Hi all:
I recently opened a support incident with Microsoft regarding major upgrades
of packages containing the vc90 runtime merge modules. Links here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=905238 and here:
http://blog.deploymentengineering.com/2008/05/more-problems-with-ms-vc-8-sp1-merge.htmland
he
Hi all:
We've encountered a problem where ConfigureUsers causes an uninstall to fail
if a domain user is used on install and they are not logged in to the domain
on uninstall. I found this bug on the issue already:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642714&aid=1894167&group_id=1059
>
> I think what we can do in this case, is present a message to the user on
> uninstall and ask them if they want to retry/cancel/ignore the failure. The
> user will be left behind but uninstall will still work.
>
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> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
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What is the command line you are building with? Sounds like you need
sca.wixlib passed as an arg to light.exe (or maybe it's wixca.wixlib).
Dana
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Gregory Swanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Our upgrade test for WIX version 2.0.5805.0 failed with a missing
> refer
Can you search all of your wxs files for configuresql and see if you are
referencing it somewhere? Maybe in a before or after tag? Also, have you
replaced the wixlibs with the new ones from the latest WiX 2.0 build?
Dana
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Gregory Swanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
Looks like retrieving a reg_multi_sz using the RegLocator table during
AppSearch is not a great way of doing this. Plenty of places on the web
document this oddity. I think you might just want to use a custom action
instead of a registry search to retrieve this value and write it to a
property.
properties or is there some other sort of
> CA that I can use?
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> Thank you for responding
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> -Original Message-
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> To: General discussion for
Quick question regarding the way the WiX sql custom actions. When you
specify multiple sql scripts or strings with their associated sequences,
does the custom action open a new connection for each string/script executed
or does it reuse the connection until it has looped through all of the
scripts
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> -Original Message-
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 06:58
> To: Windows Installer XML toolset developer mailing list; General
> discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
How many parameters are you talking about? If it's just a few, why don't
you use a sqlstring action to put them in some temporary table in your db,
read them out with your scripts and get them that way. SqlScripts are not
designed for passing in parameters and they most likely don't have access t
It's pretty easy to do in WiX though. You just have to write a sqlstring
element that creates the filegroups for you. Use WiX to create your
database, then add the following to a SqlString element. One thing to note
is you do need a fully qualified filename so you'll need to make sure you
resolv
We just use a simple version number stored in a table in the db. We read it
on upgrade using a custom action scheduled before CostInitialize and then
only components which are greater than that version number are installed
based on a component condition like what's below.
AND
--3 is the version
a Major Upgrade?
>
> Michael
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> ____
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> From: Dana Gutride [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Fri 26/09/2008 12:12 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SQL scripts and Upgrades
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For integrated auth, use a sqlstring element containing the following where
USERNAME is the domain\username: exec sp_addrolemember N'db_owner',
N'[USERNAME]'
Dana
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:34 AM, Eitan Behar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Short question, and waiting for (hopefully) a short answe
Peter:Is it possible to try something like:HWND hWndParent;hWndParent = GetActiveWindow();I'm facing a similar problem with a dialog that pops up during the MSI UI. Unfortunately, sometimes it pops up behind the MSI dialog and other times it is in front of it.
Anybody else have any ideas?DanaOn
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Dana,I think the better way is try to use FindWindow, since we always knowthe name of the MSI dialogs we use and all MSI dialogs have same classname - "MsiDialogCloseClass". But I have no chance to try this way yet.
Best regards,Peter G. SakhnoC-MAP RUSSIA Ltdh
Kalappa:According to the MSDN MSI help: A rollback custom action must always precede the deferred custom action it rolls back in the action sequence. A rollback custom action should also handle the case where the deferred custom action is interrupted in the middle of execution.
