[WiX-users] perMachine optional shortcut creation...

2014-10-31 Thread Tony
, the formatted string in column 'Target' references file 'MyExeFile' which belongs to component 'MyExeComp'. Components are in the same feature. If I make the DesktopShortcut an advertized shortcut I can't use the Ta

Re: [WiX-users] perMachine optional shortcut creation...

2014-10-31 Thread Tony
ers mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Tony -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users

[WiX-users] ICE64: Directory XXX in user profile but not RemoveFile table

2015-02-05 Thread Tony
files installed are keypath'd in that folder? -- Tony -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for

[WiX-users] EnableUserControl (or Secure attribute) vs Maintenance (Change)

2015-02-18 Thread Tony
x27; attribute to the X property or 'EnableUserControl=1', solves this issue. I don't understand why the fresh install works without issue but when maintenance/modify is performed the UI property fails to get passed along to the execute sequence. -- Tony

Re: [WiX-users] EnableUserControl (or Secure attribute) vs Maintenance (Change)

2015-02-18 Thread Tony
default built-in administrator is > intended to be used only for critical startup functions, being so > privileged it's disabled by default. I believe that's part of the > answer. > --- > Phil Wilson > > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Tony w

[WiX-users] Automatic upgrades/provisioning options...

2015-05-22 Thread Tony
don't expect dissertations, just product names, and/or a sentence or two), what have you done to solve this scenario? Thanks. -- Tony -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest

Re: [WiX-users] Automatic upgrades/provisioning options...

2015-05-28 Thread Tony
ou > advise us. > > SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. > Registered number: 02675207. > Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 > 7DY, UK. > > -Original Message- > From: Tony [mailto:yellowjac

[WiX-users] Components won't uninstall

2009-10-21 Thread Tony
y would this happen? Is there something I could look for in the install or uninstall logs to give me a clue? -- Tony -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need

Re: [WiX-users] Components won't uninstall

2009-10-21 Thread Tony
g.com> > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Tony wrote: > >> We have a project that includes several wixlibs.  These wixlibs all >> "export" ComponentGroupRefs to one of two features in our main WiX >> project.  Installation appears to be working fine.

Re: [WiX-users] Questions on more advanced WiX Installer UI

2009-10-22 Thread Tony
ou need to specify a "range" and then provide ticks to indicate progress. Not sure how that would work in an open ended type transaction. In our case we have hundreds of files to process, so we use the number of files as the "range" and send a tick message after w

[WiX-users] Build time Component.wxs generation...

2009-10-22 Thread Tony
used to deal with features that often have an ever growing (and sometimes shrinking) list of components? -- Tony -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you ne

Re: [WiX-users] Build time Component.wxs generation...

2009-10-23 Thread Tony
w guids as well. Do you check-in the auto-generated component.wxs file? Or just check-in an empty sub file? On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Blair wrote: > Use heat.exe with "-ag" and always use Major Upgrade (Product Id='*'), never > patch. > &g

Re: [WiX-users] Build time Component.wxs generation...

2009-10-23 Thread Tony
generated file?? On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Brian Rogers wrote: > Hey Tony, > > The GUID generation for -ag doesn't actually occur until Bind time. So, > there would be no output for you to check in. Take a look at the Binder.cs > and SetComponentGuids(Output output) metho

[WiX-users] Property-RegistrySearch during uninstall

2009-10-23 Thread Tony
Is Property-->RegistrySearch evaluated during uninstall as well? I'd like to set a property's value to a registry value during uninstall. IOW, I need to use a value found in the registry during uninsta

Re: [WiX-users] Build time Component.wxs generation...

2009-10-26 Thread Tony
ck that in and never change the guid again. > > I hope you haven't shipped yet. > > -Original Message- > From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 9:45 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-u

Re: [WiX-users] Build time Component.wxs generation...

2009-10-26 Thread Tony
a version number (if it isn't already) where > build-to-build you alter something in the first three parts of the version > string (probably the third part). > > -Original Message- > From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 6:50 AM &

Re: [WiX-users] Property-RegistrySearch during uninstall

2009-10-29 Thread Tony
When during the uninstall are the RegistrySearch values evaluated? Are they evaluated during by uninstall package that is invoked during a major upgrade as well? If so, when? On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Blair wrote: > Yes, it is. > > -Original Message- >

[WiX-users] Rollback and uninstall sequences...

