Re: [WiX-users] Deploying multiple cultures using Burn/MSI(s). Wix 3.9 issue??

Hi, Have you found a solution for this? Are there any pointers for this ? I have exactly same issue. -James -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Deploying-multiple-cultures-using-Burn-MSI-s-Wix-3-9-issue-tp7596896p7598436.html

Re: [WiX-users] Deploying multiple cultures using Burn/MSI(s). Wix 3.9 issue??

On Fri, 5/12/14, James [via Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset] wrote: Subject: Re: Deploying multiple cultures using Burn/MSI(s). Wix 3.9 issue?? To: "James" Date: Friday, 5 December, 2014, 9:10 AM Hi, Have y

Re: [WiX-users] Deploying multiple cultures using Burn/MSI(s). Wix 3.9 issue??

be called/executed? 3. And the current code fails to build saying "error CNDL0005: The Chain element contains an unexpected child element 'PackageGroup'" Am I missing something obvious ? What changes I need to do in my bundle.wxs. Regards, James From: Phill Hogland [via

Re: [WiX-users] Deploying multiple cultures using Burn/MSI(s). Wix 3.9 issue??

This worked well. Thank you.James From: Phill Hogland [via Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset] To: James Sent: Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 14:30 Subject: Re: Deploying multiple cultures using Burn/MSI(s). Wix 3.9 issue?? Define a variable in your bundle, detect the culture in

[WiX-users] Copying INI file to target folder which is not part of installer

installer exe and this file will be at same location and this file is NOT available in build system so the installer only has name of this file. Thanks in advance. -James -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go

[WiX-users] Removing bundle after installing MSI's

apps (which I want to leave alone if I remove the msi). Is it possible to do this or should I be looking at another solution? Thanks for your help! James. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows

Re: [WiX-users] Installing .NET FRAMEWORK 4.5.1

Hi Michal, I believe this is not possible yet. There is an open issue to make this work in v3.8. http://wixtoolset.org/issues/4180/ James -Original Message- From: michalc777 [mailto:michalc...@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013 7:26 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the windows registry

Isn't storing the administrator password for a server in the registry a terrible idea? This is setting off all kinds of alarm bells in my mind... Even if you "encrypt" it, I would think it would still be easy enough to recover the plaintext just by finding the key in the MSI file and then decrypti

Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the windows registry

the SYSTEM context will be able to decrypt the data. If an attacker already has access to the SYSTEM context then it's already Game Over. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com P Please consider t

Re: [WiX-users] Dynamically set WixVariable WixUILicenseRtf

d the status quo of modifying WiX source code doesn't seem any better to me! Unless there is a better way that neither of us know about?? James -Original Message- From: Tobias S [mailto:tobias.s1...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 15:08 To: General discussion for Windows

Re: [WiX-users] write to IniFile

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369282(VS.85).aspx "DirProperty Name of a property having a value that resolves to the full path of the folder containing the .ini file. The property can be the name of a directory in the Directory table, a property set by the AppSearch table, or any other

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with RemoveExistingProducts action

eing well-followed. James -Original Message- From: Igor Lemsky [mailto:igor.lem...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 06:04 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Problem with RemoveExistingProducts action I have upgrade scenario for my system

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with RemoveExistingProducts action

or therefore an upgrade). SharedDllRefCount deals with maintaining a similar, older-style reference counting scheme for non-Windows Installer installers so that some other non-MSI installer doesn't wipe your DLL from underneath you. James -Original Message- From: Igor Lemsky [mailto:igor

Re: [WiX-users] Windows 7 MSI privileges

A list of reasons why not to use selfreg: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371608(VS.85).aspx -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:46 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-

[WiX-users] 32-Bit < > 64-Bit

rograms and Features now reference the 32-bit version. So, how is this scenario supposed to be implemented? Are there any decent tutorials or references on how to implement this upgrade scenario correctly? The current installer script as it stands can be viewed here: http://www.osodata.com/s

Re: [WiX-users] Why are we using a mailing list vs forum?