You can do this in
WiX has built-in functionality to handle this. You might want to look at the link below to see how to do this without calling an external executable. The RootVer registry key is invaluable for determining if
ASP.NET has been correctly registered with IIS. For instance, if the user installs .NET
I just added this into the sca.wxs file myself. In case anybody else wants to know how I did this, the code follows:
WebComponents is the name of my feature and I'm making sure this custom action is scheduled when it's being installed or being uninstalled (you can read more about the ! and & here:
I was reading a thread today that was discussing this very question. I too, would be more than willing to submit enhancements/bug fixes. One question I had, though, was what if I adjust the code in such a way that it wouldn't really be helpful to other users. Maybe I've limited some functionalit
It takes a few tries to get populating the combobox right. I'd start by adding a few basic message boxes to make sure you are getting the correct data from IIS, make sure that no errors are being thrown and also make sure that the ca is actually being called in your UI sequence. Combobox errors c
Daniel:Check out the link below on msdn about syntax for conditional statements. For a quick example, the following is telling you that the WebFeature is being installed. The idea is you look at the current state of the feature and the action requested. The example below shows the state currentl
Why don't you just use the ComputerName property?DanaOn 7/17/06, Darren Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Perhaps you could do a RegistrySearch on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ActiveComputerName
?
Wix-users, please correct me if there is a
built-i
Michael:From what I've seen, the value of the Property doesn't update until the control loses focus. If you have other textboxes on that dialog, you could try putting those after the database textbox so the user has to tab to those first. Otherwise, you could use a maskededit control (see below f
David:Check out tallow (it's packaged along with WiX 2.0), it works wonders. You can process directories, .reg files, com components. If you are using v3.0, heat is probably the tool you are looking for.
DanaOn 7/27/06, David Keaveny <
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Is there an equivalen
If your app wasn't installed by an MSI before hand, you'll need a custom action to handle this for you. You will also need a way of conditioning the custom action to run only when your app is found. Searching for a registry key might be something to look into. If you had previously installed wit
What does the msi log say is happening when you try to uninstall? Also, what happens if you use add/remove programs to remove your program?DanaOn 8/14/06,
Magus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My app was installed by the MSI. I am not using the WixUI_xxx or any ofthose standard UI's I created my own.
dition only to run if the program is installed>> already. I was using orca to look at the what is created with>> WixUI_Mondo>> to see if there were anything I should try and I say a >> "Remove" Value = "ALL"> type setup but that didn't seem to lead
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> wrote:>>>>>> Add/Remove programs does remove the application. But Uninstalling
>> doen't.>> The Log says ExecuteAction and Action are both = INSTALL, when I am>> trying>> to uninstall, but when I changed those it broke and ende
just copy paste before but here are the actual lines="[BW]" Height ="[BH]" Default ="no" Text ="[REMOVE]">11
Dana Gutride wrote:>> Your code below seems to have lost a few characters that are necessary, is> there really a
Don:Is your custom action sequenced between both the and the tags? If it's not in the InstallExecuteSequence table, it will not run on a silent install.
DanaOn 8/15/06, Don Tasanasanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have a custom action that changes the location of the
installation di
I've been eagerly watching the developments on WiX 3.0 and noticed recently that the emphasis in some of the posts has been on preparing to make this a stable release. Our next product release is slated for early 2007 and I would like to transition to WiX
3.0. Is it too soon to begin the transit
I want to set the ACL on a directory based on whether IIS is installed (IISVERSION is the result of a registry search). The code below works fine if I eliminate the first component (DataCompIIS5). As soon as both components are there, the folder is created correctly, but the user is not added. T
If you take the sql script and run it in the management studio, are you able to edit the table then? Sometimes it helps to take the msi out of the loop for debugging those sql actions.Dana
On 8/23/06, Petrut Andrei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi. It's me again. I have another question: I createa t
You can set this in WiX by setting Hidden="yes" in the Property Element.
Dana
On 6/6/07, Aaron Shurts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Add the property name to MsiHiddenProperties property. This is a
semi-colon delimited list of properties whose values you do not want written
to the log.
http://ms
We do this using public properties and the SqlString element instead. You
end up embedding the actual sql directly in the MSI, but you can reference
the properties directly. An example follows:
Dana
On 7/25/07, Arnold Layne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all,
How do I pass paramteres to my
Hi all:
We are using the latest 2.0 build of wix and are now seeing this bug 80-90%
of the time during installs. Has anybody made any progress in nailing down
these leaked MSI Handles in the sql custom actions?
Thanks,
Dana
Before:
else if (L'\0' == szSource[cchSource]) // if the source already had a
null terminator, don't count that in the character count because we track it
below
After:
else if (L'\0' == szSource[cchSource-1]) // if the source already had a
null terminator,
. If it does the scaexec.cpp needs to be fixed.
