Re: [WiX-users] Getting started writing a custom Bootstrapper interface

2012-10-21 Thread Christian Hausknecht
Hello Igor, is there any chance that you could provide us the source code? Bets regards, Christian -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Igor Brejc [mailto:igor.br...@gmail.com] Gesendet: Samstag, 20. Oktober 2012 20:04 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Betreff: Re: [

Re: [WiX-users] Getting started writing a custom Bootstrapper interface

2012-10-23 Thread Christian Hausknecht
s the property of the company I work for. Best regards, Igor On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Christian Hausknecht < chauskne...@beracom.de> wrote: > Hello Igor, > > is there any chance that you could provide us the source code? > > Bets regards, > > Christian &g

[WiX-users] How to bundle a configuration file in burn?

2012-08-13 Thread Christian Hausknecht
n order to avoid long trial and errors. Best regards, Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Hausknecht BeraCom Beratung und Software-Entwicklung GmbH & Co. KG Weidestraße 134, 22083 Hamburg Tel.: +49 (0)40 547241 - 27 eMail: chauskne...@beracom.de<mailto:tn

Re: [WiX-users] How to bundle a configuration file in burn?

2012-08-14 Thread Christian Hausknecht
Thank you for your hint, but could you give me an example, how to express that in WiX? I would write this as naïve attempt: http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lis

Re: [WiX-users] How to bundle a configuration file in burn?

2012-08-14 Thread Christian Hausknecht
e path from the /CONFIGURATIONFILE parameter? Neil -Original Message- From: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] Sent: 14 August 2012 08:41 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to bundle a configuration file in burn? Thank you for

Re: [WiX-users] How to bundle a configuration file in burn?

2012-08-14 Thread Christian Hausknecht
bject: Re: [WiX-users] How to bundle a configuration file in burn? If that does not work, we should add a way to get the full path to a payload via the Burn variable mechanism. That won't help you in WiX v3.6 but we should be able to add it in WiX v3.7. On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:37 AM,

[WiX-users] Can a wixlib contain a theme file?

2012-08-24 Thread Christian Hausknecht
them in a project independent directory, how will wix-tools find them during build process? I hope someone can give me some advise :) Best regards, Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Hausknecht Entwicklung BeraCom Beratung und Software-Entwicklung GmbH & Co. KG Weidestr. 134, 22083 Hamburg T:

[WiX-users] Can a wixlib contain a theme file?

2012-08-24 Thread Christian Hausknecht
them in a project independent directory, how will wix-tools find them during build process? I hope someone can give me some advise :) Best regards, Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Hausknecht Entwicklung BeraCom Beratung und Software-Entwicklung GmbH & Co. KG Weidestr. 134, 22083 Hamburg T:

[WiX-users] Can a wixlib contain a theme file? (second attempt)

2012-08-24 Thread Christian Hausknecht
project independent directory, how will wix-tools find them during build process? I hope someone can give me some advise  Best regards, PS: Sorry for double post, but my first mail seemed broken to me… Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Hausknecht Entwicklung BeraCom Beratung und Software

[WiX-users] How to get the SourceDir in a MSI package that is bundled within burn?

2012-08-27 Thread Christian Hausknecht
arting" directory of the installer.exe. Can anyone provide a solution for that? Greetings, Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Hausknecht Entwicklung BeraCom Beratung und Software-Entwicklung GmbH & Co. KG Weidestr. 134, 22083 Hamburg T: +49 (0)40 547 241 - DW F: +49 (0)40 547

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the SourceDir in a MSI package that is bundled within burn?

2012-08-27 Thread Christian Hausknecht
y the path? -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] Gesendet: Montag, 27. August 2012 11:04 An: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: [WiX-users] How to get the SourceDir in a MSI package that is bundled within burn? Hello folks, I have basicall

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the SourceDir in a MSI package that is bundled within burn?

2012-08-28 Thread Christian Hausknecht
undle are equal. Normally that does not change too often, so I can live with that workaround for the moment. Of course I would appreciate a more elegant solution; the best would be a predefined variable by burn itself ;-) Best regards, -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Christian Hausknecht

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the SourceDir in a MSI package that is bundled within burn?

2012-08-29 Thread Christian Hausknecht
around that... imho creating your own CA looks quite difficult... Bet regards, -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. August 2012 10:33 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the SourceDir in a MSI package that is bundled within burn?

2012-08-29 Thread Christian Hausknecht
Just stepping back at bit but why do you need the source of the burn install passed into your MSI? Neil -Original Message- From: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] Sent: 29 August 2012 10:39 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the SourceDir in a MSI package that is bundled within burn?

2012-08-29 Thread Christian Hausknecht
be happy :-D Puh... much work for some little thing. But gained more knowledge about WiX, burn and Windows Installer technologies. And in the end it works :-) Best regards, -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Augu

[WiX-users] To regasm or to not regasm...

2012-08-29 Thread Christian Hausknecht
wix, I would definitely appreciate that. I hope it is understandable for you, sorry my English is not so good :( If something is still confusing or not sufficiently explained, please let me know. If not, please help me :) Best regards, Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Hausknecht En

Re: [WiX-users] [Spam-Wahrscheinlichkeit=37]Re: To regasm or to not regasm...

2012-08-30 Thread Christian Hausknecht
strong name). Jacob -Original Message----- From: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:44 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] To regasm or to not regasm... Hello folks, me again :-D The next problem I

Re: [WiX-users] [Spam-Wahrscheinlichkeit=27]Re: To regasm or to not regasm...

