Re: [WiX-users] Installation doesn't progress at all

2015-03-03 Thread Sean Hall
If there's nothing in the Application event log, then you might have to get the WiX pdbs and debug Burn. On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Balaji R wrote: > Hi, > > I'm 100% sure about calling plan() action, is there no other solutions for > this ? > > Regards, > Balaji > > > > -- > View this mes

Re: [WiX-users] Installation doesn't progress at all

2015-03-03 Thread Jeremiahf
What exactly are you installing? On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Sean Hall wrote: > If there's nothing in the Application event log, then you might have to get > the WiX pdbs and debug Burn. > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Balaji R wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm 100% sure about calling plan(

Re: [WiX-users] Setting install directory to a user chosen value.

2015-03-03 Thread Nir Bar
You have several options to do that: 1. Author a SetProperty element that will append the string entered by the user 2. Author a Publish element on the

[WiX-users] 3.9 RC2 Installer Sitting at CA for a long time

2015-03-03 Thread Tunney, Stephen
:( Nothing else is running on the machine. Action 14:40:52: RollbackCleanup. Removing backup files I'm looking at SysInternals Process Explorer and nothing looks pegged: CPU is at 10% RAM is low disk I/O doesn't seem crazy either Log files are: WiX Toolset_v3.9.1208.0_20150303143601 WiX Too

Re: [WiX-users] 3.9 RC2 Installer Sitting at CA for a long time

2015-03-03 Thread Hoover, Jacob
I think he's speaking of the Wix install itself running. I seem to remember the VS integration hunk being horrid and random as far as timing. Did you have any instances of Visual Studio running while the installer is running? (I forget the command but I think we shell out to devenv to register

Re: [WiX-users] 3.9 RC2 Installer Sitting at CA for a long time

2015-03-03 Thread Rob Mensching
What is "a long time?" Look in the log files to see what is current executing and how long it has been executing. _ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: Tunney, S

Re: [WiX-users] 3.9 RC2 Installer Sitting at CA for a long time

2015-03-03 Thread Jeremiahf
What is your CA code? logs? On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Tunney, Stephen wrote: > :( > > Nothing else is running on the machine. > > Action 14:40:52: RollbackCleanup. Removing backup files > > I'm looking at SysInternals Process Explorer and nothing looks pegged: > CPU is at 10% > RAM is

Re: [WiX-users] 3.9 RC2 Installer Sitting at CA for a long time

2015-03-03 Thread Jeremiahf
as in Verbose log. :) On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Jeremiahf wrote: > What is your CA code? logs? > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Tunney, Stephen > wrote: > >> :( >> >> Nothing else is running on the machine. >> >> Action 14:40:52: RollbackCleanup. Removing backup files >> >> I'm loo

Re: [WiX-users] 3.9 RC2 Installer Sitting at CA for a long time

2015-03-03 Thread Jeremiahf
Sorry, misread the email. Sorry for the chatter... On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > What is "a long time?" Look in the log files to see what is current > executing and how long it has been executing. > > _ > Shor

Re: [WiX-users] 3.9 RC2 Installer Sitting at CA for a long time

2015-03-03 Thread Jeremiahf
Ah snap your right! On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Hoover, Jacob wrote: > I think he's speaking of the Wix install itself running. I seem to > remember the VS integration hunk being horrid and random as far as timing. > Did you have any instances of Visual Studio running while the installer is

Re: [WiX-users] 3.9 RC2 Installer Sitting at CA for a long time

2015-03-03 Thread Tunney, Stephen
That's exactly what I'm talking about :) Besides, *my* installers never have any bugs So the logs showed everything as completed. The only two processes that were running were both named Wix39.exe and weren't doing anything. I killed the processes and everything is working properly. No, I ha

Re: [WiX-users] 3.9 RC2 Installer Sitting at CA for a long time

2015-03-03 Thread Jeremiahf
"The only two processes" On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Tunney, Stephen wrote: > That's exactly what I'm talking about :) > > Besides, *my* installers never have any bugs > > So the logs showed everything as completed. The only two processes that > were running were both named Wix39.exe

Re: [WiX-users] 3.9 RC2 Installer Sitting at CA for a long time

2015-03-03 Thread Tunney, Stephen
One was the child of the other. Stephen Tunney Nuance Communications, Inc. Solutions Architect, Imaging Division Waterloo, Ontario, Canada stephen.tun...@nuance.com 519-880-7463Office NUANCE.COM The experience speaks for itself (tm) -Original Message- From: Jeremiahf [mailto:jeremi..

Re: [WiX-users] 3.9 RC2 Installer Sitting at CA for a long time

2015-03-03 Thread Phill Hogland
Curiously I saw this behavior repeatedly today with one of my experimental setups built against 3.10.1403. I was experimenting with moving my msi packages each of which installs windows services into child bundles and adding those bundles to the chain of a parent. Sometimes this worked but severa