Hi,
I need to check whether the install derectory is empty or not.
i.e.
When we browse a dirctory as the install dir, I need to make sure it is
empty. Is there a tag in WiX to do this?
Thanks,
Saman
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This article by Aaron Stebner has always helped me before:
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/08/01/446328.aspx
2009/6/23 Brian Rogers
> Hey Jim,
>
> Try the link below or breakout the RegEx
>
> Wilogutl.exe
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372811(VS.85).aspx
>
> Thanks,
>
>
Hi,
I have one text box field in my installer screen.
In that I want to restrict this text field only for 5 digit *number*.
It should allow user to enter any character other than digits.
Is that possible from WIX?
Thanks,
Hukum
Hey, all
I'm evaluating Wix v3.0 to see if we should adopt it, and run into a
snag. The problem is that in wix v2 we run light with -v and it
chucked out a lot of "Cabbing file xxx from yyy" style messages.
However, in Wix v3 they seem to have disappeared. Looking through
the code, it seems that
Are there any guidelines for how best to create both a 32 and a 64 bit
installer from a single WiX source file? I can use variable substitution to set
the Platform attribute and pick up the right versions of the various executable
files, but I'm puzzled about how to manage Component GUIDs. Do th
I cannot help much on the Wix side...
However, for the GUID generation...
I am using Wix 3.0 and I edit my Wix "projects" with VS.
I create a Macro (code below) to replace the current selection (be it empty
or not) with a new Gui!
Now it's just a matter of
1. press the button I associated with thi
This may be of help
http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2005/10/24/windows-installer-on-64-
bit-platforms.aspx
-Original Message-
From: John Aldridge [mailto:j...@jjdash.demon.co.uk]
Sent: 23 June 2009 15:36
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] 32 & 64 bit installers
You could use DTF (or vbscript) to analyse what is actually in the MSI.
I think there are few vbscript samples in the Windows Installer SDK.
Neil
-Original Message-
From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com]
Sent: 23 June 2009 15:30
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [
Well, I /finally/ figured out how to write a BinderFileManager
extension. That needs better (i.e. "some" :) ) documentation. The
one example for PreProcessorExtensions in the docs don't tell you how
to work with *other* types of extensions.
Thanks anyway
2009/6/23 John Ludlow :
> Hey, all
>
>
Hey John,
Off the top of my head I would say take a look at the DTF tools. You could
write a simple managed code app that reads MSI output itself and does the
verfication. After all the Component, Directory and File table should all
line up if you walk them. You would then be able to validate two
Hi Brian and Neil,
Thanks for the DTF suggestion - I did look at the DTF stuff and
considered it as a possible fallback (along with doing a simple
msiexec /a). However, it's not ideal since we wouldn't have the path
where the file came from and (haven't tried DTF so I'm just assuming
on that fron
Oh, and on the idea of walking the Directory table (missed this
before)... we have quite a number of directories that for one reason
or another don't line up, and some whose locations are defined at
install-time. Part of this is purely the number of installations we
have, another is that some of
Hey John,
That sounds like a good way to get what you need. It makes sense to be
mapping against your root source. In the past I had used Beyond Compare and
just looked for orphans. Compared to what you are doing it sounds like I was
in the dark ages .
I am sure that other members would love to s
I downloaded it but can't get it installed. It just locks up when
checking disk space.
-Original Message-
From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers.br...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:12 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What is th
I looked through my log after checking Aaron Stebner's blog that Martin
had suggested. Unfortunately nothing new was learned. I know that it's
bombing during the install of my ComPlus component. The question is
why? I attached a zipped verbose log of my last install if that helps.
Hopefully som
Brian,
Thanks for answering this post. I actually reverted back to one file
per component.
Jim
-Original Message-
From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers.br...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:51 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-user
Hey Tom,
Your question prompted a blog. I was going to write it all in the email but
I have seen this posed several times. I am sure, if you haven't already, you
could do some digging and find the answer. There are custom actions in the
WiX code base that do what you have asked as well.
Here is t
Hey Jim,
I didn't get the log file through the newsgroup. Can you post it on skydrive
or some other file share?
Thanks,
Brian Rogers
"Intelligence removes complexity." - Me
http://icumove.spaces.live.com
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:00 AM, MacDiarmid, James D <
james.macdiar...@eds.com> wrote:
Using the proprocessor is one part of the solution.