I guess you could just open a gmail (or whatever) account and subscribe that to this list instead of your office email account. john.bu...@telvent.com wrote: > Heh, well I guess. I get annoyed with all the new mail alerts at work. > They make us use Lotus Notes, which doesn't easily allow me t

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp does not properly rollback to the old driverwhen doing a major upgrade

o anything about it when customers try to point this out. It's very frustrating to deal with. (Heck... if one of those two products was open source, I would have seriously considered fixing it and submitting a patch...) James -Original Message- From: Rob Hamflett [mailto:r...@snsys.co

[WiX-users] CAQuietExec & Custom Action DLL excute's out of order

#x27; attribute, no difference. How can I make these Custom Actions actually execute in order? Thanks, James -- AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup

[WiX-users] Registry permissions are not inherited

to do to achieve my goal of having the "Everyone" entry propagate to the subkeys created by MSI - as outlined in my list of desired ACLs? I realize I could probably add duplicate "Permission" elements to the registry values bei

Re: [WiX-users] Registry permissions are not inherited

for the new feature? Or does the code need more work? It would be nice to not have to constantly merge an old patch with every new version of WiX. :) Best regards, James Johnston -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Saturday, August 06, 20

Re: [WiX-users] WiX Wrappers: For or against?

I second the vote for WixEdit. I used it when first setting up my installer. Helped me learn WiX to some extent. Now that the files are littered with preprocessor commands and I only make small, minor changes, I find it easier to edit the WXS files directly in a text editor. One thing I feel is

Re: [WiX-users] Identifying Features that have been installed

You could always use the COM library if you're not comfortable with the C API calls. Add a COM reference to "Microsoft Windows Installer Object Library" to your project... Installer.get_Features and Installer.get_FeatureState look like they might be useful. -Original Message- From: Anil

[WiX-users] Problem using iis:MimeMap

Hello, I was trying to add a fews MimeMapelements under a website. Upon trying to figure out why my new MIME types were not added I ran across a stackoverflow question

[WiX-users] Investigating use of WiX

Hi Everyone, I'm a newbie here, so thank you all in advance for your patience and understanding. I'm investigating whether or not I want to use WiX to build my setup/deployment project for my application. I have read through the tutorial and explored the WiX sourceforge site already, but now

Re: [WiX-users] Should i go for creation of 64 bit msi?

Unless you have a million dollar deal pending on support of a Core Server without 32-bit WOW, I would say it's not worth your effort... If you have the power, I would designate this as an unsupported configuration. -James On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Sagar wrote: > > I agr

Re: [WiX-users] Best Practices - Using "*" for GUID automation

Could someone chime in with a time when you wouldn't want to use "*" on component Guids? Would this cause issues with generating patches? -James On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Andy Clugston wrote: > Okay, it seemed like this approach would work, just wanted to verify. &g

[WiX-users] Bold Titles on Custom Dialogs

e following set: However, as opposed to the other dialogs this text isn't bold and I cannot figure out how to set this. Any pointers would be great. Kind regards, James Green .NET Developer LalPac Limited registered in England No: 4211747 Partner in Licensing to over 120 UK local go

Re: [WiX-users] Bold Titles on Custom Dialogs

, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message----- From: James Green [mailto:james.gr...@lalpac.com] Sent: 30 June 2010 15:53 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Bold Titles on Custom Dialogs Hi All, I'm just creating my first Wi

Re: [WiX-users] Bold Titles on Custom Dialogs

is: *.wxl ... {\WixUI_Font_Title}Create Virtual Directory ... *.wxs ... ... Hope this helps, -- Yan -Original Message----- From: James Green [mailto:james.gr...@lalpac.com] Sent: Wednesday, 30 June, 2010 17:53 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Bold Titles on Custom D

[WiX-users] Removing IIS Virtual Dirs

this still regarded as the best/only way to remove virtual directories using WiX? Kind regards, James Green .NET Developer LalPac Limited registered in England No: 4211747 Partner in Licensing to over 120 UK local government authorities. Temple Court, 8 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN

Re: [WiX-users] Removing IIS Virtual Dirs

nyone here? Regards, James. -Original Message- From: wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of James Green Sent: 30 June 2010 17:10 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Removing

Re: [WiX-users] Removing IIS Virtual Dirs

Thanks for this Rob, will check the logs if I see this again. -Original Message- From: wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: 01 July 2010 06:25 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sub

Re: [WiX-users] VS2010 automated build

I was just about to ask the same question! -Original Message- From: wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Stelios Kyprou Sent: 01 July 2010 12:59 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-use

Re: [WiX-users] Removing IIS Virtual Dirs

ur or have any ideas what the issue may be? Regards, James -- Nope. If you see virtual directories being left behind, take a look in the verbose log file and make sure the Component containing the vdir was removed. LalPac Limited registered in England No: 42