>
> Rene
>
>
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> *From:* Dana Gutride [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wed 8/22/2007 19:33
> *To:* Schrieken, Rene
> *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] ConfigureSQL Leaked MSIHANDLE
>
> We are
The MSDN Windows Installer documentation should be sufficient to explain
this limitation. I'd start here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/windows_installer_on_64_bit_operating_systems.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ms
Seems like there is a problem in drawing the dialog. What are you
attempting to do with the combo box on that page? Is there a custom action
that is populating it? If not, can you send the relevant snippet of the wxs
file that describes that dialog?
Dana
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When I install on Longhorn, I receive an error message (Failed to read
IIsWebs table (-2147024891 ) and the install stops. I've run this same
MSI on Vista with no problems. Has anybody had any success using the IIS
custom actions within WiX 2.0 on Longhorn? I do realize Windows Server
2008
t; anyway, if the command I'm using is correct to parse the information then
> I will try and look elsewhere for the issue, it's just this does work on the
> old (installshield) installer using an MSI.
>
> Jason.
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> On 10/19/07, Dana Gutride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot
What does the msi log say is happening here? That is usually the best way
to troubleshoot custom action errors. The other trick I'll use is pop up a
message box from my custom action code and then attach to it with the
debugger. As a rule, any custom actions that modify the target system
should
The recommended way to do this is to create language transforms and then
call the msi from a setup.exe bootstrapper which will pass the correct
transform name along as a command line parameter. You'd have to add a
dialog in the bootstrapper to choose the language or include the logic to
determine
Roy:I'm not sure what is going on here, but if the MSI dialog is reappearing after the product is installed, it seems that things are not installing the way you expect. Windows Installer might even be restarting to *fix* that component because the file is not on the disk. The section of the log f
Try setting the property of the control is set to the value that you
want to appear in the control (). For the checkbox, set the value of the
property "Accept" to 1.
DanaOn 9/2/06, Petrut Andrei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi. Tell me please what can I do to set one of thevalues of the combobox by
Petrut:You should probably put the three sql scripts in three different components and then add a condition to each component based on the property set by the combobox.Dana
On 9/3/06, Petrut Andrei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi. I have a combobox where the user has to choose alanguage. After he c
Is it possible to elevate a custom action that is called during the UI sequence in Vista? During my install, I'm doing prerequisite checks during the UI sequence, a couple of them require administrative privileges to complete. I'm seeing some mixed information online about this. This link (
http
I'm using a custom action to detect the presence of an installed SSL Cert in IIS and also to retrieve the port number of the default web site.DanaOn 9/6/06,
Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Dana Gutride wrote:
> Is it possible to elevate a custom action that is called during the UI> sequence
e registry.
DanaOn 9/6/06, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dana Gutride wrote:> I'm using a custom action to detect the presence of an installed SSL> Cert in IIS and also to retrieve the port number of the default web site.How? Don't you have read-only access to
Anton:Instead of using StartServer = "0" try NOT StartServer for the condition that disables the second checkbox. It is a little counterintuitive, but if you take a look at the MSI log, you should see that unchecking a checkbox doesn't set the value of the property to "0", it deletes it altogethe
re created as part of
the install." Is the user you need to give access to created during your install or does it have a well known sid so you can use the lock permissions table in the MSI?Dana
On 9/8/06, roxana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dana Gutride a écrit :> Roxana:>> Th
cess to created during your install or does it have a> well known sid so you can use the lock permissions table in the MSI?>> Dana>> On 9/8/06, *roxana* <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:>> Dana Gutride a écrit :
> > Roxana:>
Looking at your source below, what is the point of putting down a pdf if you are just going to delete it immediately? Do you want the user to view it and then have it deleted?Dana
On 9/12/06, Petrut Andrei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have this code from below: Guid='4b0372ea-4aa4-46
Well that's a different question altogether. The following will create an empty directory.
DanaOn 9/12/06, Petrut Andrei
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, Dana. The point is that I want that directoryempty when I install the files. But I can't create anempty di
Darren:There is an UpdateIfExists element under User that is supposed to update user account properties if the user already exists. I'd try putting the user/groupref inside a component, keeping the group outside of the components/directory structure and see if that takes care of it.
DanaOn 9/12/0
Simon:Try something like this: The UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE property is set during the upgrade and available during the previous product removal.
DanaOn 9/13/06, Simon Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi
Does anyone know how I can sequence a custom action so that
it is run during an
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Sequencing issue with a major upgrade
Simon:
Try something like this:
The UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE property is set during the u
Jose:The revered tutorial here: http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson6.php#6.3 explains that if you want to install to an existing website, that website information should reside out of the component tag. Otherwise, the MSI thinks that it created the website and upon uninstall it will drop it.
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users]
Sequencing issue with a major upgrade
Simon:
It seems that you may have put the condition inside of the wrong element.
That condition should go in the
Doug:In the following control, all you need to do is set an initial value for USERNAME ( Whatever ) and it will show in the dialog when the dialog is first displayed. When the user types something different, after they click next or back on the dialog, the new property value is saved.
Dana
I think we might be interested in seeing some functionality like that as well.DanaOn 9/22/06, Ryan O'Neill <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Definitely! Make my life a LOT easier.
Cullen Waters wrote:>> Is there any demand for a built-in Wix custom action to> install/upgrade/repair /remove Sql Reporting S
Doug:If you are sequencing based on a feature, your example is nearly correct. You can also do this based on a specific component, but the syntax is slightly different. The ampersand is for feature actions, dollar sign is for conditioning based on component actions.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/libr
I've encountered a similar problem, it seems the permission element doesn't take into account the condition of the component it's within. This also seems to occur both with the generic MSI way of doing this and the extended WiX secureobj custom actions.
DanaOn 9/26/06, gcoates
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ended permission elements, the permissions specified are not set at all.
Thanks,DanaOn 9/26/06, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dana Gutride wrote:> I've encountered a similar problem, it seems the permission element> doesn't take into account the condition of the compon
Ok, I'll take a stab. I don't know what the best practice is, but I can tell you what we are doing. We have a large database with many, many tables and even more stored procedures. We use one sql file to create the tables (that file is under 100K) and break the stored procedures up into multiple
You can write a custom action that checks the metabase for that. I'll attach a snippet of vbs that you convert to c++ if you'd like. One thing to keep in mind, I'm pretty sure this property doesn't exist on Windows 2000 or XP (IIS 6 only), so I'd be careful in scheduling the custom action.
DanaSe
Oops, you are right. The script I copied it from doesn't have a space there, so it must be the dreaded e-mail goofiness. Good catch.DanaOn 11/2/06,
Rob MacFadyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dana,
Btw... there may be a bug in your code (could be email
goofiness too):
if
aCurrent(0) = 0
Tina:Take a look at the IgnoreModularization tag. You define it in the merge module wxs file.()Dana
On 11/7/06, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have a case where my merge modules need to tell if they are running in an upgrade, or a fresh install. I have a property that is getting set i
erty.
> I don't have any problems accessing property values either - I can access> the properties I need. I just can't touch any files.>> Maybe I can try it a different way - by including the xml file as a binary
> inclusion and opening that? Then it is technically not an
This is happening because you do not have the correct text in your error
table. I realize it's counterintuitive, but you need to copy in the error
text tags from the wix dialogs and you'll notice the uninstall text showing
up.
Dana
On 11/16/06, Qu, Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I have
Jeff:
If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx
The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the
beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest.
--- this is
the important par
at all users inherit .
Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the
variable?
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Dana Gutride
*Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM
*To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [W
Take a look at this link too:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370810.aspx
On 11/27/06, Dana Gutride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running
right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properti
lic)
but it wasn't listed at all.
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Dana Gutride
*Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM
*To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
My other idea: try a verbose
We recently encountered this problem as well. There is an old message
(here:
http://www.nabble.com/WebDir-element---no-longer-can-contain-webapplication-tf851560.html#a2280481)
about it. From the IIS MMC, you can make any directory a web application.
In the metabsae, it creates any IISConfigObje
n on a web directory is not really
supported. David knows far more about IIS than I do (being on the IIS team
and all) so I took that as gospel.
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Dana Gutride
*Sent:* Tuesday, November 28, 2006 07:29
*To:* wix-users@lists.sourcefor
I have also noticed this bug. Oddly enough it is happening during an
upgrade only. During our initial install when we create the database, this
doesn't happen. During the upgrade, the user can select the database to
upgrade, 10-15 SqlScripts are all run against it and I see the same error.
It i
n Behalf Of *Dana Gutride
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 29, 2006 05:40
*To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] ConfigureSQL Bug
I have also noticed this bug. Oddly enough it is happening during an
upgrade only. During our initial install when we create the database, t
Andre:
When the already installed version was created, were those uninstall custom
actions included in it? The installed MSI is called to handle the uninstall
sequence, any changes you make to your uninstall sequence will only affect
the new installers you create.
As far as your logging questio
If I'm understanding your question correctly, you can put one virtual
directory inside of another. The WiX documentation states that a valid
child for a webvirtualdir is another webvirtualdir. You might want to try
nesting the second one inside of the first and removing the inner virtual
directo
At that point during the install, any file searches have already completed.
You'd have to write a second custom action to search for the file, schedule
it to run after the first one and then return an error triggering rollback
if it finds it.
Wouldn't it be easier to just have the first custom ac
If it's a c++ custom action, return ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE instead of
ERROR_SUCCESS. If it's a script-based action, returning 3 instead of 0 will
have the same result. In your WiX files, make sure you have set the custom
action to check it's return code instead of ignoring it. Take a look at
thi
Is it an executable or did you manage to successfully call into a C# dll
from the msi?
Dana
On 2/5/07, Ian Couper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The custom action is actually running a custom build C# application…
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cutable. I've tried c++ and VB scripts but they won't work
properly for what I need.
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*From:* Dana Gutride [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2007 3:43 PM
*To:* Ian Couper; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Install
Are you installing only 32-bit dll's? Do you have any problems with file
and registry redirection to the 32-bit locations on a 64-bit os? If your
program isn't affected by that, than you can use one package for both. I
just wanted to mention that because just conditioning the components isn't
t
for 64bit and one for 32bit?
Would that solve the problem without having to use conditions in
components?
It feels like most folks are ignoring Itanium ;-)
*From:* Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Tuesday, February 06, 2007 10:57 PM
*To:* Robert Randall
*Cc:*
Msi logging can also be enabled via the registry. The log will be created
in your %temp% folder (just type that in your windows explorer address bar
and you'll be taken to the correct location). In order to enable logging,
copy the following into a file with a .reg extension and then double clic
I believe there is a Hidden attribute that you can add to the property tag
which will prevent it from being logged during install.
Dana
On 2/28/07, Abhishek Agarwal (RFID) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I am using the SqlDatabase in-built Wix custom action to create our
configuration datab
This is not possible within the sql database tag right now. There is a
bug/feature request in for this exact functionality, but as far as I can
tell, it hasn't been added yet. The only way to do this is to have two
sqldatabase tags in separate components and then add conditions for the
component
It might be a good idea to schedule this based on the state of the component
or feature. That way you can tie the custom action's execution to whether
or not the specific component is being installed/uninstalled based on that
state.
$TheComponent=2 (component is being uninstalled)
$TheComponent>
inters to related
documentation.
My current install sequence is as follows :
1
$MainDLL>2
$MainDLL>2
$MainDLL>2
$MainDLL>2
$HelperLibrary>2
$HelperLibrary>2
$MainDLL>2
$MainDLL>2
$Mai
Are you getting an error? Also, what does the msi log report about the
database creation? You might want to set ContinueOnError to no and then see
what happens.
Dana
On 4/11/07, Moni Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Can anybody figure out why database is not created using the codes below
(w
You can embed the sql right in your wxs file using sqlstring instead of
sqlscript. That will allow you to include properties in the sql statements.
Dana
On Dec 7, 2007 10:52 AM, Kevin Idzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, I have a WiX Question. I've started using it for all of my
> installs
Has anybody attempted any custom actions or have any info for installing a
site on IIS 7.0 w/out legacy support? I realize that WiX doesn't natively
support it yet, but it's very hard finding anything beyond the api
documentation on the web for info on how to do this within an MSI.
Thanks,
Dana
-
I already submitted all of the code to fix this bug months ago on this
e-mail list and in the comments of this bug. I haven't heard anything back
(the bug is still open), so I don't know if they incorporated it or not.
Because the change wasn't incorporated in WiX 2.0, I'm forced to use a
custom b
tallation.
>
> With Custom action type "Deffered", custom action is failing while
> installation.
> With custom action type "Commit", installation is sucsseful, but service
> is not started.
> SOme times when I try manually, it is starting, some times not.
&
The best practice is not to use C# managed custom actions at all. If you
search an archive of this list here:
http://www.nabble.com/wix-users-f4470.html, you'll see plenty of reasons why
this is stated.
This is not a limitation of WiX, but rather a requirement imposed upon all
of us by using Wind
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