Good day!
I have a problem using along with .
Below is a piece of XML which generates a error:
..
... here are lots of
... here are lots of and other tags
This stuff ends up with an error "Unresolved reference to symbol
'Directory:PLANTSETTING
Could you please kindly show me an example how to do that?
- Original Message -
From: Bob Arnson
To: Alexander
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Correct. MSI needs a Directory table ID; a Property name won't suffice.
However, you can provide a placeholder Dire
Thanks a lot, it works :)
- Original Message -
From: Bob Arnson
To: Alexander
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] IniFile trouble
Alexander wrote:
Could you please kindly show me an example how to
Hello
How can I use cyrilic names inside wsx?
I cannot change the paramentes and their values, but I need to
recompile a msi. Previous project was created with wix 3.0. It worked defore.
Now I used win 3.8 and it produced the error
Error 1 A string was provided with characters that are n
Hi people,
I want to compile wix from source code, but I didn't find any readme files "how
to comlipe wix".
Could any one give suggestions which tools are used and where I can read anout
it?
Thanks,
Alex.
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it is best to build the entire toolset from the root
>of the sources (after having built that one project file elevated) before you
>descend into sub directories to work/build individual portions. Running the
>developer command prompts for Visual Studio usually isn't necessary,
>
>Simple way out: under src\packages, just open each folder and install what you
>find there.
>
>-Blair
>
>From: Smagin Alexander
>Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 8:08 AM
>To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
>
>
>Blair, t
I have created a path (msp file) as difference beetwen small update 1.0.0.0 to
1.0.0.1. One dll is changes. this dll is .Net assembly (COM Object). So I need
to reregister it ( generate new tbl file) after the patch is applied. Does the
path supported to perform some custom actions such as run
ing the tlb file or wanting to re-create it during
>the install, and how you originally created the typelib registration
>entries, and if anything has actually changed in the interfaces and COM
>registration. This can all be rather complicated.
>
>Phil Wilson
>
>
>On Thu, D
easily support patches without
>> having to fight Windows Installer because the previous developer did it in
>> a non-standard way.
>>
>> If your issue is with VBA, you may also need to deploy the tlb files with
>> your installer as I don't believe that managed
If two products use the same componanet and they are installed in the same
folder. product A complements product B, nevertheless these products can be
installed separately. in this case does the shared component (files) leave
unchnaged If one of them is uninstalled ? if not how to implement
eeds
Therefore it seems the delta patch of "dxRibbonD12.bpl" from
sample_project\1.0 (file version 12.0.300.22) to sample_project\1.1
(file version 12.0.400.5) is somehow problematic for the MSI
functionality on Windows XP.
Any help and feedback to "fix" (or at
2003 and Server 2008. Everywhere the package installs the files
and the firewall rules, but not setup the service.
Can please someone give me hint, whats it's missing?
Regards,
Alexander
Here is a snippet of the .wxs file
http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";
xmlns:
Hi David,
thanks a lot for your answer. This was indeed the error. I moved the
keypath to the file element and it works now :-)
Alexander
Am Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:42:23 +0100
schrieb "David Watson" :
> Oops don't think I explained that well, you should try moving the
>
Hi All!
Here is my xml:
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
On executing light.exe I got the following error:
error LGHT0094 : Unresolved reference to symbol
'CustomAction:[CustomSerialValidateProp]' in section
'Product:{3E8964C7-5FA5-4740-A3D6-191E2043963C}'
According to
http
know that
ALL files have been deployed before I launch a custom config.
Thank you very much for expertise and your help,
Alexander
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Thank you very much,
Alexander
On 23 February 2010 15:39, Wilson, Phil wrote:
> Execute = deferred! That's what you need. Immediate is before files are
> installed.
>
> Phil Wilson
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Somehow *session.CustomActionData.Keys.Count *returns *0 *
Any take?
Thanks so much!
On 23 February 2010 16:02, Wilson, Phil wrote:
> That's DTF telling you that the session isn't available when deferred. I
> assume DTF has a CustomActionData mechanism for passing property values into
> your de
tem(TKey key)
at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.CustomActionData.get_Item(String
key)
at ReportsInstaller.CustomActions.PostInstall(Session session)
What would be my further step?
Thank you so much,
Alexander
On 23 February 2010 16:02, Wilson, Phil wrote:
> That's DTF telling you that the se
Thanks, Phil, you helped me a lot.
Alex
On 23 February 2010 17:13, Wilson, Phil wrote:
> Somebody that knows DTF needs to jump in here - that's not my area. But you
> *do* need a custom action that sets the convoluted CustomActionData
> mechanism working. I assume that's what sets the dictionary
Thank you ever so much, Edwin, this is exactly what I needed. Works like
magic.