2009-11-10 Thread Tony
lback, all actions executed since the InstallInitialize are run again in reverse order (assuming conditions are met), correct? And the Rollback property is set. Are actions after InstallFinalize called (assuming conditions are met) at the end of a rollback? --

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback and uninstall sequences...

2009-11-11 Thread Tony
, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Blair wrote: > For removal, people sometimes take the deferred action that was marked as -- Tony -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simpl

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback and uninstall sequences...

2009-11-11 Thread Tony
; deferred CAs anywhere but in my InstallExecuteSequence tables.  If I > don't have them in the tables, then ICEs can't validate their > requirements and I have to manually debug my logic. -- Tony --

[WiX-users] Having trouble modifying a Built-in WixUI dialog set

2013-07-31 Thread Tony White
ement. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Tony This Email is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C 2510-2521 and may be legally privileged. The information contained in this Email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the read

[WiX-users] adding event source during install

2013-07-31 Thread Tony White
dll", but even that gives the same message. I've googled until my googler is sore, can't discover what is wrong. Thanks, Tony This Email is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C 2510-2521 and may be legally privileged. The information contained

Re: [WiX-users] adding event source during install

2013-07-31 Thread Tony White
Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Tony White [mailto:twh...@ent.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 4:37 PM To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: [WiX-users] adding

Re: [WiX-users] adding event source during install

2013-07-31 Thread Tony White
Why does adding the EventSource node cause the custom action to fail? I'm going to get another log with the EventSource removed and see what is different. Thanks, Tony -Original Message- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 3:45 PM To: G

Re: [WiX-users] adding event source during install

2013-07-31 Thread Tony White
I (c) (94:34) [16:25:34:197]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying INSTALLLOCATION property. Its current value is 'C:\LogonTimerService\'. Its new value: 'C:\Program Files\Ent Federal Credit Union\LogonTimerService\'. Action ended 16:25:34: SetTARGETDIR. Return value 1. More confused now

Re: [WiX-users] adding event source during install

2013-08-02 Thread Tony White
way? Thanks, Tony -Original Message- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 4:34 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] adding event source during install Why are you setting TARGETDIR with a custom

Re: [WiX-users] adding event source during install

2013-08-02 Thread Tony White
stall-path I'm sure this is not the way to do it, but it does have the redeeming quality of working: Tha

[WiX-users] Strange problem with standart BrowseFolder

2011-06-10 Thread Tony Eremin
Hi! I have a strange problem with standart BrowseFolder dialog. I have custom dialog witch contains such controls (three fields for selecting directory): All is fine installer runs and folders a selected. But, if I want to set up the same path in each dialog, in first i ca

Re: [WiX-users] Language Support

2011-06-13 Thread Tony Eremin
of cource, http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/localization Best Regards, Tonny Erjomin Skype: aneremin Think of the environment...please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to > From: v-dan...@microsoft.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Mon, 13 Jun 20

Re: [WiX-users] Validation on UI dialogs

2009-12-09 Thread Tony Juricic
Unless there is a much more elegant method, you may try a good ole' Win32 method: - use Spy++ to find the dialog ID of the control (s): - use Setup Window title to find the dialog HWND (you may be doing this already to parent your message window) - get HWND of the control using GetDlgItem - call

[WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7

2009-12-17 Thread Tony Juricic
The right substitute for Vista/XP like Quick Launch shortcut is to make the link pinned to the taskbar (IMO). It appears as simple as putting the shortcut in User Pinned\TaskBar subfolder of Quick Launch folder in Windows 7.

Re: [WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7

2009-12-17 Thread Tony Juricic
this list. And anyway auto-pinning your application to the Windows 7 taskbar will an excellent way to quickly lose customers :) Sascha On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Tony Juricic wrote: > The right substitute for Vista/XP like Quick Launch shortcut is to make the > link pinned to the

Re: [WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7

2009-12-23 Thread Tony Juricic
- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:58 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7 Tony Juricic wrote: > Hmm... I guess I would have a hard time to pass a concept h

Re: [WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7

2009-12-24 Thread Tony Juricic
: Re: [WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7 Tony, how do you catch the case, that your user only can install applications elevated as administrator (don't assume everybody is admin on his/her machine)? Wouldn't the quick launch shortcut then only appear on the administrato

Re: [WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7

2009-12-24 Thread Tony Juricic
t: Re: [WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7 Tony, how do you catch the case, that your user only can install applications elevated as administrator (don't assume everybody is admin on his/her machine)? Wouldn't the quick launch shortcut then only appear on the admi

[WiX-users] Patching custom actions

2010-01-19 Thread Tony Juricic
At which point in the patching process are custom actions that are executing the updated ones? I have custom actions that execute before and after PatchFiles action. Custom action executing before PatchFiles finds MSI DB already transformed. Based on that I would expect that table containing cu

[WiX-users] Does patch removal restore removed data files?

