[WiX-users] Problem with managed custom actions (DTF)

I use DTF to build a custom action Dll in C# (Wix Build 3.0.5217.0). When I add the custom action named "SQLiteValidation" I encounter the following installation error : Error 1723. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could

[WiX-users] Wix3 manuals?

Hi, is it just me - or did the manuals really disappear from http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/main.htm? Thanks, Stephan. __ Stephan O'Farrill Weyringergasse 37/3/11a 1040 Vienna / Austria +43 680 1268 751 --

Re: [WiX-users] adding a bootstrapper breaks comboboxes on custom UI!

Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > barry wrote: >> Tried that other forum but they said to try WIX newsgroups! >> > > If your WiX-built MSI works, then it's not WiX and it's not Windows > Installer. Sorry, I know it's not much help, but what you're describing > doesn't make sense unless the bootstra

[WiX-users] How to check for installed package in WiX 3.0 ?

I'd like to check that Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 is installed as a condition for my own installation package. I found this in the bootstrapper description for this product (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\CrystalReports10_5\product.xml) :

[WiX-users] Files in use

When I run a major upgrade install on Windows Vista or later the files in use (or restart manager) dialog is displayed for the two services I am installing, this doesn't happen on Windows XP (Windows Installer v4.5). The services are controlled by the ServiceControl element and listed in the Servic

Re: [WiX-users] Candle - how to output .wixobj files with same directory structure as the .wxs files?

Assuming you mean the VC++ compiler - it puts all .obj files into a single directory but automatically appends numbers to file names if they would collide. Like this: main.cpp -> main.obj subdir\main.cpp -> main1.obj I could live with this scheme in WiX too. Rob Mensching-6 wrote: > > What doe

Re: [WiX-users] Compression level

On 10 May 2009, at 19:37, Chuck wrote: > Chris Ridd wrote: >> Yes, the higher compression levels make building the msi much slower. >> If you've got the concept of a "debug" vs "release" build, I'd >> suggest >> using no compression when debugging, and high when doing a release. > > In the inte

Re: [WiX-users] Wix3 manuals?

Something wrong with last Friday's build (SF had a hiccup and not sure our build recovered well). The WiX.chm is available and the online manual should be back this week. stephan o'farrill wrote: > Hi, > > is it just me - or did the manuals really disappear from > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manu

Re: [WiX-users] what is feature and it's level?

I personally always recommend reading the MSI SDK. It is dense but after reading it so many little things will start making sense. MYFLEX wrote: > Hi, > i want some information about how the installer will treat a feature. and > what is install level? > Please send some links where i can get some

Re: [WiX-users] Candle - how to output .wixobj files with same directory structure as the .wxs files?

Sounds like a very good feature request. Can you open it? zett42 wrote: > Assuming you mean the VC++ compiler - it puts all .obj files into a single > directory but automatically appends numbers to file names if they would > collide. > Like this: > main.cpp -> main.obj > subdir\main.cpp -> main1.o

Re: [WiX-users] Files in use

The difference between Vista and XP is the RestartManager. IIRC, there are a few things you can do to suppress the RestartManager usage via MSIRM type properties... that might get you closer. Neil Sleightholm wrote: > When I run a major upgrade install on Windows Vista or later the files > in us

Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster.

Bob raises a good point. Actually, this is an even better reason to split your files up close-to-evenly into a few cabs. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 6:57 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] Files in use

You can set MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL to Disable. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:11 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Files in use The difference betwe

Re: [WiX-users] Files in use

I disabled restart manager in 2 ways, with the property MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL set to Disable and by removing the MsiRMFilesInUse dialog but I still get the FileInUse dialog. I think that means it is not directly attributable to restart manager. I did find a KB article that said that WI 4.5 fixed

[WiX-users] WIX Updates

I was checking out the new version of WIX due in July and was wondering if the issues with the MSMQ Extension and the Office Extension would be resolved. Specifically: MSMQ Extension; On a repair, it fails with an error when the queue already exists. It appears a check for the existing queue

Re: [WiX-users] Files in use

Even with it disabled I still think it is used. From the log: MSI (s) (AC:38) [16:52:55:648]: RESTART MANAGER: Disabled by MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL property; Windows Installer will use the built-in FilesInUse functionality. Then a bit later: MSI (s) (AC:D4) [16:53:05:170]: RESTART MANAGER: Detec

Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster.

