs(15) : warning LGHT1056 : The Directory table contains a row with primary key(s) 'SystemFolder' which cannot be merged from the merge module 'S:\build\msm\comcat.msm'. This is likely due to collision of rows with the same prima

[WiX-users] CreateDatabase failed when User attribute is specified.

Hi, I have following User and SqlDatabase defined in WIX 3.0: ... ... --- When I run the install it fails with the following logged ERROR message: MSI (s) (40:08) [18:13:55:027]: Inv

[WiX-users] Failed to get group 'STUONBBOX5DOM/Administrators'

Hi, We are facing a issue. Actually our MSI occasionally fails when it tries to add a user to the Administrators group. It is not able to find out Administrators group itself ???.This is a random behavior. It has been observed that the problem happens more often when virtual 1-box is being used