2010-01-21 Thread Tony Juricic
In my patch application I am removing one executable file and its corresponding config file like this: 0 0 When I remove this patch, My.exe gets restored but not My.exe

Re: [WiX-users] Does patch removal restore removed data files?

2010-01-21 Thread Tony Juricic
rrently marked transitive. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Tony Juricic [mailto:tjuri...@tradestation.com] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:19 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Does patch removal restore removed data files? In my patch application I

Re: [WiX-users] The System cannot find the file 'obj\debug\_OneOfMyDllAssemblies.wsx' with type 'source' candle.exe error

2010-01-22 Thread Tony Paloma
The next build should include a fix for this. If not, let us know. If you want to fix this in your current build, edit your project file in a text editor and add "True" under your " OneOfMyDllAssemblies" ProjectReference. -Original Message- From: Will Sullivan [mailto:wsulli...@softdocs

Re: [WiX-users] The System cannot find the file 'obj\debug\_OneOfMyDllAssemblies.wsx' with type 'source' candle.exe error

2010-01-22 Thread Tony Paloma
The new build is out: http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.5.1322.0/ It should fix the problem, but let me know how it works for you. -Original Message- From: Tony Paloma [mailto:apal...@microsoft.com] Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:44 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer

Re: [WiX-users] Does patch removal restore removed data files?

2010-01-23 Thread Tony Juricic
I think that now I understand what happened. My expectation about patching system behavior when component is transitive was wrong. During patch application, transitive component condition gets evaluated and, if it has changed from true to false, component gets deleted. However, to facilitate pat

Re: [WiX-users] Does patch removal restore removed data files?

2010-01-24 Thread Tony Juricic
That's right. I my experience it doesn't really matter if component remains transitive (my case) or loses transitive state when removing the patch. The question to ask is: if patch application removed file(s), when patch itself is removed how will those files come back? And the answer seems to b

Re: [WiX-users] cannot install wix3.0.5419.0x64 with visual studio 2008 when I have both vs 2005 and vs 2008

2010-01-25 Thread Tony Paloma
Have you installed the project aggregator MSI? It needs to be installed first on systems with VS 2005 before Votive can be installed. http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.5419.0/ProjectAggregator2.msi -Original Message- From: Lynda Li [mailto:lyndali...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, Janua

Re: [WiX-users] Msbuild/Votive Change WIX Path

2010-02-04 Thread Tony Paloma
You'll need to set both WixTasksPath and WixTargetsPath. They need to point to the WixTasks.dll and Wix.targets file respectively. Try: /p:WixTasksPath=C:\wix3.0\bin\WixTasks.dll /p:WixTargetsPath=C:\wix3.0\bin\Wix.targets Normally these files don't get installed to the WiX installation director

Re: [WiX-users] Msbuild/Votive Change WIX Path

2010-02-04 Thread Tony Paloma
You should also set WixToolPath (like Brian mentioned) to where you have WiX 3.0 tools installed (which in your case seems to be C:\wix3.0\bin). -Original Message- From: Tony Paloma Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:32 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset

[WiX-users] How to add Patch table to MSI in order to change Sequence type I2 to I4?

2010-02-08 Thread Tony Juricic
I run into this problem when creating the patch: ERROR: Internal PatchWiz Error occurred. ERROR:The Last Error Received is: 1627 ERROR:The Last Error Received is: 1: 2210 2: which is caused by Patch table having default Sequence field of type I2 I used Orca to create default Patch table a

[WiX-users] DTF ExternalUI free of System.Windows.Forms

2010-02-09 Thread Tony Juricic
Since my external UI is WPF I am really bothered, both by having to disambiguate several classes and by having to reference forms Dll just for a few enums, when calling Installer.SetExternalUI. Hopefully these enums will become UI-system-agnostic in the future. TradeStation Group, Inc. is a pub

Re: [WiX-users] Question regarding the behaviour of custom actions during patch uninstall