Alexander
On 23 February 2010 18:39, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) <
edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote:
> To reiterate what Phil said earlier, you need two custom actions.
> CustomActionA will run in immedi
Hi,
I have two Visual Studios installed: 2005 and 2008.
Somehow WiX project type did not get added to VS 2008. WiX works with
VS 2005 as expected, though.
Running ProjectAggregator does nothing noticeable. Did it with VS shut
down, then restarted.
What would be my steps to add WiX targets manuall
Hi experts and users,
I have two Visual Studios installed: 2005 and 2008.
Somehow WiX project type did not get added to VS 2008. WiX works with
VS 2005 as expected, though.
Running ProjectAggregator does nothing noticeable. Did it with VS shut
down, then restarted.
What would be my steps to add W
I have a setup where a folder is created and permissions should be set.
Under some conditions this can fail but should abort the installation on
failure. With File there is the vital flag, but I have found nothing
similar for CreateFolder and Permissions.
Is there a way to ignore errors and not
Am 03.04.2010 15:23, Bob Arnson wrote:
> No, MSI doesn't offer that feature.
thanks Bob
Alex
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Hello. I didn't find an answer so will ask in this mailing list. Anybody can
explain how can I migrate from WinShellExec custom action to MsiLaunchApp in
WiX 3.5? Thanks.
Alexander Kozlenko
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Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 6:04 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MsiLaunchApp
On 24-Aug-10 07:26, Alexander Kozlenko wrote:
> Hello. I didn't find an answer so will ask in this mailing list.
> Anybody can explain how can I m
ompany.MyApplication") after run. I see that Acrobat Reader 9 has
advertised shortcut too and this shortcut has all two menu items for
pinning. What I'm doing wrong? Thanks.
Additional project data: Targeting Windows 7 x64 only, WiX 3.5.
Alexander Kozlenko
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Di Lorenzo [mailto:fa...@dilorenzo.ch]
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 12:35 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Pin to Taskbar and Advertised shortcut
HI Alexander,
There is a kill list, do you know that?
http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/32765.a
Hi Fabio,
Thanks for code sample, but this doesn't help...
Alexander Kozlenko
-Original Message-
From: Fabio Di Lorenzo [mailto:fa...@dilorenzo.ch]
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 5:31 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] P
Hello. I have installer with embedded UI and managed custom action. Is there
any way to reuse Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller assembly instead of
duplicate it in both binary streams (for UI assembly and for CA assembly)?
Thanks.
Alexander Kozlenko
What is the best way to block installation on error in Custom Action? I used
ActionResult.Failure result value but installation continues to install.
Only throwing an exception of type InstallerException helps me to block
installation. Thanks.
Alexander Kozlenko
Any suggestions?
-Original Message-
From: Alexander Kozlenko [mailto:alexander.kozle...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 11:58 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: [WiX-users] Embedded UI, custom action and WiX assembly
Hel
tom Action
Can this be the case that you have Return='ignore' in the custom action
definition? I suppose in this case returning ActionResult.Failure will be
ignored.
-- Yan
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From: Alexander Kozlenko [mailto:alexander.kozle...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, Se
Creating Restore Point. You can use MSIFASTINSTALL
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd408005(VS.85).aspx) property for
disabling this and some other things, but this will work only for Windows
Installer 5.0 (Windows 7 only, no redist).
-Original Message-
From: Lena Vinogradov [mail
Try to use this code: , but also you
need to suppress ICE61 for safely allowing downgrade.
-Original Message-
From: John Bergman [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 11:16 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX
seconds out of 20
of total for creating restore point.
Is there a way to specify this MSIFASTINSTALL property value from within
Wix?
I mean something like:
Would it overwrite the built-in
MSI property when install is running on Windows 7?
Thanks!
-Original Message-
From: Alexander Kozlenko
According to documentation and to compiler Name is required attribute, but
in attribute description I find this: "If this attribute is not specified
the Id attribute will be used." What is incorrect: documentation part or
compiler behavior?
-
Have the same problem. "Can't find Wix36lib.cab ..." error on installing
(MSI+CAB).
-Original Message-
From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk]
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 5:41 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] is there an issue with the latest
to what I
need to do?
I left some of the various combinations commented out above, we are fast
pushing torwards a deployment, and need some insight or direction.
-Original Message-
From: Alexander Kozlenko [mailto:alexander.kozle...@hotmail.com]
Sent:
Property with ID 18 in _SummaryInformation table will contains string like
"Windows Installer XML (3.5.2215.0)" for every package created with WiX.
