[WiX-users] Prompt Error messages about, Open Folders on uninstall

2014-05-28 Thread Arun Krishnan [ NeSTIT]
Hi All I have an installer, which is working perfect ; if any of the folders are open on uninstall , is there any way to notify user about the open folders , as it may cause a faulty uninstallation ? Thanks ArunK -

Re: [WiX-users] Prompt Error messages about, Open Folders on uninstall

2014-05-28 Thread Carter Young
Please don't double post. I saw this question yesterday... Quoting "Arun Krishnan [ NeSTIT]" : > Hi All > > > > I have an installer, which is working perfect ; if any of the folders > are open on uninstall , is there any way to notify user about the > open folders , as it may cause a faulty

[WiX-users] Get ProductVersion of Installation Package in a bootstrapper

2014-05-28 Thread Ingo Fischer
My understanding was, you can read the ProductVersion of each MSI of a bootstrapper in the event: DetectPackageBegin(object sender, DetectPackageBeginEventArgs e) or in the event DetectPackageCompleted(object sender, DetectPackageCompleteEventArgs e) something like: e.ProductVersion but I c

[WiX-users] EV code signing compatibility

2014-05-28 Thread David Watson
Hi, Has anyone used one of the new EV Authenticode certificates to sign MSIs and bundles? If so have you had any issues with it so far? Also is it possible to export the public key into a cer file from the hardware token to allow you to embed it in an MSI to do UAC-less patches? Cheers Dave

Re: [WiX-users] Get ProductVersion of Installation Package in a bootstrapper

2014-05-28 Thread Sean Hall
You have to get use the PackageID to get that information from the BootstrapperApplicationData.xml file. Note that it wasn't available until WiX 3.9.421. C# code is at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12846421. On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Ingo Fischer wrote: > My understanding was, you

[WiX-users] Build order problems Votive vs MSBuild

2014-05-28 Thread Tony
We've run into this issue in which it appears as though our .sln builds correctly when built through VS (Votive installed), but when built using MSBuild, the WiX project dependencies appear to be ignored. This results in a build order problem (csproj is built _after_ wixproj that needs its output)

Re: [WiX-users] Build order problems Votive vs MSBuild

2014-05-28 Thread John Cooper
With the proviso that WiX is installed on all of my build servers: 1) I use express references to projects containing assemblies that the wixproj will consume in the wixproj 2) I use Votive macros to layout the paths to all of my assemblies. I never attempt to guess where the assembly will be

Re: [WiX-users] Best approach to override file versioning

2014-05-28 Thread Rob Mensching
Schedule RemoveExistingProducts very very early? ___ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: Jesper Alf Dam [mailto:j...@medical-insight.com] Sent: Monday, May

Re: [WiX-users] Build order problems Votive vs MSBuild

2014-05-28 Thread Rob Mensching
Sounds a lot like: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msbuild/archive/2010/12/21/incorrect-solution-build-ordering-when-using-msbuild-exe.aspx ___ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Me

Re: [WiX-users] Using '*' in Component Guids and Patches

2014-05-28 Thread Rob Mensching
IIRC, I don't think that's going to work out well. You can try but I think patching across directory moves probably doesn't work out great since IIRC moving Component directories during repair doesn't tend to work out real well either. But that's just from memory...

Re: [WiX-users] Generic wix Project

2014-05-28 Thread Rob Mensching
I think C# projects do the same thing. ___ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 8:20 A

Re: [WiX-users] Using '*' in Component Guids and Patches

2014-05-28 Thread Bryan Wolf
You should change the component code if the destination of the component changes, as documented here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367849(v=vs.85).aspx Changing the component code is incompatible with minor/small updates; since you're talking about a patch and a major upgrade patch is

Re: [WiX-users] Using '*' in Component Guids and Patches

2014-05-28 Thread Farrukhw
It might not be a common practice, but I faced it due to some customer requirement when we have to move a dll to another location. So ethically, it should be a Major Upgrade which would handle it with no problem. But I was asked to build a patch, as it is just one dll, So we build a new dll with a