2010-02-09 Thread Tony Juricic
I believe so. Custom action are in MSI database which is transformed before the install/uninstall (really repair in the case of the patch) starts running custom actions. So during patch install you get patched actions executing. During uninstall you get unpatched action or no action executing b

Re: [WiX-users] Interrupting a WiX build

2010-02-10 Thread Tony Paloma
When a user requests to cancel a build, Votive does not stop a task currently in progress. The build will be stopped after the current task ends. I'll look into improving this. Also, asynchronous building only occurs when using Visual Studio 2010. When using VS2005/2008 the IDE will be mostly u

Re: [WiX-users] Interrupting a WiX build

2010-02-10 Thread Tony Paloma
DLL for VS 2005/2008 and another for VS2010, but I'm not sure yet if this is something we want to do. -Original Message- From: Tony Paloma [mailto:apal...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:18 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re:

Re: [WiX-users] recommended way to uninstall previous small updates

2010-02-21 Thread Tony Juricic
My understanding is that QFE2 is created as the difference between the RTM and your current code base. Applying QFE2 will use RTM as the base whether you installed QFE1 or no. There should be no need to uninstall QFE1 short of wanting to prevent user from ever running that code (which would be t

Re: [WiX-users] Harvest feature in WiX v3.5's Votive

2010-02-23 Thread Tony Paloma
It looks like somehow your targets file didn't get updated. The Wix.targets included in 3.5.1419.0 doesn't use the ProjectReferenceSourcePaths since it was removed from the task. Previous versions of WiX had this task parameter. When upgrading to 3.5.1419.0, did you uninstall and reinstall or ju

[WiX-users] Removing the program fromrecently opened programs Start menu on uninstall

2010-02-26 Thread Tony Juricic
During uninstall items added to the Start menu are removed. However, recently opened programs entry is still on Start menu for a while. I know that it will eventually become the oldest entry and will go away, but is there any API to remove it right away during uninstall? TradeStation Group, Inc.

Re: [WiX-users] Reinstall not updating correct registry value.

2010-03-07 Thread Tony Juricic
One way of avoiding overwrite by the default value during Change is to store INSTALLDIR value in the Registry as the part of custom action that is conditionally executed only on fresh install (i.e. Installed property) -Original Message- From: Sachin Dubey [mailto:sachin.du...@live.com]

Re: [WiX-users] wixproj question

2010-03-08 Thread Tony Paloma
Votive doesn't support wildcards or variables in the include path for Compile items. You'll still be able to build it from the command line, but you won't be able to load the project in Visual Studio. Newer versions of Votive in WiX 3.5 should give an error message when loading projects using w

Re: [WiX-users] Heat 3.5.1419 not harvesting VS2010 ASP.NET MVC2 project correctly

2010-03-16 Thread Tony Paloma
Can you change the "Directory ID" property on the project reference to the id of a bin directory that you author in manually? -Original Message- From: Jason Stangroome [mailto:jason.stangro...@readify.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:05 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] Heat 3.5.1419 not harvesting VS2010 ASP.NET MVC2 project correctly

2010-03-16 Thread Tony Paloma
(and many more) are harvested from the web project but the compiled binaries end up in the wrong folder. Jason Stangroome Readify | Senior Developer M: +61 422 924 675 | E: jason.stangro...@readify.net | W: www.readify.net -Original Message- From: Tony Paloma [mailto:apal...@microsoft.

Re: [WiX-users] Strange MSI output directory using WiX 3.5.1512.0 on Win2003 R2 SP2 Cruise Control server

2010-03-17 Thread Tony Paloma
I think the comment is referring to how there is no condition against TargetName's value (notice how most others only set the property if it doesn't yet exist, but this one doesn't do that). I'm unsure of what you mean by "the code snippet in the condition" because all of the GetFullPath and Co

Re: [WiX-users] Strange MSI output directory using WiX 3.5.1512.0 on Win2003 R2 SP2 Cruise Control server

2010-03-17 Thread Tony Paloma
Sorry, meant to say that the the comment is referring to how there is no condition against TargetDir's value when setting the TargetDir property -- not TargetName. -Original Message- From: Tony Paloma Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:30 PM To: 'General discussion f

Re: [WiX-users] Finally a GUI solution with WiX

2010-05-14 Thread Tony Juricic
If it were using WPF, I would seriously consider it. -Original Message- From: Michael Clark [mailto:mcl...@fullarmor.com] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 5:02 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Finally a GUI solution with WiX I was just getting ready to start a ne

[WiX-users] Do UFOs visit Install land?

