[WiX-users] hopefully simple question about customizing the standard WiX dialog sets

2011-04-22 Thread Dave Combs
The WiX book and the manual discuss how to customize the standard dialog sets (I'm using WixUI_Advanced as the starter.) They say to copy the fragment from the WixUI_wxs file and put it in a renamed file, then change as needed. However, when I do that (I created a file KaazingUI_Advanced.wxs,

Re: [WiX-users] hopefully simple question about customizing the standard WiX dialog sets

2011-04-25 Thread Dave Combs
KzSetDefaultPerUserFolder, etc.) and to any references to them, without changing their contents. It would help if the documentation mentioned that WixUI_Advanced also needs to have these custom actions renamed. Cheers, Dave On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > On 22-Apr-11 14:53, Dave Co

[WiX-users] question about errors with WixUI_Mode and WixUI_Advanced as a starting dialog set.

2011-04-25 Thread Dave Combs
I'm trying to use the WixUI_Advanced dialog set as a starting point, but replacing various dialogs and adding others of my own. When I specify AdvancedWelcomeEulaDlg, things compile and link okay. When I try to change that to LicenseAgreementDlg instead, I get an error error LGHT0094 : Unresolve

[WiX-users] another noob question about customizing the standard dialog sets

2011-04-27 Thread Dave Combs
I'm trying to customize the WixUI_Advanced dialog set, and had something fairly simple, but it doesn't seem to work the way I expected. I'd like the Welcome dialog to show up always (not just when doing a patch), so I copied the WixUI_Advanced.wxs internals and changed the InstallSequence at the e

Re: [WiX-users] another noob question about customizing the standarddialog sets

2011-04-28 Thread Dave Combs
ll be trying to place a dialog before a dialog > which doesn't exist. > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Deployment Engineer > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > > http://www.iesve.com > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** > Integrated Environm

[WiX-users] how to validate a user-defined path that isn't for the Install directory?

2011-04-28 Thread Dave Combs
Another Wix noob question: As part of my installation, I need to ask the user to enter the value for JAVA_HOME (which I default by picking it up from the environment). If they change the path, I'd like to validate that the value they provide actually exists, but I've been unable to find how to do

[WiX-users] need pointers to docs on file-versioning

2011-06-02 Thread Dave Combs
Hi, I just had a couple simple questions, and looking through both the WiX book and various Google searches hasn't helped. * In WiX, how does one indicate that a given file is to be unversioned? * In WiX, how does one indicate that a given file is versioned? I see the 'DefaultVersion' property,

[WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-12 Thread Dave Combs
I was hoping somebody could help with my confusion on a issue. I have a WiX configuration to install a product with 2 features, call them 'base' and 'extras'. 'base' is required, and 'extras' is optional. Both 'base' and 'extras' have a config file (called 'base-config.xml' and 'extras-config.xml

Re: [WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-13 Thread Dave Combs
:17 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task > duringinstall > > I'd avoid CopyFile personally and just have a couple extra Components > (conditioned correctly) to install the file. >

Re: [WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-13 Thread Dave Combs
ectory: 'DIR_36'. The Directory/Component pair must be listed in the CreateFolders table. I haven't seen any examples of using CopyFile that specified anything about a KeyPath, so am somewhat at a loss for how to proceed here. Any suggestions? Thanks, Dave On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at

Re: [WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-13 Thread Dave Combs
n, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Daniel Madill wrote: > I would assume you just need to add a CreateFolder element to ensure the > destination directory is created. For example: > > > > Dan > > -Original Message- > From: Dave Combs [mailto:dave.co...@kaazing.

Re: [WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-13 Thread Dave Combs
Can anybody suggest why the reference to &BaseFeature above doesn't seem to return a usable value? Here's the complete code block: The fileId FILE_31 points to the base-config.xml file. Dave On Mon, Jun 13, 20

Re: [WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-14 Thread Dave Combs
tal Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, > Glasgow G20 0SP > Email Disclaimer > > -Original Message- > From: Dave Combs [mailto:dave.co...@kaazing.com] > Sent: 13 June 2011 23:2

[WiX-users] question on per-user installs and the Privileged flag

2011-09-15 Thread Dave Combs
I'm creating an MSI using WiX and was just running some tests to verify that the installation UI sequence is correct for both per-user and per-machine installs, which led me to look at the Privileged flag. I'm using WiX 3.5 on Windows 7, 64-bit. In the log it appears that Privileged is being forc

[WiX-users] updating registry values during 'Change' installation?

2011-09-15 Thread Dave Combs
Another question: During an initial install, I request a value from the user, then store it in a registry key (using the HKMU root.) Based on some earlier list emails, I put the component with the RegistryValue into it's own (hidden) feature. What I'm trying to figure out is how to cause it to b

[WiX-users] is it possible to have localized text with two fonts in one string?

2011-10-02 Thread Dave Combs
I've been asked to customize some WiX dialogs we're using, and one of the requests was to be able to highlight (bold) part of the text in a localized string. Specifically, they'd like to change the welcome text "The Setup Wizard installs [ProductName] on your computer. Click Next ..." to make the

[WiX-users] help with an uninstall issue for a registry entry?

2011-10-08 Thread Dave Combs
I was hoping for some help with a problem I'm having with uninstall from the Wix Maintenance dialog. As part of my installer I generate a registry entry to store the location for a Java directory the user specifies. This is done with a dialog (a version of the Install directory dialog) and a prop

[WiX-users] help with issue with changing a property during a 'Change' install

2011-10-12 Thread Dave Combs
I was looking for some help with the following: I've built the installer to request a value from the user before doing initial installation. I then store this value in a registry location. If the user then does a 'Change' installation, I allow them to change the value (it's a directory path), and

[WiX-users] starting a service after install, when user is not an admin?

2012-03-20 Thread Dave Combs
I've been asked to write an MSI which installs a service, then starts the service based on a user checkbox after the install finishes (the service starts a Java-based server.) The problem: while the installation process correctly asks for privilege elevation during the install, and does install co

[WiX-users] using PathEdit without validation?

2012-03-22 Thread Dave Combs
I'm working on an installer (originally based on the WixUI_InstallDir set), where I have two "installation" dialogs. The first is the normal InstallDir dialog that requests where the installation is to be done. That works fine. The second is a variant of that, where I want the user to be able to

[WiX-users] service uninstall fails if does not specify install="" ???

2012-05-17 Thread Dave Combs
I have a service specified in a WiX 3.5 file. The file specifies the following It used to have Start="install", but I needed to remove that to make starting the service optional based on user input (which works fine.) The problem is that it appears that unless you specify Start="instal