Mahmoud, You could look into doing some work with heat.exe. If you harvest your source into individual output files you could then use XSLT to add disk Ids. There are general risks with this, many around patching. Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces

Re: [WiX-users] Files in use

Neil, we run into the same issue with our product, but normally restart manager catches it: MSI (s) (6C:2C) [17:29:11:221]: RESTART MANAGER: Detected that the service FooService will be stopped due to a service control action authored in the package before the files are updated. So, we will not

Re: [WiX-users] How to check for installed package in WiX 3.0 ?

That doesn't work because those are product code guids, not component guids. Try a registry search under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{productcode}. Also consider a search under HKCU if both your product and the dependency are per-user products. -Eric > To: wix-users@

Re: [WiX-users] Files in use

Some settings of MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL disable the MsiRMFilesInUse dialog, the docs are clear on that, and don't turn off the entire files-in-use detection. Did you use Disable or DisableShutdown? What's the Wait value in your ServiceControl element? I'd expect to see a log entry saying t

Re: [WiX-users] property value passed to CA through ExecXmlFile property is not correct

Thanks, that was definitely it. Amy -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 7:57 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] property value passed to CA through ExecXmlFile property is not corre

Re: [WiX-users] How to check for installed package in WiX 3.0 ?

If the UpgradeCode for Crystal is reliable you could make an Upgrade table entry for it with "only search" for the range of versions you expect - that'll set a property you can use in a type 19 custom action. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Eric St.John [mailto:eric.st.j...@hotma

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

I have a simple related question. I am trying to test the execution of my rollback custom action. I had thought that returning ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE from a type 1 CA with return="Check" would do the trick. What I see though is that further actions are skipped, the msi returns code 1603, and the

Re: [WiX-users] Files in use

Thanks for your comments, it is good to know it should work. StopServices is before RemoveFiles. Interestingly it also happens on a normal uninstall so a least it is consistent. Neil -Original Message- From: Eric St.John [mailto:eric.st.j...@hotmail.com] Sent: 12 May 2009 17:33 To: wix-u

Re: [WiX-users] Files in use

I am using MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL=Disable which according to the docs "Disables interaction of the package with the Restart Manager. Windows Installer uses the FilesInUse Dialog." - I am suspecting that it might mean that is disable use of MsiRMFilesInUse not the Restart Manager. The Wait value

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

In article <1242101191107-2867127.p...@n2.nabble.com>, achandrapano writes: > Yes I see your point, but is there no way to do everything from the new MSI? Nope. All you have access to in the new MSI is the new version. Everything that happens in the old version is controlled by the old MS

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

In article <54eeb3a30905120956p79b48ea7ka564c640e57be...@mail.gmail.com>, Tim Haloun writes: > I have a simple related question. I am trying to test the execution of my > rollback custom action. I had thought that returning ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE > from a type 1 CA with return="Check" woul

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

But from the new msi you do have access to the REP action which should call the old msi's uninstaller. Why can't I put a rollback CA right before this? I know I can if REP is after InstallFinalize, but then the remove/install order gets screwed up. If REP happens in the beginning, why can't I plac

[WiX-users] Moving my xml code over from WixAware v2.0

I'm using Votive now to develop my installer and have moved my code over from WixAware. In addition I clean the code up to a point but now I'm getting about 131 lines of errors and I'm not sure how to fix it at this point. My apologies in advance for posting all this mess, but I figured someone

[WiX-users] shortcut ordering in startmenu

hello all. my question regards sorted shortcuts in the startmenu. suppose i have an install and it sets up a few shortcuts under a newly created folder under the startmenu. then in a patch i want to add a new shortcut to the same working directory, but i want that new shortcut to appear at the

Re: [WiX-users] Moving my xml code over from WixAware v2.0

Ok.. I think I figured this one out. I didn't realize till now that I had a reference to the WixUIExtention.dll in my project. -Original Message- From: MacDiarmid, James D [mailto:james.macdiar...@eds.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:16 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

In article <1242150015129-2870660.p...@n2.nabble.com>, achandrapano writes: > > But from the new msi you do have access to the REP action which should call > the old msi's uninstaller. Why can't I put a rollback CA right before this? See the documentation on RemoveExistingProducts. If yo