2010-05-24 Thread Tony Juricic
The title reflects the strangeness of the problem that I am trying to solve. It is not WiX specific but in the broader install community there is higher chance that somebody may have had similar experience. It starts with user installing vcredist_x86.exe on his Windows 7 64-bit. He is sharing hi

Re: [WiX-users] Do UFOs visit Install land?

2010-05-24 Thread Tony Juricic
blems. It is only about 2 dozen Windows 7 64-bit users that have either this exact, or a similar problem, with the end result that the main app can't find MFC DLL version 9.0.30729.4148 and reports it in Windows Application Event Log as a side-by-side error. Tony -Original Message

Re: [WiX-users] Do UFOs visit Install land?

2010-05-25 Thread Tony Juricic
ascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:18 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Do UFOs visit Install land? Have you tried using merge modules rather than the redistributable? On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:35 AM,

Re: [WiX-users] Do UFOs visit Install land?

2010-05-25 Thread Tony Juricic
dard redist. Basically it doesn't matter what MFC/CRT files are on the system when there are policy files redirecting you. You'd have to look at your manifest, then see what MFC policy files are there that might redirect you, and the same for the CRT. Phil Wilson -Original

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Base Versions

2010-06-01 Thread Tony Juricic
I always use just one base but multiple bases (i.e. targets) are possible from what I understand from the documentation. I avoid them because that increases the size of the patch (differences from both bases must be stored in a patch) but it should work if you declare two targets. -Original

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Base Versions

2010-06-01 Thread Tony Juricic
Here is one example where you can try insert additional targets (bases) http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> http://www.myco.com"; Classification="$(var.CLASSIFICATION)" AllowRemoval="yes" OptimizedInstallMode="yes"

Re: [WiX-users] Do UFOs visit Install land?

2010-06-07 Thread Tony Juricic
Thanks Sascha! So far we had 40 users with vcredist_x86.exe install problem. All Windows 7 but not only 64 bit. It is interesting, but not yet enlightening to me, how some issues got solved. Quite a few users run vcredist_x86.exe manually, with full UI. Normally it is run silently by our setup

Re: [WiX-users] C++ Dependency Help

2010-06-09 Thread Tony Juricic
As a long-time temporary setup guy I do help 'my' developers by loading exes and dlls in VS2008 and opening their manifests. I check module dependencies and tell devs if something is wrong. For example, normally (unless mandated by a binary third-party component) we don't want both 8 and 9 versi

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling patch, requires orginal MSI

2010-07-28 Thread Tony Juricic
Often this happens when versions of the files are not correctly set. That is, your patch contains one file that has changed (i.e. binary comparison will show differences) but version number of dll or exe was not changed. However, if you read install documentation (and some blogs) in depth, you w

Re: [WiX-users] How to debug CustomAction DLL

2010-08-24 Thread Tony Juricic
Good ole' MessageBox is the most reliable way to debug C/C++ CAs that I found. You may be able to set the breakpoint after the MessageBox and then attach to the running msiexec process. -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 20

Re: [WiX-users] Comparison of PatchWiz and WiX v3 Patch Build

2010-09-01 Thread Tony Juricic
Not to discourage you but in early 3.0 versions I have encountered bugs that prevented me from creating binary delta patches with Pyro. Patching the full file was fine. I was too busy to follow up on the bugs or check if they were fixed in later releases so I don't know what is the state right n

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapping and Burn

2010-09-02 Thread Tony Juricic
Yep. Primadonnas that "just write their glorious code" and expect that somebody else takes care of how it ends up installed on the end user system(s) are more norm than exception. In fact, I can understand that. For example, I wouldn't mind having a dedicated slave to press compile and fix my co

Re: [WiX-users] How WiX resolve that file was changed when creates patch

2010-09-17 Thread Tony Juricic
MSI calculates the hash of data files and, if hash is different, patch will update the older file. However, that is only in the case that file creation and modification time&date are identical. When time & date are not identical, MSI assumes that file was touched by the user and won't patch it.

Re: [WiX-users] How does patching decide which files to include in msp?

