[WiX-users] Condition for detecting minor upgrade

t how to detect minor upgrades in the conditions for the dialogs, done with REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus. Has anyone done anything like this? Or is there support for something like this built-in to the UIExtension that I have missed? /

Re: [WiX-users] Running MSI as SYSTEM and no ARP and other weirdnesses?

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Stefan Kuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I have an MSI built with WiX. If I install this using msiexec from the > SYSTEM account, the product gets installed (files and registry keys are > there) but it is not visible in ARP. Also if I run this

Re: [WiX-users] Running MSI as SYSTEM and no ARP and other weirdnesses?

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Stefan Kuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Johan, > > > > Johan Appelgren wrote: >> >> Are you doing a per-user or a per-machine install? >> >> > > Oops, please excuse my ignorance, but how do I know that? T

Re: [WiX-users] How to create compressed output

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Devarajan, Mahesh IN BLR SISL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to WiX and we need to deliver our software as in form of single > .msi file and all other media types, program files should be compressed > in to .cab files that are separate from the .msi

Re: [WiX-users] How to create compressed output

t; [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johan > Appelgren > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:53 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to create compressed output > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Devarajan, Mahesh I

Re: [WiX-users] Using .NET 2.0 Managed Custom Actions

On 4/20/07, Mailinglist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello WiX-users, > > > > because we needed to use managed custom actions in our setup, I searched > around the net for a real solution to this. > > > > I found two projects ([1],[2]), that followed quite good ideas, but both > did not wo

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut + hyperlink 2

On 4/24/07, Scott Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is what I do. Basically make a shortcut to internet explorer and > pass the web address as the argument. I do it this way so that it > always opens another instance of ie when you use the shortcut instead of > opening it the current window.

[WiX-users] Installing COM components

Hi, I'm looking at using wix to create an installer for an application that consists of both .NET assemblies and COM. As far as I can tell if I want to try wix3 I'm supposed to use heat to generate wxs files for the COM components and their primary interop assemblies. During the development there

Re: [WiX-users] Installing COM components

e > assembly. This causes the Framework to use that version number when > computing the GUIDs and therefore the GUIDs are stable across versions. > > -- > Mike Dimmick > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johan >

[WiX-users] Heat produces invalid wxs

Hi, I ran heat on a COM dll and it produced invalid wxs xml. It looks like it was because of a copy/paste error in a COM objects registry settings. The CurVer keys value was set to the progid of another COM objects progid. This caused heat to generate a class element with two progid children. Wou

Re: [WiX-users] Heat produces invalid wxs

Forgot to mention that I tested this using heat that comes with wix 3.0.2420.0 /Johan On 1/4/07, Johan Appelgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I ran heat on a COM dll and it produced invalid wxs xml. It looks like > it was because of a copy/paste error in a COM objects r

Re: [WiX-users] Heat produces invalid wxs

n it (you could > add this information to that bug if it is missing). Unfortunately, no one is > working on heat right now (since Derek left). Message-mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Johan Appelgren wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net wxs xml. It looks like registry COM two

[WiX-users] Better handling of invalid mergeLanguage

Hi, In src\wix\Binder.cs ProcessMergeModules exceptions are handled for when the merge module file does not exist and some other cases and you get great error messages. But if you've specified an invalid language for the merge all you get is a COMException: light.exe : error LGHT0001 : The langua

Re: [WiX-users] Better handling of invalid mergeLanguage

Done. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1629314&group_id=105970&atid=642714 /Johan On 1/5/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, can you open a bug with just that. Message-mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of J

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and ICE

So the answer to the initial question is that windows installer is broken, and I should just ignore the ICE57 error? I'm trying to use unadvertised shortcuts and haven't been able to find out the recommended way to create them. /Johan On 1/4/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. The

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and ICE

On 1/8/07, André Pönitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johan Appelgren wrote: > > So the answer to the initial question is that windows installer is > > broken, and I should just ignore the ICE57 error? > > I think 'yes, and not necessarily'. Have a look at hack

