Re: [WiX-users] Torch output, how to force wixmst XML output instead of CAB

2014-06-13 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
Americans don't notice this, but the Norwegian language have some letters in ASCII, æøå, and those render ok in normal ascii files, but if the file is UTF-8 they are encoded as unicode in the files (16bit), whereas the rest of the text in the file is 8bit. On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Rob Men

Re: [WiX-users] Making Heat output binder variables

2014-07-06 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
I don't know what you means with binder variables, but we added this parameter to heat: PreprocessorVariable="var.SourceRootFolder" and that gives us this in the file element: On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Rob Mensching wrote: > Transform? > > _

Re: [WiX-users] Burn bundle with No UI for Bootstrapper Application

2014-08-13 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
I would guess that one reason could be that the gui seems to be very different in the BA compared to MSI, when using Wix, you have good ui libraries for MSI, but almost nothing for BA, as far as I have found. And what is there, is very much diffent, atleast that is my expression right now, doing my

Re: [WiX-users] WiX burn: how to change 'WixBundleName' in bootstrapper application?

2014-08-14 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
Bumdle != Bundle ? On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:32 PM, linos wrote: > In my bundle element I have an attribute Name, I would like to edit this > during an install after a user has selected which application they would > like to install. How can I accomplish this task? I tried the following > bel

Re: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: V C++ 2013 redist detection

2014-08-15 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
The point is that vcredist installs side by side, lots of applications are dependant on it, so it shouldn't be removed, but there is newer a problem installing one, even if there is one or many from before. On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Jeremiahf wrote: > "In fact, I recommend against using

Re: [WiX-users] How does WiX auto-generate GUIDs?

2014-08-24 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
Read the last paragraph here: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/general/generate_guids.html On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 2:29 AM, Nicolás Alvarez wrote: > Currently I'm using explicit GUIDs for all my components (except > harvested ones). It would make my code much simpler if I us

Re: [WiX-users] Customizing BA for Burn/Bundles

2014-08-25 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
Would that be the code that is here? https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/tree/develop/src/ext/BalExtension mba = WixBA? I was hoping that one could use the same formats for the squences, languages, and ui definitions as one do for pure msi, but that is probably run by something else that is not par

Re: [WiX-users] Customizing BA for Burn/Bundles

2014-08-25 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
25, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Hoover, Jacob wrote: > The MSI UI is limited by windows installer. The BA UI as no such > limitations. > > https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/tree/develop/src/Setup/WixBA is the BA > for Wix > > -----Original Message- > From: Asbjørn Mikkelsen [

Re: [WiX-users] Customizing BA for Burn/Bundles

2014-08-25 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
Great!, thanks, this looks very usefull On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Phill Hogland wrote: > Here is a tutorial on using a mba: > > http://bryanpjohnston.com/2012/09/28/custom-wix-managed-bootstrapper-application/ > > The WixBA is used in the wixtoolset setup. So unlike the WixStdBA, it is

Re: [WiX-users] Options for pausing the download and installation in wix custom BootStrapper

2014-08-26 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
What if you do something clever in OnResolveSource?, it looks like the WixBA does something for retrying downloads there, I don't understand how it works, but... On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Balaji R wrote: > Hi, > > Can you please tell which is the correct event in BootstrapperInstallEvent

Re: [WiX-users] Cannot view RootView.xaml file in visual studio 2010

2014-08-27 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
Hm, the wix.zip files that are on wixtoolset.org is names wix32-binaries.zip etc? On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:49 PM, linos wrote: > Hi Rob, > > My mistake. I should have been more descriptive with my "wix.zip" > reference. > I was referring to the wix-16a8b5dbf828f92e28138ce3c9ee852affeaa1ef.zip

Re: [WiX-users] Cannot view RootView.xaml file in visual studio 2010

2014-08-27 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
So what would be an good startingpoint?, since this is not very good documentet, some good startingpoints would be very nice.. As of now, wixba will be an starting point.. :) On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > Sounds like you are getting snapshots of the source code fro

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple entries in ARP

2014-09-11 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
ok, strange.. we change the last number on our bundles, but when installing new build over an exisiting, gives us two bundlesetupis in ARP.. Have been comparing other setups, also the wixbundle, but can't see what is different. There have been mentioned Bundle/RelatedBundle, but the wix-setup does

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0284: Support for more than 260 characthers in Path?