2010-09-17 Thread Tony Juricic
These are not WiX rules but MSI rules and are documented on MSDN site, somewhere in install patching section. -Original Message- From: Travis Gaff [mailto:tra...@pc-doctor.com] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:48 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How does p

Re: [WiX-users] How does patching decide which files to include in msp?

2010-09-18 Thread Tony Juricic
I am able to extract the .msp file immediately after creation and confirm that files are not included that I wish to include. Applying the patch in Orca shows the same issues. It looks like this is occurring at the patch assembly level. -Original Message- From: Tony Juricic [mailto:tjuri

Re: [WiX-users] How does patching decide which files to includein msp?

2010-09-23 Thread Tony Juricic
Yeah, I feel bad too. I mailed some initial trials errors to Peter Marcu and never found the time to investigate in more details and file an official bug report. -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 5:31 AM To: Genera

[WiX-users] Microsoft retires Visual Studio Installer and announces InstallShield a choice solution

2010-09-28 Thread Tony Juricic
Just found out that Microsoft is retiring current installer and this quote: "InstallShield 2011 should be an installation development environment of choice for Visual Studio users, ensuring that Visual Studio applications of any kind can be professionally installed and work with the latest Micro

[WiX-users] Random patching failures - pesky error 1328

2011-01-05 Thread Tony Juricic
For a while patching errors like: MSI (s) (28:48) [13:52:25:298]: Product: MyProduct -- Error 1328. Error applying patch to file C:\Config.Msi\PTCCC8.tmp. It has probably been updated by other means, and can no longer be modified by this patch. For more information contact your patch vendor.

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3.5 released!

2011-01-31 Thread Tony Juricic
Yey!!! -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 10:07 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] WiX v3.5 released! WiX v3.5 Released! Tell your friends. Read more here: http://bit.ly/w

[WiX-users] Versioning interop assemblies for patching

2009-06-25 Thread Tony Juricic
In this particular case I am not interested in setting Company Name and version number for my interop assemblies (that is, files generated using tlbimp) just so that the name is not an empty string and that the version is not 1.0.0.0. In order to have un-installable patches I need assembly file

Re: [WiX-users] Question on Patching Mechanism - Patching checks all files copied during installation

2009-06-26 Thread Tony Juricic
One thing that you may try is the following: 1) put all the files that may get deleted inside their own component 2) Do not set any Guid for that component Windows Installer will ignore these files when it comes to patching so you will never be able to upgrade/downgrade them via patching mechani

[WiX-users] Patch will not cache baseline or what is so special about interop assembles?

2009-07-01 Thread Tony Juricic
I have an interop assembly that breaks my patching. When patch is installed verbose log shows this: MSI (s) (78:E8) [16:12:06:987]: Baseline: INTEROP.SERVICELIB.DLL not touched in this transaction, verification required. MSI (s) (78:E8) [16:12:06:989]: Baseline: Existing INTEROP.SERVICELIB.DLL

[WiX-users] Creating database table via DTF - SQL syntax

2009-09-01 Thread Tony Juricic
This is probably not DTF specific issue. I have code to add a table to MSP file: using (Database db = new Database(file, DatabaseOpenMode.Transact)) { ColumnInfo[] arrc = new ColumnInfo[2] { new ColumnInfo("Key", typeof(string), 32, true), new ColumnInfo("Value", typeof(string), 25

Re: [WiX-users] Creating database table via DTF - SQL syntax

2009-09-01 Thread Tony Juricic
It was the length of the string in second 'Value' column - it must be at most 255 characters. -Original Message----- From: Tony Juricic Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 2:09 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Creating database table via DTF - SQL synta

[WiX-users] Patch failure on XP that doesn't happen on Vista

2009-09-01 Thread Tony Juricic
Applying the patch on one XP system produces the following error log for one file (edited here to shorten the path to MYFILE.EXE): MSI (s) (74:4C) [17:23:03:041]: Executing op: CacheBaselineFile(Baseline=0,FileKey=MYFILE.EXE,FilePath=C:\Program Files\..\ MYFILE.EXE,,Existing=0) MSI (s) (74:4C)

Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure on XP that doesn't happen on Vista

2009-09-01 Thread Tony Juricic
18005 MSI, while it fails on XP with MSI components version 3.01. I guess I would have to enforce both build and application MSI versions to be the same (meaning I'll have to install 4.5 MSI on XP machines before staring install and patching process), but at this time it is just a guess. Tha

Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure on XP that doesn't happen on Vista

