[WiX-users] upgrade code

2012-10-09 Thread Chaitanya
Hi, Iam Having two msi,s.in one msi iam having 200 patches.i installed that.it creates one msi in my control panel.iam going to install 2nd msi that is having remaining patches.that should upgrade with the same name which is in control panel.not to create another name.how is it possible.. Thanks

[WiX-users] Burn bundle versions and BOOTSTRAPPER_ACTION_MODIFY

2012-10-09 Thread Adrian Gantoi
Hi all, I created a bundle that can install up to 5 different MSI packages (different products). The bundle allows the user to install / modify / uninstall / layout through a managed UI. "Install" allows the user to select which MSI packages should be installed, "Modify" which packages to be in

Re: [WiX-users] Burn bundle versions and BOOTSTRAPPER_ACTION_MODIFY

2012-10-09 Thread Adrian Gantoi
About: "Or am I using BOOTSTRAPPER_ACTION_MODIFY incorrectly ?" I am aware this is intended to be used to modify installed features of a MSI, but I saw no initial problem in transforming my MSI packages into "bundle features"... Should I stick to planning simply BOOTSTRAPPER_ACTION_INSTALL in m

Re: [WiX-users] Log on as a service question

2012-10-09 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
You can add the "log on as a service" privilege to a user without creating the user when using the User element. In what way does this not work in your situation ? -Original Message- From: Senthil Chandran [mailto:senth...@microsoft.com] Sent: 09 October 2012 00:55 To: wix-users@lists.sou

Re: [WiX-users] upgrade code

2012-10-09 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/major_upgrade.htm -Original Message- From: Chaitanya [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com] Sent: 09 October 2012 09:06 To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] upgrade code Hi, Iam Having two msi,s.in one msi iam having 200 patches.i in

[WiX-users] Transform not working

2012-10-09 Thread Natalie Carr
Hi I am having trouble with my transforms, I have my main installer but when I transform it, it stays the exact same. I opened the transformed msi in Orca and it showed all my changes but when it is run I get the main installer and not my transformed one. Anyone know what would cause this to occur?

Re: [WiX-users] Transform not working

2012-10-09 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
What command line did you use to install ? Does a verbose log mention the transform that's being applied ? -Original Message- From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com] Sent: 09 October 2012 11:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Transform not working

Re: [WiX-users] Burn mangaged installer and IIS Administration

2012-10-09 Thread Igor Paniushkin
It seems that I found another "thing" which has the same problem: DISM API (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh824790.aspx). It also requires elevated permissions (even to get info about installed windows features). Best Regards, Igor -Original Message- From: Rob Me

Re: [WiX-users] upgrade code

2012-10-09 Thread Chaitanya
Hi, I checked that path but iam unable to upgrade to my exsisting msi.. Thanks, -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: 09 October 2012 14:50 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] upgrade code http://wix.

Re: [WiX-users] Transform not working

2012-10-09 Thread Natalie Carr
I used Orca to create the transform and save the new transformed MSI. It was when I tried to run that newly saved transform. The main installer was already installed and when I uninstalled it, it worked as it should. Is this a limitation of the transforms that they cannot be run on an MSI that is

Re: [WiX-users] Burn bundle versions and BOOTSTRAPPER_ACTION_MODIFY

2012-10-09 Thread Adrian Gantoi
Just filed a bug for the BOOTSTRAPPER_ACTION_MODIFY / MajorUpgrade combination - #3114. Even if I misuse BOOTSTRAPPER_ACTION_MODIFY, somebody using it correctly ("as designed") may still have this problem :). Also rebuilding WiX/burn to write reg values in RegistrationSessionBegin on BOOTSTRAPP

Re: [WiX-users] upgrade code

2012-10-09 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Can you give more information ? Is there an error message ? -Original Message- From: Chaitanya [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com] Sent: 09 October 2012 12:34 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] upgrade code Hi, I checked that path but iam u

Re: [WiX-users] Burn mangaged installer and IIS Administration

2012-10-09 Thread Henning Krause
Hi, using PowerShell you won't need admin permissions to enumerate this. In my installer I start a new process which hosts a PowerShell runspace. The new process is required because the Burn bootstrapper does not run as X64 process. However, this is required for the ServerManager snapin. The pr