-Original Message-
From: teuf008 [mailto:teuf...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 11:38 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subje
Hi All!
I want to add path to my executable into %PATH%. But it must depend on how user
choose to install my msi: per-machine or per-user.
- I want to change system variable if it per-machine installation
- I want to change user variable if it per-user installation
I couldn't
Is it possible to have a bootstrapper made with burn that doesn't show any UI?
All I want my bootstrapper to do is decide what platform it's running
on (x86 or x64), extract the appropriate MSI installer from within
itself and run it. At the moment, the Burn UI takes over. Is there a
no-UI optio
On 31 January 2012 15:07, jhennessey wrote:
> Looks like you need to write your own BA:
> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-bootstrap-a-single-MSI-not-showing-BA-UI-at-all-td6926187.html
Is this hard to do? Can it be done in C++ or must I use .net? Can
you point
My burn bootstrapper/bundle/thingiemagig is just a wrapper around my
MSI installer; it chooses between an x86 and an x64 version but will
only ever install one. So I just want one entry for my program in
Add/Remove programs.
I seem to have achieved this by removing the Name attribute from the
Bun
That's just stopped me in my tracks. I've been converting our
dotnetinstaller bootstrapper to use Burn but had no idea that would
kill our Win2k support. Seriously not good.
Is there a way round this? Can I easily compile the bootstrapper
application myself with VS 2005?
Thanks,
Alex
On 28
I'm trying to create a custom no-UI bootstrap application by
subclassing CBalBaseBootstrapperApplication. It gets as far as my
OnStartup method but then hangs. According to the debugger it's
waiting on NtReadFile but I'm not sure how reliable that is.
This is the (very short) log file I get:
[0
Also, the boostrapper .exe seems to spawn another instance of itself
and it is that instance that is waiting on NtReadFile. Why would it
do this?
On 28 April 2012 21:07, Alexander Lamaison wrote:
> I'm trying to create a custom no-UI bootstrap application by
>
On 28 April 2012 21:18, Bob Arnson wrote:
> On 28-Apr-12 16:07, Alexander Lamaison wrote:
>> I'm trying to create a custom no-UI bootstrap application by
>> subclassing CBalBaseBootstrapperApplication. It gets as far as my
>> OnStartup method but then hangs.
>
>
On 28 April 2012 21:18, Bob Arnson wrote:
> On 28-Apr-12 08:08, Alexander Lamaison wrote:
>> Is there a way round this? Can I easily compile the bootstrapper
>> application myself with VS 2005?
> You'd have to do the same thing to all of Burn too.
Is this feasible? I
bly is not feasible.
>> Burn is in wix\src\burn (burn.build) and as Bob noted if you want wixstdba
>> then you'll need to build wix\src\ext\BalExtension\wixsdtba.
>>
>> Both are in WiX so that will require breaking your vow.
>> On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Alexa
y popular... but it too is going
> out of support very soon.
>
> These are never easy decisions.
>
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Alexander Lamaison wrote:
>
>> 'Out of support' is just a marketing term. It doesn't mean it
>> magically stops working.
I remain confused how this problem has arisen in the first place. WiX
was (obviously) being compiled with versions of VS that support Win2K,
Win XP. So what's changed?
Windows XP hasn't changed under our feet. So that leaves WiX. What
features of the newer versions of Windows and/or VS are so
he decision to cut backwards
> compatibility to only supported Windows OS's.
>
> Next version will be even more interesting since last I checked VS11 CRT
> only supports Win7+ (which I believe cuts support for WinXP SP3 and
> Vista before they are out of service).
>
>
&
Read about IniLocator table
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369283(VS.85).aspx):
"... The .ini file must be present in the default Microsoft Windows
directory."
Also, it's the other way around. Parent element starts search and child
element continues it with what parent found. So, IniF
Few options available here and you can find more using search engine of your
choice:
Neil Sleightholm's blog:
-
http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2009/01/wix-script-for-major-upgrades.ht
ml
My take on it:
-
http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/15/from-msi-to-wix-part-8-
major
As far as Media element, this can help:
http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/04/04/from-msi-to-wix-part-16
-installable-items-handling-installation-media.aspx
I have suspicion that wxs files created by Paraffin contain fragments and in
order to include content of fragment to resulting m
>So instead I'm checking for the presence of this file. If it's there, I
want
>to fail the install.
Not sure how and when HostDir property gets its value. You might want to
make it public (all uppercase and Secure set to "yes") if AppSearch happens
in the InstallExecuteSequence.