But instead of spending hours with Guid gen, use XSLT to generate the new guids
for components, as you will need different component codes for different
flavors. I have often done this. Get the transform to just copy all of the
nodes save fo
Has anyone ever had trouble runnning custom actions when Visual Studio isn't
installed on a machine? I have done everything I can think of to make these
work, and I am still getting the following error in my install log.
Any tips on things to check for as well as potential solutions would be
grea
If the CA is managed it requires .net
If it's unmanaged it requires the VC runtime unless you compile it with
/MT to embed the runtime in the dll.
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2kzt1wy3(VS.80).aspx)
Installing VS.NET would install both of these... It could be some other
dependency as we
My guess is that a dependency for your custom action is not installed. On
one of these machines, copy the custom action dll and Dependency Walker (
http://www.dependencywalker.com), launch depends.exe and drag your custom
action dll into it. You will see what is missing.
Most likely, if you are u
It is a managed custom action, that I've run through the MakeSfxCA tool.
.NET is installed on the machine.
-Tina
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Brooke Philpott wrote:
> If the CA is managed it requires .net
> If it's unmanaged it requires the VC runtime unless you compile it with
> /MT to embe
Windows Installer supports a MaskedEdit control that you can put in your WiX
source. The associated mask will be some number of # characters.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369797(VS.85).aspx
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: Hukumchand Shah [mailto:hukum.s...@gmail.com]
I am running on 64-bit Server 2008 with UAC turned Off.
My custom action references System, System.Data, System.XML,
Microsoft.SharePoint, Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller, and a helper
assembly that I own. The helper assembly additionally references
System.DirectoryServices, and System.Serv
Brian,
I uploaded it to a public folder on SkyDrive (yes, I'm a sky drive Noob
too). Here is a link to the public folder, but I'm not sure if it will
work.
http://cid-d17a3b03b674501f.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public
Jim
-Original Message-
From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers
I'd check to see if the Microsoft.SharePoint assembly references something
else. The last step I can think of is to set up and run the Fusion Log
Viewer tool (Fuslogvw.exe) and see if it is related to an assembly loading
issue. Other than that, I'm fresh out of ideas.
Info on Fuslogvw.exe:
http:
Hey Jim,
Looks like something is wrong with one of your DLLs.
Take a look back over your logs for the word "Error". Especially around line
8291. The overall code being thrown is 1603 so take a look at Aaron
Stebner's blog http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/08/01/446328.aspx
.
RegisterCo
You can also run process monitor from sysinternals to see if there are
other load failures.
-Brooke
-Original Message-
From: Steven Bone [mailto:sb...@pobox.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:19 PM
To: Tina Basinger
Cc: Wix Group
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Trouble running custom actions w
Hi,
How do I specify an extension on the WiX 3.5 command line?
I'm looking at an example on the following web page:
http://kobyk.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/installing-filter-drivers-with-difxapp-and-a-wix-v3-msi/
which uses the command
%WIX_PATH%\candle -ext %WIX_PATH%\WixUIExtension.dll -ex
Hey Andreas,
Just to be clear, are you sure that your environment has %WIX_PATH% as a
variable and that it resolves to the correct directory path?
Thanks,
Brian Rogers
"Intelligence removes complexity." - Me
http://icumove.spaces.live.com
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Andreas Gustafsson wr
Hi,
I re-read the wix.chm and found "Quiet Execution Custom Action".
I tried to use the example in wix.chm. But when I run it, I got these errors:
MSI (s) (68!58) [13:58:06:803]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Deleting QtExecCmdLine
property. Its current value is '"[INSTALLLOCATION]abc.exe"'.
CAQuietExec: Er
Our application includes a USB driver in its install through DIFxApp. I
now have two installers, one for x86 and one for x64. I understand this
to be a requirement when using difxap. Since the install will fail if
running the x86 on x64 or vice versa, I thought it would be appropriate
to use the e
Hi
I have an installer that was created using WiX 3.0.5217.
When I run the installer on Vista/XP/Win7, everything works. When I run it
on W2K8, everything seems fine, ARP contains entries, etc, but none of the
registry keys were created. I've compared a verbose log generated on Vista
and W2K8 by
In my example MergeModule project attached, I name my shortcut folder with a
localization string which doesn't completely resolve:
That localization variable is defined in a .wxl file:
http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization";>
$(var.RmaProductName) Help
The variable RmaProduc
Hey Jacques,
Just curious, have you run the install on the 64-bit versions of the 3 OSs
it works on?
Thanks,
Brian Rogers
"Intelligence removes complexity." - Me
http://icumove.spaces.live.com
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Jacques Eloff wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have an installer that was created
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