Re: [WiX-users] uI on silent uninstall

2014-03-25 Thread sergey.s.betke
what message type You used for session.message? С уважением, Бетке Сергей Сергеевич. От: Phil Wilson Отправлено: ‎пятница‎, ‎21‎ ‎марта‎ ‎2014‎ г. ‎20‎:‎54 Кому: General discussion about the WiX toolset. I'm not sure - I was under the impression that calls that that ultimately ende

[WiX-users] Fwd: Re: Uninstall removing the default Virtual directory and not the one user created

2014-03-25 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
Hi David, I have modified the WIX source file as below:

[WiX-users] Wix Patching

2014-03-25 Thread Ravishankar
Hi, I have a Main installer(*.msi) which is around 200 mb(6000+ files) Am using Wix Patch creation method for creating minor patches(using msimsp.exe and patchwiz.dll method) Should i include all the 6000+ files in my upgrade image or just only files which are changed and which should be patched

[WiX-users] Setup hang when trying to disable windows updates

2014-03-25 Thread Ogrodowski, Sabine
Hi, I'm experiencing something strange with my custom bootstrapper. When I click the "Install" button on a Windows 8 machine with enabled windows updates, the installation hangs for some time before really starting to apply my packages. In the log file I think I managed to track it down to the

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging Managed Bootstrapper Application

2014-03-25 Thread Phill Hogland
In my particular situation the test pc and the dev pc are on different locked down networks so I could not get the remote connection to work. But I hope to solve that issue in the future. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Debugging-M

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging Managed Bootstrapper Application

2014-03-25 Thread Daniel Madill
I have not been following this thread, but is it not possible to use the Visual Studio Remote Debugging facilities so that you only have to install a bare minimum on the test machine rather than the full VS suite? (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y7f5zaaa.aspx) Daniel Madill Quanser

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging Managed Bootstrapper Application

2014-03-25 Thread Adkins, Christopher
That is exactly how I do it. I put a sleep at the beginning to give me a chance to attach it to the process and then I can proceed with debugging. Chris Adkins DocuWare GmbH -Original Message- From: Daniel Madill [mailto:dan.mad...@quanser.com] Sent: Dienstag, 25. März 2014 14:20 To: Ge

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-25 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
Hi Bevan, I have modified my source file as below. In the custom dialogs that i am using i have disabled the edit control that shows C:\Energy Solution International path(that part is not attached here). That's the way i thought of restricting the user and in the next dialog i am allowing the

Re: [WiX-users] Setup hang when trying to disable windows updates

2014-03-25 Thread Wesley Manning
Yes. Not that I know of. I only seen it once I think where the computer was out of date. Once I patched it, I didn't see it again. -Original Message- From: Ogrodowski, Sabine [mailto:sabine.ogrodow...@haufe-lexware.com] Sent: March-25-14 10:37 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net S

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-25 Thread Phill Hogland
I suspect the issue is that you need to remember the values of your properties and retrieve them prior to doing the uninstall. http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/the-wix-toolsets-remember-property-pattern http://www.nichesoftware.co.nz/node/633 -- View this message in context: http://

Re: [WiX-users] uI on silent uninstall

2014-03-25 Thread Pavan Konduru
I think Woody used a warning message. Here is the block of code he had sent: [CustomAction] public static ActionResult UninstallMessage(Session session) { if (session == null) { logEventsApp.WriteLoggingEvent(string.Format(CultureInfo.Invari

[WiX-users] Some but not all files being removed on uninstall

2014-03-25 Thread Scott Moyer
I do not see anything suspect in the install log. Components that get removed say 'Action: Absent' in the uninstall log. Components not getting removed have 'Action: Null' in the uninstall log. Also Registry entries are not being removed ('Action: Null'), even when using SharedDllRefCoun

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-25 Thread Phil Wilson
If the issue is that "disallowing uninstallation" message, then look up the component guid in your MSI to see what it is, a file name or registry item. Without that detail it's impossible to say if it's working correctly. It may be shared because it's from a merge module used by other products (Mic

Re: [WiX-users] Setup hang when trying to disable windows updates

2014-03-25 Thread Phil Wilson
You're not both simultaneously trying to create a restore point? The other possibility is that the restore point mechanism is transactional in the sense that if a particular update fails the system will be restored to the restore point, so during that update you can't create another restore point

Re: [WiX-users] uI on silent uninstall

2014-03-25 Thread Harold Wood (H10 Capital)
Source code for the method : [CustomAction] public static ActionResult UninstallMessage(Session session) { if (session == null) { logEventsApp.WriteLoggingEvent(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0} ; {1}", Resources.ArgumentNull

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-25 Thread Scott Moyer
I found some "Disallowing uninstallation of component: {} since another client exists" messages in the uninstall log, which look to be referencing the exe files, but can't find any references to the those guids in my MSI or in the Registry. They are not from a merge module, and I have never used

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-25 Thread Hoover, Jacob
I believe the ID's are encoded in the registry to prevent manual scrubbing, but the MsiZap may be able to help you if you can find a copy. You might want to scan ARP on your dev machine after the application is uninstalled to see if there is an old MSI lying around (or even look for old MSI's

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-25 Thread Scott Moyer
Thank you Jacob. I renamed to target path (as a test) and all files/keys installed and uninstalled fine. I've tried all my old MSIs to no avail, not sure how long ago it broke. I'll ask around and look into msizap, now that I know what's going on. You've been a big help diagnosing this. Thanks,

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-25 Thread Phil Wilson
We seem to have crossed threads here, Suvra's "disallowing uninstallation" and Scott's similar sounding problem,. Suvra is off looking at the actual file, as far as I know. I've no idea why Scott would see "disallowing uninstallation" messages referring to component ids that re not in the MSI fi

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-25 Thread Bevan Weiss
I would suggest the following: Replace all manually generated GUIDs with '*' wherever possible. WiX can autogenerate GUIDs for you in most situations (where you have a source file I believe, it possibly works with RegistryKeys as well.. I can't remember). You've also got duplicated RegistryKey en

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-25 Thread Scott Moyer
I found a tool, called MicrosoftFixit*, that you can use to fix orphaned installs that did not show up in ARP but were causing sharing issues with some of my files. I now know what to do if this happens again. Thanks. See http://support.microsoft.com/mats/Program_Install_and_Uninstall Scott Moy

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-25 Thread Rob Mensching
That just runs MsiZap in the end and leaves your machine in a dirty state. I always told my testers that if they came to me with a installation bug after running MsiZap to format the machine and try again. I didn't like hunting the voodoo bugs that came from dealing with a machine that had MsiZa

[WiX-users] Help with adding new elements using XMLConfig

2014-03-25 Thread Uma Harano
Hi, I am using the XMLConfig element in Wix 3.8 to add to an existing XML file. The xml file looks like this before running setup: SnippetCollection> On true 1033 %InstallRoot%\VC#\Snippets\%LCID%\Visual C#\ Visual C#