Alex
-
dd to MyApp.wxs
The installer does install. :))
But it doesn't un-install all the directories, and the App doesn't work once
installed, so I have more learning.
On Wed, 2009-07-22
Hi Eric,
Directory resolution is done during CostFinalize, way after AppSearch. What
you need to do is save the value of HostDir in the registry as part of your
install. Then, during reinstall/upgrade you can use AppSearch to get saved
value from registry and use it for FileSearch.
Alex
-O
Search for "Major Upgrade".
Alex
-Original Message-
From: jo...@msli.com [mailto:jo...@msli.com]
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 8:59 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: [WiX-users] how to force uninstall before install
I am going thought the process of
>I've scheduled this before CostFinalize.
Directory resolution happens during CostFinalize. You need to schedule your
CA after CostFinalize.
Why are you scheduling your CA before CostFinalize? Any concerns that after
CostFinalize it will be too late to change the installation folder?
Alex
ss [HostDir] is still empty at that time, because when I attempt to
append to it all I get is 'Software' (nothing preceeding it).
I've also tried a action with similar results.
Is there a better way to do this?
Thanks
-- Forwarded message --
From: "Alexander S
Hi James,
Have you tried the usual XML escaping?
UP
Alex
-Original Message-
From: MacDiarmid, James D [mailto:james.macdiar...@eds.com]
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 8:51 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Creating
I basically want a one file setup, but my content is way above 2 GByte. Thus
I will have something like my_product.exe, my_product2.cab, my_product3.cab,
...
The EXE contains the MSI, the my_product1.cab, and some other stuff. When
executed the content of the EXE is copied to a temp directory and
Hi Colin,
Try this:
- Use AppSearch to set the value of public property, say - SHAREPOINT
- Schedule custom action type 35:
NOT Installed
You should be good to go. Make sure that your custom action is scheduled after
CostFinalize.
Alex
-Original Message-
From: Colin F
Also, regarding registry search.
The way how your RegistrySearch is provided - you are looking for a *value*
SharePoint under SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\AssemblyFolders\. Is that
what you want? I think, you actually want a default registry value (no name)
for the "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NET
: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting Install Location
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Alexander Shevchuk <
alexander.shevc...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
> Try this:
>
> - Use AppSearch to set the value of
You are mixing to things in your condition:
- Property Installed is telling us if product is installed or not
- &Feature is telling us to what state feature is changing from its current
state
This important to understand because user may select a feature to be installed
during fresh install of t
Frank,
I am guessing here, the reason "NOT &Firebird=0" does not get evaluated to TRUE
is because 0 is not a valid value for a feature state (see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368012(VS.85).aspx).
This description from Condition table
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa3680
Based on very limited provided information about your scenario - possibly
incomplete advise:
- schedule your custom action before InstallServices standard action;
- condition your custom action on - fresh install OR component state being
changed to Install Local/Run From Source.
Alex
-O
ServiceInstall is already deferred. See Suggested InstallExecuteSequence
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372038(VS.85).aspx) -
InstallServices standard action is scheduled after InstallInitialize.
I am not sure what you mean by constructing exe path during execution.
ServiceInstall
Properties are not WiX feature, it is an MSI feature. You can find answers on
your questions here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370889(VS.85).aspx
Regards,
Alex
-Original Message-
From: Kiran Challa [mailto:kicha...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 12:56 PM
T
When UI is in use during installation (UI level is not None), Windows Installer
starts with actions from InstallUISequence table. In case when UI level is set
to None, you still want to schedule custom action in InstallExecuteSequence
table. In that case you may want Execute attribute to be "fi
Hi Michael,
Make sure you follow all required steps to make major upgrade work. In your
simplified code I see Version attribute hard coded to "0.0.0.0". Also, you did
not provide your table and how you schedule .
It is not obvious from your code if you change Product/@Id with every build.
Richard schrieb:
> In article <49958e53.2090...@artizan.com>,
> "Thomas S. Trias" writes:
>
>
>>> Because not everyone requires the .NET framework and for most
>>> packages, a custom UI written in .NET is overkill.
>>>
>> [...] If you want to do it all within an MSI, just use a man
Hi Colin,
It is:
XXX
NOT:
YYY
Also, you want Property's Id to be in all uppercase.
The only time when you need CDATA in condition is when condition text includes
& > < ' " characters.
Regards,
Alex
-Original Message-
From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenene...@gmail.c
There are two issues here. First of all, value provided for ExeCommand
attribute is not a valid XML. Remember that < > ' " characters have to be
encoded:
ExeCommand='-d "[INSTALLLOCATION] " -f "
[TempFolder]eclipse.zip"'
Second, it seems like whatever tool is parsing this XML is using unorth
job? Or is there another way ?