2012-08-30 Thread Christian Hausknecht
as possible. You can set SOMEPROPERTY at install time to the full dll path. -Original Message- From: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] Sent: 29 August 2012 16:44 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] To regasm or to not regasm.

Re: [WiX-users] [Spam-Wahrscheinlichkeit=37]Re: [Spam-Wahrscheinlichkeit=27]Re: To regasm or to notregasm...

2012-08-30 Thread Christian Hausknecht
you specify /codebase when running regasm ? If you do, the wix source code contains the "codebase" registry values that I mentioned. If you omit /codebase, .Net assumes the dll is in the GAC. -Original Message----- From: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] [Spam-Wahrscheinlichkeit=37]Re: [Spam-Wahrscheinlichkeit=27]Re: To regasm or to notregasm...

2012-08-30 Thread Christian Hausknecht
enclosing ``File``-Tags so the *.tlb files are not installed. Unfortunately the program does not start yet, but I think that depends on other still missing things. Thx so far -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. A

[WiX-users] Getting the Name of the system drive within Burn or WiX?

2012-09-24 Thread Christian Hausknecht
freundlichen Grüßen Christian Hausknecht Entwicklung BeraCom Beratung und Software-Entwicklung GmbH & Co. KG Weidestr. 134, 22083 Hamburg T: +49 (0)40 547 241 - DW F: +49 (0)40 547 241 - 60 M: chauskne...@beracom.de<mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de> http://www.

Re: [WiX-users] Getting the Name of the system drive within Burn or WiX?

2012-09-24 Thread Christian Hausknecht
: [WiX-users] Getting the Name of the system drive within Burn or WiX? Did you see the Burn variable WindowsVolume ? Is that what you need ? -Original Message- From: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] Sent: 24 September 2012 12:42 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

[WiX-users] Architecture of an installer

2012-09-25 Thread Christian Hausknecht
mework imho there is a lack of *good* documentation dealing with holistic practices around the whole installation stuff. (Not the fault of the developers of course, just a fact. So I do not want to blame anybody!) So I hope I can get some advice from this nice community :) Greetings, Mit freundlich

[WiX-users] Major Upgrades, Burn and determining, which actions to do

2012-09-27 Thread Christian Hausknecht
help me with that issue :) Greetings, Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Hausknecht Entwicklung BeraCom Beratung und Software-Entwicklung GmbH & Co. KG Weidestr. 134, 22083 Hamburg T: +49 (0)40 547 241 - DW F: +49 (0)40 547 241 - 60 M: chauskne...@beracom.de<mailto:chauskne...@beracom.d

Re: [WiX-users] [Spam-Wahrscheinlichkeit=37]Re: Major Upgrades, Burn and determining, which actions to do

2012-09-28 Thread Christian Hausknecht
they've already been applied, they do nothing. Makes life much easier. On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Christian Hausknecht < chauskne...@beracom.de> wrote: > Hello folks, > > as I did not get any answers to my last question, I try to be more > precise today. > > I w

Re: [WiX-users] [Spam-Wahrscheinlichkeit=37]Re: Major Upgrades, Burn and determining, which actions to do

2012-09-28 Thread Christian Hausknecht
g your scripts idempotent. Thus, you can >always run them and if they've already been applied, they do nothing. >Makes life much easier. > >On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Christian Hausknecht < >chauskne...@beracom.de> wrote: > >> Hello folks, >> >> a

Re: [WiX-users] [Spam-Wahrscheinlichkeit=37]Re: Major Upgrades, Burn and determining, which actions to do

2012-09-28 Thread Christian Hausknecht
hed by the installer. Nice. That should solve my problem. Thx again -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] Gesendet: Freitag, 28. September 2012 11:26 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] [Spam-Wahrscheinl

[WiX-users] Burn and Upgrades

2012-09-28 Thread Christian Hausknecht
that its version is higher than the one of the installed bundle? Greetings, Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Hausknecht Entwicklung BeraCom Beratung und Software-Entwicklung GmbH & Co. KG Weidestr. 134, 22083 Hamburg T: +49 (0)40 547 241 - DW F: +49 (0)40 547 241 - 60 M: chauskne...@beraco

Re: [WiX-users] Burn and Upgrades

2012-10-01 Thread Christian Hausknecht
lower versions. You can also upgrade other Bundle's UpgradeCodes by adding a RelatedBundle with the Action='upgrade' and the Id='UpgradeCodeOfOtherBundles'. Technically speaking, the Bundle/@UpgradeCode attribute is just short hand for the RelatedBundle syntax. That and it

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage uninstalled on upgrade

2012-10-02 Thread Christian Hausknecht
Hey Neil, thank you for this example (even you are not sure, if that is sufficient ;-) )! I have one question: Why do you want to include a SQL Server into your installation package? This way the user is forced to have the server on the same machine as the application - or is that desired by yo

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapping SQL Server 2012 Express

2012-10-03 Thread Christian Hausknecht
Hello, Can you install the Server by hand? Iirc you do not need / should use XML entity escaping in variables. But perhaps I am wrong. ( if I want a "&" inside the ``manufacturer``-Tag, I need to write ``&`` - but when I delegate that into a variable I can refer to the ``&`` symbol) -Ursp

[WiX-users] How to deal with heat output for registering COM components?

2014-09-26 Thread Christian Hausknecht
If my new attempt is the right way these days, how do I include the tlb-file into my msi-project? What is the right / best way to do it? I hope someone can help me! Best regards, Christian Hausknecht Entwicklung BeraCom Beratung und Software-Entwicklung GmbH & Co. KG Weidestr. 134,