[WiX-users] Conditional Button Enabling

ext button should be enabled. Any pointers would be great. Kind regards, James Green .NET Developer LalPac Limited registered in England No: 4211747 Partner in Licensing to over 120 UK local government authorities. Temple Court, 8 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3BT, UK

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional Button Enabling

Hi Palbinder, That was the syntax I originally tried. There must be another issue I'm overlooking at the moment. Thanks, James. -Original Message- From: wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Pally Sandher Sent: 02

Re: [WiX-users] Getting Progress of Rollback

I've used the example here with success: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368786%28v=VS.85%29.aspx You'll see that it has a section where it handles the progress and roll back. Look at: /* determine direction */ -James Poole On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Andy Glass w

Re: [WiX-users] Getting Progress of Rollback

the code I'm basing off of. The problem is that after the > user cancels the installation and the handler returns IDCANCEL, > MsiInstallProduct immediately returns and the handler receives no more > messages. > > -Andy > > -Original Message- > From: James

[WiX-users] Showing Message after running Managed CA

essage to show on the form one the DB_CONNECTION_OK property is set to 1? Kind regards, James Green .NET Developer LalPac Limited registered in England No: 4211747 Partner in Licensing to over 120 UK local government authorities. Temple Court, 8 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3B

Re: [WiX-users] Showing Message after running Managed CA

Billiant, thanks Peter, all solved. -Original Message- From: wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Peter Shirtcliffe Sent: 05 July 2010 14:09 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] S

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp

Maybe the driver is not WHQL signed? I'm not sure why you wouldn't have the same issue with DPInst, however. I was under the impression that the various DIFX methods (DPInst, DIFxApp, DIFxAPI) would all call the same underlying code to perform the driver install. Seems like anything else would b

Re: [WiX-users] Installing a driver in Win 7

What's wrong? You're DPInst. Use DIFxApp, not DPInst. DIFxApp was designed for MSI; you're trying to fit a square peg into a round hole using DPInst. For example, have you considered whether your MSI works correctly in a rollback situation? Uninstall? Repair? Situations where the user interf

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades

ly telling customers how to do a full > repair on a case by case basis as this occurs. Did anyone ever find a fix for > this? > > Thanks, > Rob > > On 29/11/2010 21:23, James Johnston wrote: > > Hi, > > > > A couple questions, both regarding DIFxApp. (We

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades

This MSKB article discusses how to do it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259697 > -Original Message- > From: Shane Corbin [mailto:shane_cor...@selinc.com] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 22:49 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades > > I'm

[WiX-users] I watched your youtube vid. I have 3 files, created installer ok, but installing it gave win-error.

Hi, Thanks for writing Wix. I will donate to the tip jar or flattr. I tried my installer and didn't quite make it... Not sure how to diagnose it. Here is everything (.SED, _installer.exe) http://www.wikispeedia.org/speedo/ Thanks for looking! I appreciate it. -cellurl --

[WiX-users] newbie

Can anyone point me to how I debug this puppy? It failed when I did the install. Is there a fail-log or such? If I am asking wrong, please let me know. Thanks for looking -celllurl [Version] Class=IEXPRESS SEDVersion=3 [Options] PackagePurpose=InstallApp ShowInstallProgramWindow=0 HideExtractAnim

[WiX-users] Could not load file or assembly 'GMap.NET.Core, Version=1.7.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b85b9027b614afef' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified

Hi, Can anyone spot what I am doing wrong? Thanks for looking. -cellurl VisualStudio10 comes up with this error:-- Could not load file or assembly 'GMap.NET.Core, Version=1.7.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b85b9027b614afef' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the

Re: [WiX-users] Could not load file or assembly 'GMap.NET.Core, Version=1.7.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b85b9027b614afef' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified

aren't you the "Windows Installer" <http://wixtoolset.org/> folks? On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:15 PM, james pruett wrote: > Hi, > Can anyone spot what I am doing wrong? > Thanks for looking. > -cellurl > > > VisualStudio10 comes up with this e

Re: [WiX-users] Could not load file or assembly 'GMap.NET.Core, Version=1.7.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b85b9027b614afef' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified

xe > > -Original Message- > From: james pruett [mailto:gpscru...@gmail.com] > Sent: February-26-13 4:47 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Could not load file or assembly 'GMap.NET.Core, > Version=1.7.0.0, Culture=neutral, Pu

Re: [WiX-users] Could not load file or assembly 'GMap.NET.Core, Version=1.7.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b85b9027b614afef' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified

Thanks for pointing out what I was using to create it. I will link your tools into Visual Studio and try again. Thanks again. -cellurl On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:15 PM, james pruett wrote: > Hi, > Can anyone spot what I am doing wrong? > Thanks for looking. &

[WiX-users] System Properties?

possible. Also is there a list I can reference of the predefined WiX properties that can be used in Launch Conditions? James Allen -- Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and

Re: [WiX-users] System Properties?