Thanks for helping,
Alexander Schulz
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Hello everybody!
Recently I started to build a msi file with WIX so far so good. My last
activity was to integrate a vbs script in msi package. This was no problem. But
now I have one problem how can I implement an error handling in msi?
Example I have this code which start the Main.vbs
This is requirement for ServiceInstall table
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371637(VS.85).aspx). Look for
description of Component_ column:
"External key to column one of the Component Table. Note that to install this
service using the InstallService table, the KeyPath for this com
For deferred custom actions you pass parameters through CustomActionData.
See
http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/03/25/property-does-not-exist-or-empty-when-accessed-from-deferred-custom-action.aspx
for details.
Alex
-Original Message-
From: Rajesh P [mailto:rajeshp.bl...@
Hi Ben,
Description of DrLocator table
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368331.aspx) states that Path column
has type AnyPath
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367562(VS.85).aspx). Description of
AnyPath mentions that path may contain *properties* enclosed in square brackets
I just want to add that there is one more option, very similar to storing
property value in registry - storing it in the .ini file and use IniFileSearch.
Murray, thanks for being so kind. I'm glad you found Major Upgrade post useful.
Alex
-Original Message-
From: Michael Osmond [mail
Hello, All!
It seems there a trouble to display documentation on wix site.
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_index.htm
Is there another place wnere can I get docs?
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I have found documentation in doc folder of wix distributive.
2009/5/14 Alexander Bubnov :
> Hello, All!
> It seems there a trouble to display documentation on wix site.
> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_index.htm
> Is there another place wnere can I get docs?
Hello, All!
I have tried to install my application with distributed msm files as I
have found in the Internet:
Can you please let me know how can I check for success installation of
runtime modules?
Which files should be copied to computer?
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First of all, look at samples I have on my blog
(http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/21/from-msi-to-wix-part-5-custom-actions.aspx),
specifically type 34 and 50. Looks like you're mixing both of them in your
sample. Also, TARGETDIR is where your batch file located? I think you n
This can be done with custom action 51:
Alex Shevchuk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benas
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:59 AM
To: WiX-users
Subject: [WiX-users] How to set property value by directory path
Hello all,
What
Hi Lucius,
Is it too late in the game to fix __UPGRADEGUID__? All GUIDs must be upper
cased in MSI and your upgrade code is not following this rule. Other than that
I can't see what can be wrong with your code (I assume that your project is
using same upgrade code for all versions). Try a sm
Sorry, didn't have time to do anything with DTF yet, but from the MSI point of
view you need to use formatted
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368609(VS.85).aspx) value.
Depending on what exactly you need - file path or folder path, you use either
[#filekey] or [$componentkey]. Keep
Does this help?
Not Privileged
Regards,
Alex Shevchuk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anidil
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:32 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Help on type 19 custom action
Hel
Custom Action Type 51 is your friend:
A=1
A<>1 OR NOT A
Obviously, XXXSequence - whatever sequence table you need to schedule these
actions in, for example, InstallExecuteSequence.
Regards,
Alex Shevchuk
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Dane,
MSI does not support passing parameters to custom actions (not even C++ custom
actions). Options here may include using properties or using custom tables.
So, the answer to your question is - yes, you need to have wrapper functions
which will extract parameters from the storage of your
Something like this:
PROP1
NOT PROP1 AND
PROP2
NOT PROP1 AND NOT
PROP2
Because AppSearch does not guarantee the order of search execution you need to
search for both regkeys. If you think you absolutely must look for an
alternative key only if first regkey does not exi
There are Date (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368261(VS.85).aspx)
and Time (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372079(VS.85).aspx)
properties, but they return data in the format which is incompatible with file
names. You have to use custom action here.
-Original Messa
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371254(VS.85).aspx for options on
return value from CA. Perhaps you need IDABORT=3.
Regards,
Alex Shevchuk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Rerick
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 1:03 PM
Attribute Source of File element has type String, not Formatted, which means
you can't do what you want.
Take a look at Transitive components to get the results you want:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372462(VS.85).aspx
Regards,
Alex Shevchuk
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WiX element creates a record in the Property table
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370908(VS.85).aspx). As you can
see, the type of the Value column in this table is Text (not Formatted). Also,
Remarks section has the following:
"Note that you cannot use the Property table to set
Greg,
This scenario I've used in
http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/07/01/from-msi-to-wix-part-19-the-art-of-custom-action-part-1.aspx.
You don't need all that custom action stuff. Search for RemoveFile in it.
Regards,
Alex Shevchuk
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