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

Yeah I saw that, but was hoping there was some kind of hack. I read somewhere that it is possible to access the old msi's actions in the new msi, but maybe that was not true. Thanks though Richard for the help. Richard-45 wrote: > > > In article <1242150015129-2870660.p...@n2.nabble.com>, >

[WiX-users] Localization file

I've got the en-US parameter set in the cultures box in votive. Is there something else I'm missing? I'm getting a lot of errors now that seem to indicate that my project isn't loading my localization file. Jim -- The

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

In article <1242164147122-2873091.p...@n2.nabble.com>, achandrapano writes: > Yeah I saw that, but was hoping there was some kind of hack. Trust me, the *LAST* thing you want to be doing in your software installations, upgrades and rollback handling is "some kind of hack". In this particu

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

So I added a rollback action to the old msi to reinstall my drivers right before "RemoveFiles". When I launched the new msi to upgrade, the rollback action never executed but the log file tells me it did. I am sort of confused by MSI log files. There are so many different calls to my rollback acti

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

In article <1242169753994-2875388.p...@n2.nabble.com>, achandrapano writes: > So I added a rollback action to the old msi to reinstall my drivers right > before "RemoveFiles". When I launched the new msi to upgrade, the rollback > action never executed but the log file tells me it did. I am

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

The rollback CA appears in #3 (during the rollback execution of the script) since I see the following in the log file: Rollback: RollbackDriverManagerReinstall MSI (s) (F0:18) [17:03:27:438]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=RollbackDriverManagerReinstall,,) MSI (s) (F0:18) [17:03:27:438]: Executin

Re: [WiX-users] Localization file

Have you set wixlocalizati...@culture to en-US for the localization files you expect to be used when specifying Cultures=en-US? -Eric > Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:44:46 -0400 > From: james.macdiar...@eds.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Localization file > >

Re: [WiX-users] shortcut ordering in startmenu

No, according to http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/06/19/636823.aspx Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: cemiles [mailto:chad.mi...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 1:34 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] shortcut ordering in startmenu

[WiX-users] Two Entries in Add or Remove Programs

I have been testing the major upgrade procedure under WiX Version 3.0.5217.0 and Windows XP. I install version 1.0 of my application successfully. (It has the required Upgrade element.) To prepare for the next version of my application I increment the FILEVERSION, PRODUCTVERSION and FileVersion

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

In article <1242174267154-2877231.p...@n2.nabble.com>, achandrapano writes: > So it looks like all the 3 conditions are evaluating to true, but nothing > happens. Is there any way to debug what the error really is? The Msi log > shows nothing to help me besides those two lines above, then i

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

Well the MsgBox works for the first rollback action that occurs in the new msi. For the old msi, the message box doesnt show AND I also log driver info to a file and that file wasn't updated either, meaning the binary action isn't really happening even though the MSI log says it did. Any thoughts?

Re: [WiX-users] WIX Updates

1. MSMQ: I believe so. If the bug isn't opened it was either fixed or punted. 2. Office: today the Office Extension is only used by ClickThrough. Since development on ClickThrough has been postponed until WiX v4 the Office Extension can be basically ignored. Chris Snider wrote: > I was checkin

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

In article <1242189374607-2878976.p...@n2.nabble.com>, achandrapano writes: > Well the MsgBox works for the first rollback action that occurs in the new > msi. For the old msi, the message box doesnt show AND I also log driver info > to a file and that file wasn't updated either, meaning th

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Custom Action during Upgrade

What should I look for in the log file? From what I pasted above, I do see that my rollback CA is getting called, so that would mean my patch is in effect. Is there any way to test a rollback CA execution? Like maybe instead of calling a binary file or DLL file, to just pop up a box? Richard-45

[WiX-users] UI Dialog on uninstallation

Hi All, I want to show one UI dialog when user tries to uninstall the application from add/remove panel. How can I do this in WIX? Does any one know this? Thanks, Hukum -- The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under

[WiX-users] inconsistent progressbar

Hi All, I have created the WIX installer. In this problem is installer progress bar is inconsistent. So How I can make it consistent or move it according to my need? Thanks, Hukum -- The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners del