[WiX-users] Before I make the leap to Wix ...

s Wix have a good solution for this? 3. If I'm just starting out with Wix, is the V3.5 beta far enough along that I should consider it? 4. My current Windows Installer has a custom action. Will /Dark/Candle/Light/ deal with this OK? Thanks, Bill McCormick -- ACE-CO 5355 Dietrich Rd. S

[WiX-users] Before I make the leap to Wix ...

s Wix have a good solution for this? 3. If I'm just starting out with Wix, is the V3.5 beta far enough along that I should consider it? 4. My current Windows Installer has a custom action. Will /Dark/Candle/Light/ deal with this OK? Thanks, Bill McCormick -- ACE-CO 5355 Dietrich Rd. S

[WiX-users] Moving from Windows Installer to Wix

n from a custom action to act further on, say in setting up registry entries. How can Wix help here? Thanks, Bill McCormick -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compi

[WiX-users] test

I've made a number of posts and they don't seem to be getting through. -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications fo

Re: [WiX-users] test

ist software is probably just clever enough not to send back > what you just posted, and there has not been any replies to your > recent posts yet. (the list is quieter over the weekends) > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 11:51 PM, Bill McCormick > mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com>> wro

[WiX-users] ambiguous short name warnings after dark

After running dark on an existing MSI db, I've got over 200 warnings that begin like: The Directory/@ShortSourceName attribute's value ... or The File/@ShortSourceName attribute's value ... How can I clean this up? Thanks, Bill --

Re: [WiX-users] Moving from Windows Installer to Wix

has a better solution than Visual Studio setups for many tasks, > particularly installing services. Visual Studio 2008 setups are most > definitely not straight-up Windows Installer. If anything WiX is! > > Phil Wilson > > > -Original Message- > From: Bill

[WiX-users] Component spans multiple directories

Hello, I have a product user manual component (it's some legacy html documentation) that needs to span multiple directories. Is there an efficient way to handle this without making a component for each directory of files? Thanks, Bill -

[WiX-users] heat on VB6

can I use heat to melt a VB6 project? Thanks, Bill -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performa

[WiX-users] not receiving my own posts

I've have configured my WiX list user account so that the list server should send back to me my own posts but it's not working. It's really annoying to not see my own posts in the thread on my reader. Can someone help with this? Thanks, Bill ---

Re: [WiX-users] heat on VB6

SP > Email Disclaimer > > > -Original Message- > From: Bill McCormick [mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com] > Sent: 16 March 2010 16:19 > To: WIX > Subject: [WiX-users] heat on VB6 > > can I use heat to melt a VB6 project? > > Thanks, > > Bill > > --

[WiX-users] test

test with new e-mail account -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Paral

[WiX-users] another test

to see if i can see this post -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Para

Re: [WiX-users] another test

hanks, Bill On 3/22/2010 12:46 AM, Rob Mensching wrote: > Looks like both tests got through. > > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Bill McCormick > wrote: > > >> to see if i can see this post >> >> >> --

Re: [WiX-users] another test

OK. I see what is happening now. I guess I just never noticed this before. Sorry for pestering the group about this. Thanks, Bill On 3/22/2010 3:15 PM, Dave Brotherstone wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Bill McCormick > wrote: > > >> Does the server return your

[WiX-users] Sorry one more test

looking for a workaround to gmail suppressing my posts -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel perfor

Re: [WiX-users] Sorry one more test (OFF TOPIC)

u use) posting to lists. Edit the identity and set option for where copies go when sending messages; DO NOT PUT A COPY IN THE GMAIL SENT FOLDER! Then, just remember to select the correct e-mail identity before sending. happy listing Bill On 3/22/2010 5:17 PM, Bill McCormick wrote: > looki

Re: [WiX-users] Question on heat output

he fragment. I also use the -cg argument to define a component group so I > can reference that. > > -Original Message- > From: Bill McCormick (LIST) [mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com] > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 10:59 AM > To: WiX > Subject: [WiX-users] Question on hea

Re: [WiX-users] Question on heat output

gt; WebServicePath -dr WEBSERVICE -o > src\DeploymentServices\InstallPackage\WebServiceFrag.wxs" > > -----Original Message- > From: Bill McCormick [mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com] > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 12:20 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML too