This will compile however the resultant .exe will not run, what am I doing wrong? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa371639(v=vs.85).aspx> >=2) AND (PhysicalMemory > 2048) AND (OutOfDiskSpace = 'FALSE'

Re: [WiX-users] System Properties?

Thanks for all the help guys, that got me unstuck! James Allen -- Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco

[WiX-users] RemoveExisting Products failing with /qn upgrade

Does any know why the RemoveExistingProducts action would fail when an upgrade is run silently? If I run in full UI mode, everything works as expected. If I run the upgrade with /qn, the RemoveExistingProducts does not work and I end up with both products installed on the system. RemoveExistingP

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveExisting Products failing with /qn upgrade

effect, but for the Execute Sequece it was after. The property was getting set to "1", so it now makes sense that the log said "Product: 1" during RemoveExistingProducts. Thanks again, James On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Blair wrote: > Also, try running a pure unins

Re: [WiX-users] Messagebox from custom action with a lot of text

Did you try just showing a standard windows forms message box from within your C# custom action? MessageBox.Show() On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:31 PM, wrote: > > Hi Christopher > > I currently have the action scheduled after "CreateFolders". I use the CA > almost like a startup-condition. There

[WiX-users] Supersede Patch

This is more of a general MSI question... Can a Patch that is NOT Uninstallable be superseded? I seem to recall this being possible, but I am getting an error "Uninstallation of the patch package is not supported" when I try to install the second patch that supersedes the first. Tha

[WiX-users] QuietExec in CA

Hi, I'm getting the following build error when I try and use QuietExec in a C++ custom action: "error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _QuietExec" I'm using WiX 3.0, dutil.lib and wcautil.lib are included my linker input. What am I mis

Re: [WiX-users] QuietExec in CA

in the wcautil library. I'm not sure if I'm missing a dependency or if something is missing in the library. Thanks for your help, James On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Elfe Xu wrote: > > Do you mean QtExec ? > > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/qtexec.htm >

Re: [WiX-users] QuietExec in CA

Using WiX build 3.0.5419.0 and whatever wcautil.lib is included with that package. On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Blair wrote: > Which build of WiX are you using? Which wcautil lib are you linking with? > > -Original Message- > From: James Kessler [mailto:kessl...@gmail

Re: [WiX-users] QuietExec in CA

ot; on the > QuietExec() declaration. I'm not sure if that is a bad enough bug to spin a > new build, but it should be documented so that others will know the > workaround. > > -Original Message- > From: James Kessler [mailto:kessl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesd

[WiX-users] ShortCuts Win 7

Hi All, I've just followed this example http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm to the letter in my own script but still no short cut. Do I need to be doing something else for this to work on Windows 7? Thanks, James LalPac Limited registered in En

[WiX-users] WIX Licensing

I just sat through a meeting at my employer for the last 3 months (a significantly large software company) who told me the CPL license WIX is released under was too restrictive to allow me to use it as a development tool. Of course I just spent the last 2 months porting a horrific InstallShield in

Re: [WiX-users] WIX Licensing

he Eclipse foundation created an updated version. My question is this: Is Microsoft still the ultimate decision maker when it comes to what license this is released under? What would the process be for having this get released under a newer open source license? -James On Wed, Aug 25, 2010

Re: [WiX-users] Question about using XmlFile (WixUtilExtension.dll in general, actually)

Are you referencing the dll in your Visual Studio project? On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Dave DaveLists wrote: > Thanks for the response Chad. I do indeed have the xmlns:util setup at > the top of my WIX source file. Do you use WIX 3.0 or 3.5? We moved to > Visual Studio 2010 with WIX 3.5, b

[WiX-users] Using a Custom Action dll in another solution

hin the same solution but fail when added to a different solution? Very confusing ... Thanks in advance, James LalPac Limited registered in England No: 4211747 Partner in Licensing to over 120 UK local government authorities. Temple Court, 8 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3BT,