[WiX-users] Burn and MultiInstance installs

2012-10-09 Thread tyler.w.reid
I doubt I'd be much help coding this, but I have talked to my tester and I am willing to code up one of our products to test burn multi-instance and he is willing to test it. Tyler Reid | Operations and Infrastructure | Accenture Software | P&C Insurance 1807 Jones Street | Bolivar, MO 65613| U

Re: [WiX-users] Burn mangaged installer and IIS Administration

2012-10-09 Thread Igor Paniushkin
There is no guarantee that PowerShell is installed. For example on Windows Server 2012 Core it is not a default feature. Best Regards, Igor -Original Message- From: Henning Krause [mailto:m...@henningkrause.eu] Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 1:52 PM To: General discussion for Windows In

Re: [WiX-users] upgrade code

2012-10-09 Thread Chaitanya
That clearly saying that another version is running -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: 09 October 2012 17:28 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] upgrade code Can you give more information ? Is ther

Re: [WiX-users] upgrade code

2012-10-09 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
It is not possible to run two installers at the same time. Wait until one installer has finished before starting the other. If you believe that you do not have two installers running at the same time, check Task Manager and see if msiexec.exe is there. It's safe to kill msiexec.exe if no installati

[WiX-users] Setting Property based on condition

2012-10-09 Thread Justin Hull
We have a situation where the original install uses a property named 'DBTYPE' to determine optional nstall of files. On the base install, some properties are written to the registry, but DBTYPE is not. In the patch this is having a negative effect because the DBTYPE is defaulted to '1' and whe

Re: [WiX-users] Setting Property based on condition

2012-10-09 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
DBVERS The condition means "if DBVERS has any value". An empty string is the same as no value and is equivalent to a property that doesn't exist. -Original Message- From: Justin Hull [mailto:justin.h...@assetpoint.com] Sent: 09 October 2012 17:01 To: General discussion for Windows Instal

[WiX-users] Building on tfsreview.co with Wix 3.7

2012-10-09 Thread Marco Peretti
Hi everybody, I am experimenting with building a simple setup on tfspreview, and I've run into a problem. The setup BTW, consists of a single feature, one component and a single file. I have checked-in the binaries into src control and made the necessary changes in the project file to set the Wix

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting Feature state in Managed BA

2012-10-09 Thread Brian_Covington
For those who are searching for an answer, this is what has worked for us: private void PlanPackageBegin(object sender, PlanPackageBeginEventArgs e) // if this is the package, which has optional features if (e.PackageId.Equals("", StringComparison.Ordinal)) { // if the action b

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades

2012-10-09 Thread James Johnston
> -Original Message- > From: Shane Corbin [mailto:shane_cor...@selinc.com] > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 18:07 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades > > Hey James, > > Did you ever get any resolution to your problem regarding scanning for

Re: [WiX-users] Prompting the user during an upgrade

2012-10-09 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Is this a major upgrade scenario? I would hope you aren't planning on invoking the uninstall of the previous version from a CA. If it is a Major Upgrade, if you were lucky enough to have this old data in its own feature then you could look at the RemoveFeatures attribute of the MajorUpgrade ele

Re: [WiX-users] Building on tfsreview.co with Wix 3.7

2012-10-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Oct-12 13:43, Marco Peretti wrote: > light.exe : error LGHT0001: The filename, directory name, or volume > label syntax is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007B) > [C:\a\src\LockIt\MMC.Setup\MMC.Setup.wixproj] Try getting a verbose log so you can see the stack trace. -- sig://boB h

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting Feature state in Managed BA

2012-10-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Oct-12 14:23, Brian_Covington wrote: > private void PlanPackageBegin(object sender, PlanPackageBeginEventArgs e) Please file a bug on this -- I'd vote that it's a bug that the engine doesn't call OnPlanMsiFeature; if it would and a feature state was change, it would set the package action t

Re: [WiX-users] WIC as a prereq before .NET 4.0 in Burn with custom BA

2012-10-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Oct-12 04:47, Daniel Bruce wrote: > Our problem is not in specifying the packages (though thank you for that), > but getting them to run prior to the .NET 4.0 package in the native installer > that is launched if .NET 4.0 is not present on the machine. We think this > would require setting

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting Feature state in Managed BA

2012-10-09 Thread Brian C
Okay, done.  https://sourceforge.net/p/wix/bugs/3116/ LaunchAction.Modify on Present package does not call PlanMsiFeature From: Bob Arnson To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Detecting Feature