Re: [WiX-users] how to use heat to harvest VS projects

I was using the -pog switch. Thanks, Bill On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > On 3/29/2010 3:56 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > > I am afraid that is how heat works, it only finds the primary output and > > no referenced assemblies. If you want the referenced assemblies then you

[WiX-users] How to handle shared files

lease point me in the right direction. If all of this is covered in the tutorial, I seem to have missed it. Thanks, Bill McCormick -- ACE-CO 5355 Dietrich Rd. San Antonio, TX 78219 (210) 661-4111 x512 (800) 676-4111 Toll Free (210) 662-6177 Fax (210) 216-6641 Cell mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com

[WiX-users] .NET Applications

I'm working on an installer project that has a mix of legacy VB applications and .NET applications. Originally, I exposed /dark /to an existing MSI, but I wasn't happy with the output. So I thought I'd give /heat/ a try; I used /heat /to melt the old VB apps down to wxs files and I can sort of

Re: [WiX-users] .NET Applications

ester.Harvest(String argument) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Heat.Run(String[] args) The ScXMLReader.csproj exists. 3. I missed the Schema References, thanks. Are there examples that show how to use the various extensions? Specifically the Netfx, Util, Complus, and Sql ext

[WiX-users] heat Harvest Types of project not working

Is heat broken for Harvest Types of project? Here's the output: heat.exe : error HEAT0001 : -pog:Binaries Exception Type: System.IO.FileNotFoundException Stack Trace: at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.VSProjectHarvester.Harvest(String argument) at Microsoft.Tools.Window

Re: [WiX-users] heat Harvest Types of project not working

could be a secondary file (like the primary output) that > heat is trying to open (and is causing the exception to occur). > > -Original Message- > From: Bill McCormick (LIST) [mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:44 PM > To: WiX > Subject: [

Re: [WiX-users] heat Harvest Types of project not working

uot;C:\ace-co-devel\Aceco.NET\AceCmdCom\AceCmdCom.vbproj" (I'm running from a cygwin/rxvt shell here, but the result is the same from a DOS command shell.) Thanks, Bill Bill McCormick (LIST) wrote: > OK. That had not occurred to me. The project is under source control so > it m

Re: [WiX-users] heat Harvest Types of project not working

could be a secondary file (like the primary output) that > heat is trying to open (and is causing the exception to occur). > > -Original Message- > From: Bill McCormick (LIST) [mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:44 PM > To: WiX > Subject: [

Re: [WiX-users] heat Harvest Types of project not working

e in the help file.I can't believe this problem has everybody stumped. Is there no one here that has any ideas on what is happening here? Thanks, Bill On 3/25/2010 11:47 AM, Bill McCormick (LIST) wrote: > ... and yes, the project does build without any errors, but there are > s

Re: [WiX-users] heat Harvest Types of project not working

OK, I found the answer looking through the bug list. The project file name needs to appear in the command line directly after the /project/ switch. Thanks, Bill On 3/25/2010 3:22 PM, Bill McCormick (LIST) wrote: > I made a C# test project called "Test" that is not a VSS pr

[WiX-users] Question on heat output

I 'm using heat to harvest binary output of a VB.NET project. The project output is an executable that runs as a service and a few DLL's. The output that heat generates looks rather sparse for what I would expect. I was expecting to see DLL component/files and maybe even something to install th

[WiX-users] how to use heat to harvest VS projects

I'm trying to understand how to use the project switch with heat. I made a test project whose binary output includes a Windows form application and a DLL class library. When I build the Test project I have a Test.exe and a ClassLibrary1.dll in the bin directory. I then run heat like this: $ hea

[WiX-users] how to set var's

I've used heat to generate a number of wxs files that contain Fragments for different features I'd like to have installed. In following various examples the Source property ends up taking the form Source="$(var.foo)\bar.ext". I had assumed that, at some point, I would learn how to set these var

Re: [WiX-users] how to use heat to harvest VS projects

at the code and can't see a solution to it > myself). > > Neil > > -Original Message- > From: Bill McCormick (LIST) [mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com] > Sent: 29 March 2010 17:21 > To: WiX > Subject: [WiX-users] how to use heat to harvest VS projects > >

[WiX-users] WiX contract work

I have started a WiX project that I do not have time to finish. If you are able to do contract work to help me finish it, please contact me. Tell me what you need to know in order to give me a quote. Thanks, Bill -- Th