Re: [WiX-users] Add a .vcproj to Wix MergeModule

2009-06-02 Thread Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro)
.VCPROJ projects are not supported at this time because they are *not* MSBuild based projects. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail >

[WiX-users] Using a WixVariable to specify Product/@Version

2009-06-05 Thread Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro)
I would really like to specify Product/@Version using a WixVariable: Candle currently complains because the value does not match the expected format: error CNDL0108: The Product/@Version attribute's value, '!(wix.ProductVersion)', is not a valid version. Legal version values should look like

Re: [WiX-users] Using a WixVariable to specify Product/@Version

2009-06-08 Thread Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro)
, that's the current design. Seems like a > completely reasonable feature request. > > Rob Mensching wrote: > > Hmm, what version of the WiX toolset are you using. > > > > Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro) wrote: > > > >> I would really like to sp

Re: [WiX-users] Using a WixVariable to specify Product/@Version

2009-06-08 Thread Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro)
0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -Original Message----- > From: Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro) > Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 8:44 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: RE:

[WiX-users] Candle Generates Duplicate Primary Keys for Registry Table

2009-06-08 Thread Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro)
I used heat.exe to generate a *.wxs file with content similar to the following: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> Candle compiles this just fine b

Re: [WiX-users] heat / "SourceDir"

2009-06-08 Thread Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro)
Take a look at the -var option for heat.exe. If you give it '-var var.xyz' then it will do the "search/replace" for you. I don't think there are any problems with using the feature but I could be wrong. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-74

Re: [WiX-users] heat / "SourceDir"

2009-06-08 Thread Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro)
an that be anything and it > will just look for "myapp.exe" in any folder passed with "-b", how does > it handle subdirectories, etc. I'm not sure if I'm missing something in > the docs, or if the behavior isn't fully documented :) > > > Sascha > >

Re: [WiX-users] Candle Generates Duplicate Primary Keys for Registry Table

2009-06-08 Thread Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro)
n't correctly handle the version > independent ProgIds. Read the WiX.chm about ProgId and you'll see the > fix necessary (nest the ProgIds correctly). > > Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro) wrote: > > I used heat.exe to generate a *.wxs file with content similar to the &g

[WiX-users] DataDriving a QuietExec-style CA

2009-06-15 Thread Castro, Edwin G. Castro (Hillsboro)
I have a large number of files that need to be processed one file at a time by an internal EXE tool at install-time. Currently I’m trying to generate custom actions for each file as follows (as in http://damianblog.com/2008/02/21/configuring-http-namespace-reservations-on-vista-using-wix/):