2014-09-15 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
Visual Studio?, What have that to do with this? MSBuild is building the project, if MSBuild also have an issue, that's another thing, this is in the linking phase, not during authoring of the wixfiles.. And who is using visualstudio for authoring wix projects anyhow?, absolutely no help in using VS

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0284: Support for more than 260 characthers in Path?

2014-09-15 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
So, if Windows Installer api does not support it, does that mean that Light would not work? on the workstations where we develop and build, it works ok, but on the buildserver, since it's scoping the output from versioncontrol for each build, it crashes from time to time, very annoying, and this i

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0284: Support for more than 260 characthers in Path?

2014-09-15 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
fice > NUANCE.COM > The experience speaks for itself ™ > > > -Original Message- > From: Asbjørn Mikkelsen [mailto:asbj...@neslekkim.net] > Sent: September-15-14 11:01 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0284: Support for

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0284: Support for more than 260 characthers in Path?

2014-09-15 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
e able to generate them > differently depending on what they are. > > _ > Short replies here. Complete answers over there: > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > > > -Original Message- > From: Asbjørn Mikkels

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0284: Support for more than 260 characthers in Path?

2014-09-16 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
Hm, I added those in the same propertygroup as where OutputPath and IntermediateOutputPath is set, but nothing happens, it generates stil the same names Where are those properties listed?, like what is avalable? In this doc: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/overview/light.html I cant

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0284: Support for more than 260 characthers in Path?

2014-09-16 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
BindBuiltOutputsFile="$(IntermediateOutputPath)$(BindBuiltOutputsFilePrefix)%(CultureGroup.Identity)$(BindBuiltOutputsFileExtension)" On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Asbjørn Mikkelsen wrote: > Hm, I added those in the same propertygroup as where OutputPath and > IntermediateOu

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0284: Support for more than 260 characthers in Path?

2014-09-16 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
x targets. > _ > Short replies here. Complete answers over there: > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > > -Original Message- > From: Asbjørn Mikkelsen [mailto:asbj...@neslekkim.net] > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 10:20 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.

Re: [WiX-users] Automatically 'harvest' files in VS 2013

2014-10-30 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
Are you thinking about the project output thingy with votive? http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/votive/votive_project_references.html On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Brian Enderle wrote: > I am referring to the task of harvesting files and creating a WXS file that > contains a lis

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

2014-10-31 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
But for perMachine installation, isn't HKCU wrong?, it kinda works though. On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Phill Hogland wrote: > I use something like this (without the condition, but that could be added, > in > which case I would also make the component transitive): > > >Direct

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

2014-10-31 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
What is the name of the alluser desktopfolder then?, when I do this, I wrap it into an directory-element, which contains an component, and then the shortcut, and the shortcut it self goes to the alluser desktop because perMachine is set. If the registryvalue which is required for removing it, is th

Re: [WiX-users] How to silently install embedded SQL

2014-11-03 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
Isn't private deployment an option for this? http://erikej.blogspot.no/2011/02/using-sql-server-compact-40-with-wpf.html http://erikej.blogspot.no/2011/02/using-sql-server-compact-40-with.html On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Rainer Queck wrote: > Hi John > > thank you very much for your hints.

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3.9 released

2014-11-03 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
I versioncontrol all my files, but then again, I don't use visualstudio or some fancy tool for wix authoring, but beeing able to go back and see what changes one have done are invaluable. Git, subversion, and you will have control. On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Phill Hogland wrote: > I also

Re: [WiX-users] Shared component between features

2014-11-11 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
I did it like that earlier, no problems at all. On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 11:09 PM, pezmannen wrote: > Hi > > I have a product that consists of two features. Web and a Windows service. > They share some dll's that are gacced. Is it ok to inlude the > gac-components > in both features? They usually

Re: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: WixStdBA launches 32-bit msiexec.exe for a 64-bit MsiPackage

2014-11-14 Thread Asbjørn Mikkelsen
So something is checking the platform setting on the dll ?, With VS2012 and VS2013, I'm getting problems if I start to set platform to anything else than anycpu on dll's now, what gives? On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Phil Wilson wrote: > To expand on what Rob said, it all just works. On an x6