[WiX-users] Setting ARPNOREPAIR/ARPNOMODIFY Whilst using WixUI_InstallDir

et at the code inside WixUI_InstallerDir? TIA, James LalPac Limited registered in England No: 4211747 Partner in Licensing to over 120 UK local government authorities. Temple Court, 8 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3BT, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1249 660088Fax: +44 (0)1249 660099 -

Re: [WiX-users] Setting ARPNOREPAIR/ARPNOMODIFY Whilst using WixUI_InstallDir

Fantastic! All fixed ... now to try and deal with the right click - Repair option ... hmm ... Thanks Blair, James -Original Message- From: wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Blair Sent: 24 November 2010 02:16 To

Re: [WiX-users] Setting ARPNOREPAIR/ARPNOMODIFYWhilst using WixUI_InstallDir

Thanks for that Palbinder! James -Original Message- From: wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Pally Sandher Sent: 24 November 2010 11:03 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users

[WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades

is scenario? Does a custom action already exist for this? Am I doing something wrong with DIFx (i.e. do I need to change my usage of DIFx instead of write a custom action)? If anyone has so much as even heard of either of the issues above, I would be grateful for some advice or

[WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades

is scenario? Does a custom action already exist for this? Am I doing something wrong with DIFx (i.e. do I need to change my usage of DIFx instead of write a custom action)? If anyone has so much as even heard of either of the issues above, I would be grateful for some advice or

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades

tly MSI can't be invoked from Safe Mode). Is this still good advice? Otherwise it just seems like unnecessary clutter in ARP. DeleteFiles="no" is the default; I included it anyway just to be explicit. Documentation says it's not supported any more on Windows 7... Best regar

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades

sks but it does not work with the UART. I don't see anything close to what FTDI has: no similar replacement for the D2XX API (which allows customizing some of the USB parameters) and no Microchip-provided SYS file for a driver. My recollection is that the Microsoft driver is buggy, too

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

This has seemed to work reasonably well, although there must be a case somehow where the MSI files themselves are left behind. I haven't figured out why yet, but usually the RemoveFile deletes them as expected. Hasn't been high priority to isolate the reason why and fix it. James --

Re: [WiX-users] Registry Question...

Familiarize yourself with http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724072(VS.85).aspx If you don't want your entry to go in the 32-bit entry then you have to specify Win64="yes" on your component, but this makes / requires your MSI to be supporting 64-bit. 32-bit apps don't need to worry about W

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

/2005/2008, and some 3rd-party libs as well). I'd imagine introducing things like SQL Server Express, etc. complicates things a good bit more. You're right that the chaining situation is messy. Just look at Add/Remove Programs these days if anyone says otherwise. James -Origin

Re: [WiX-users] cabbing for both 32-64-bit files

I wanted a unified self-extracting EXE for both 32- and 64-bit versions. What I wound up doing was this: 1. The build script combined with WiX conditional compilation / preprocessor was used to compile to two different MSI files: one 32-bit and one 64-bit. Each was compiled individually. (For e

Re: [WiX-users] cabbing for both 32-64-bit files

installing). -Original Message- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 05:20 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] cabbing for both 32-64-bit files Hi James: Thanks for this, I'm assuming you

Re: [WiX-users] cabbing for both 32-64-bit files

/www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: James Johnston [mailto:johnst..

Re: [WiX-users] packaging large number of files

compile the thousands of constant, non-changing assets (textures, sounds, etc.) into a small number of files so that the installer and the computer's file system don't have to deal with so many files. James -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.

Re: [WiX-users] cabbing for both 32-64-bit files

LOL! Naaah... if contributors know what they're doing and commit good patches then the quality will be good and I don't care who they work for. No offense intended to anybody. :) James -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Monday, D

Re: [WiX-users] What version of DIFxApp is in DIFxAppExtension?

racker/?func=detail&aid=3130590&group_id=105970&atid =642717 but since OP didn't include this link I thought I would add it to this discussion. James -Original Message- From: Quinton Tormanen [mailto:quint...@deltamotion.com] Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 18:38 To: General

Re: [WiX-users] How do you fix this error? (id is too long, 72 characters max)

the directory ID column. So, the directory ID will need to be shortened. James -Original Message- From: John Bergman [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 22:48 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How do

[WiX-users] DIFxApp does not properly rollback to the old driver when doing a major upgrade

is shown as "{driver component GUID}" because I removed the actual GUID from this public e-mail list. * Large portions of the log file were removed; only relevant data was included. Line numbers are sometimes indicated as "Line XYZ:". * If lines were removed, this is indi