2009-09-02 Thread Tony Juricic
"don't matter" for it to be able to assert that the file is the same before applying the patch it). If you are using Pyro instead of PatchWiz, the IgnoreRange element goes under the File element in building your "Updated" image (it seems to be missing from the sche

Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure on XP that doesn't happen on Vista

2009-09-02 Thread Tony Juricic
This means changing Registry value while kernel debugger is attached via null modem cable. Clearly, this is no way that I can fix the issue on customer's XP machines. I feel that Microsoft should provide a safe way of updating buggy MSPATCHA.DLL on XP machines. -Original Message-----

Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure on XP that doesn't happen on Vista

2009-09-02 Thread Tony Juricic
PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure on XP that doesn't happen on Vista Alternately try building with version 5.1 of MSPATCHC.DLL (by building on an XP box?). -Original Message- From: Tony Juricic [mailto:tjuri

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing patch

2009-09-17 Thread Tony Juricic
Try verbose log to see which file has a problem. Use command line like: msiexec /update "mypatch path\MyPatch.msp" /lv*x .\Patch.log Then in the log you will find the entry saying that local source for some file can't be resolved and that it is trying to find the original MSI. In my case problem

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing patch

2009-09-17 Thread Tony Juricic
Also check that component rules are not broken (it can take time understanding them well): http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2003/10/18/Component-Rules-101 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372795(VS.85).aspx -Original Message- From: Oivind [mailto:oivind.fla...@visma.com] Sen

[WiX-users] Does WcaLog parse square brackets in some special way?

2009-10-03 Thread Tony Juricic
Having this log entry in my C++ custom action: LPCWSTR cause = L"Something is [funky] here"; ::WcaLog(LOGMSG_STANDARD, "[MYLOG] program failed because %S", cause); This is the log that I get: "program failed because Something is here" TradeStation Group, Inc. is a publicly-traded holding compa

[WiX-users] So how does one run installed executable after the install finishes?

2009-11-10 Thread Tony Juricic
While there are quite a few samples of appropriate Custom Action (including some posted here) none of them work for me. I either get an error code 1631 or no error code (see log example below where it appears that app was launched ok) but I see no application UI (it is a WPF app). Is there som

Re: [WiX-users] So how does one run installed executable after the install finishes?

2009-11-10 Thread Tony Juricic
: [WiX-users] So how does one run installed executable after the install finishes? Tony Juricic wrote: > While there are quite a few samples of appropriate Custom Action (including > some posted here) none of them work for me. I either get an error code 1631 > or no error code (see lo

[WiX-users] please take me off this mailing list

2009-11-18 Thread Tony Harold
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[WiX-users] How to find which files cause patch to force the reboot?

2009-11-24 Thread Tony Juricic
I have verbose log and this is all the extra info that I find about the cause of the reboot: MSI (s) (4C:E8) [18:33:27:219]: RESTART MANAGER: Did detect that the client process of this installation holds file[s] in use, so a reboot will be necessary. Is there any way to find out which files MSI

Re: [WiX-users] Updating registry during Install/UnInstall/Change

2009-11-24 Thread Tony Juricic
Post log excerpts. I have an opposite issue. I have to force REINSTALLMODE="o" to *AVOID* Registry from being updated with original values. However, for me Change leads to either Repair or Uninstall. I don't really know what just Change by itself means or does. Repair should definitely restore R

[WiX-users] Two Custom Action entry points in one C++ Dll and WcaLog failure

2009-12-07 Thread Tony Juricic
At one point I was thinking that I have too many C++ Custom Action Dlls and started using existing Dlls. That is, I added a new entry point for a new CA in a Dll that already hosted code for existing CA. That appears to work just fine except for one issue: WcaLog() doesn't work - nothing gets ou

Re: [WiX-users] Two Custom Action entry points in one C++ Dll and WcaLog failure

2009-12-08 Thread Tony Juricic
custom action? Is this custom action the target of a control event? On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Tony Juricic wrote: > At one point I was thinking that I have too many C++ Custom Action Dlls and > started using existing Dlls. That is, I added a new entry point for a new CA > in a

Re: [WiX-users] Registry Manipulation

2009-02-09 Thread Tony Juricic
Would this really work? I ask because I have never managed to get conditions to work for Registry components. In my experience Registry is handled in bulk. All the components (i.e. Registry keys and values) either get created/written or no. -Original Message- From: p...@hoaske.dk [mailto:p

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