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp does not properly rollback to the old driverwhen doing a major upgrade

able so I conclude they do something else). Best regards, James Johnston -Original Message- From: Quinton Tormanen [mailto:quint...@deltamotion.com] Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 17:53 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp does not prop

Re: [WiX-users] DIFXAPP: ERROR: Failed to calculate strong name.

http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2820 Maybe there are some issues with the driver package itself? i.e. bad/missing catalog file. Be sure that the driver files is completely installed & that all required files are in the appropriate locations. If the driver isn't WHQL

Re: [WiX-users] DIFXAPP: ERROR: Failed to calculate strong name.

alculate strong name. Wix code for my driver: Driver isn't WHQL signed. And... typical error message for missed cat file is: DIFXAPP: ERROR: Failed to calculate strong name from 'file-path'. This error message doesn't contain file path. Thanks! 10.02.2011

Re: [WiX-users] DIFXAPP: ERROR: Failed to calculate strong name.

lset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFXAPP: ERROR: Failed to calculate strong name. INF file doesn't specify cat-file (only DLL and SYS). This problem appear for only one PC configuration. Ok, I'll try install this driver using DPInst and I'll read the topic. Thanks a lot. 10.02.2011

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxAPP and Properties question

If I remember correctly, the justification for adding dedicated driver entries to ARP is so that if the driver causes the computer to fail to boot into normal mode, you can still uninstall the driver in safe mode. You can't use Windows Installer in safe mode, so the only mechanism would be the ded

Re: [WiX-users] My First Bundle! :)

Hi, Thanks for that Rob. Looked at the logs and solved that particular issue. The only issue I have left now is that the Bundle itself appears in the Add/Remove programs. Is there a way to hide it? Or should I be thinking about "hiding" the application and use the bundle as the UnInstaller?

Re: [WiX-users] My First Bundle! :)

Hi Again, I spoke too soon. I've confirmed that .NET 4.0 isn't installed on the machine. My Bundle has an install condition of: FindDotNet40ClientInstallRegValue = 0 Which is a RegistrySearch: [011C:0408][2012-01-11T09:44:42]: Condition 'FindDotNet40ClientInstallRegValue = 0' evaluate

Re: [WiX-users] My First Bundle! :)

works. I agree this should work, I'm a little surprised it doesn't. What version of WIX toolset are you using? On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:00 AM, James Green wrote: > Hi Again, > > I spoke too soon. > > I've confirmed that .NET 4.0 isn't installed on

[WiX-users] Cab File

so be able to maintain the directory structure? Regards, James LEGAL NOTICE This message is intended for the use of the named recipient(s) only and may contain confidential and / or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete this me

Re: [WiX-users] Cab File

p and running an unzip during the install process. Seeing how problematic that is I started looking at using a cab file. Can a cab maintain the original directory structure automatically on decompressing? Cheers, James -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.

Re: [WiX-users] Cab File

ted on the msdn at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417343.aspx I dont see how that's any different from doing it with a zip though. -Original Message- From: James Green [mailto:jgr...@mango-solutions.com] Sent: 16 January 2012 14:48 To: General discussion for Windows Insta

Re: [WiX-users] Cab File

Hi Dan, Yeah, I'm just getting my batch command setup for this. It's building OK as a fragment but I'm can't work out how to incorporate it into the features so that it will actually execute during the install process. James. -Original Message- From: Daniel Ma

Re: [WiX-users] Cab File

Hey Dan, Yeah, I've just gotten all this working, thanks. Just trying to get the file source path all configured and working now ... installer joy! And indeed that would be a drag! james LEGAL NOTICE This message is intended for the use of the named recipient(s) only and may co

Re: [WiX-users] Cab File

ed preprocessor variable '$(var.RFileSource)" How can I reference a variable in the main wxs file without hand editing the generated fragment? Cheers, James -Original Message- From: Daniel Madill [mailto:dan.mad...@quanser.com] Sent: 16 January 2012 16:25 To: General discussion

Re: [WiX-users] Cab File

Urgh! That sounds horrendous. That's a significant count of files! -Original Message- From: Daniel Madill [mailto:dan.mad...@quanser.com] Sent: 16 January 2012 16:55 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Cab File Hi James, I have an

Re: [WiX-users] Cab File

can I get around this in a repeatable fashion so that the generated fragment is always valid? Cheers, James -Original Message- From: Daniel Madill [mailto:dan.mad...@quanser.com] Sent: 16 January 2012 16:59 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX

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