[WiX-users] Minor upgrade fails when original install is from removable media

e PackageMediaPath property is never set according to the log. /Johan Appelgren - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinio

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade fails when original install is from removable media

On 1/25/07, Chris Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Johan Appelgren wrote: > > I've created a setup package using Wix 3.0.2420.0 that I've used to > > install our product on a computer from a CD (removable media). But > > when I try to perform

Re: [WiX-users] upgrade/install with one MSI

On 1/25/07, Kaushik Barat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Is it possible for an MSI to detect an earlier installation? What property > should be checked for? > Is it possible to only upgrade the changed files if an earlier MSI is > detected? Have you read the tutorial linked from

Re: [WiX-users] WiX3 Error: The primary key xxx is duplicated in table 'Registry'

On 1/29/07, Neil Sleightholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wonder if anyone could give me some pointers on what the following error > means: > > "The primary key 'regCEE002B6E272C08B0F4B8191A9027490' is > duplicated in table 'Registry'. Please remove one of the entries or rename > a part of the

[WiX-users] Default REINSTALLMODE for repair

Hi, I've run into a minor issue when repairing an install built with wix 3.0.2420.0. I'm using Microsoft_VC80_CRT_x86.msm and if I repair C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_x-ww_6b128700\msvcr80.dll is reported as in use. This causes a reboot prompt at the en

Re: [WiX-users] Default REINSTALLMODE for repair

On 2/7/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johan Appelgren wrote: > > A possible cause for this is that the ReinstallMode is set to 'ecmus' > > VerifyReadyDlg. If I interpret the documentation correctly 'e' means > > to always repair files.

[WiX-users] Repair on install upgraded from url fails

Hi, I'm having an issue with repairing an install after a minor upgrade if both the original installation and the upgrade was done from urls. For example. Original install was done from http://someurl/v10/product.msi by executing msiexec /i http://someurl/v10/product.msi Minor upgrade was done f

Re: [WiX-users] Default REINSTALLMODE for repair

On 2/7/07, Johan Appelgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/7/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Johan Appelgren wrote: > > > A possible cause for this is that the ReinstallMode is set to 'ecmus' > > > VerifyReadyDlg. If I interpret the

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Forms App

On 2/14/07, Dhaval Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know if this issue is WIX related, or something completely random. I > had developed an app that was deployed using "Xcopy" via a batch file. > Recently my PM decided to port it to WIX because of my newly gained "WIX > powers." Anyway, t

Re: [WiX-users] Default REINSTALLMODE for repair

On 2/9/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johan Appelgren wrote: > > Anyways, we're already using a custom WixUIExtension, abused > > localization to make the sidebar bitmap width configurable, so I've > > made ReinstallMode configurable the same w

Re: [WiX-users] Default REINSTALLMODE for repair

On 2/20/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johan Appelgren wrote: > > I don't think WixVariables works for what I'm trying to do. If I try > > to use a wix variable candle fails with an error that states that only > > integers are valid values for the

Re: [WiX-users] Default REINSTALLMODE for repair

On 2/21/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johan Appelgren wrote: > >[candle] src\ext\uiextension\wixlib\FatalError.wxs(24) : error > > CNDL0008 : The Control/@X attribute's value, > > '!(wix.WixUIDialogBitmapWidth)', is not a legal integer

[WiX-users] License in wix-3.0.2925.0-sources.zip ?

Hi, I just downloaded the latest source drop of wix 3, wix-3.0.2925.0-sources.zip, and noticed that the CPL license information in the header of all files has been removed since wix-3.0.2420.0-sources.zip. Has the license for Wix 3 changed? I couldn't find any signs of this change in the CVS repos

Re: [WiX-users] License in wix-3.0.2925.0-sources.zip ?

On Nov 15, 2007 5:15 PM, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johan Appelgren wrote: > > I just downloaded the latest source drop of wix 3, > > wix-3.0.2925.0-sources.zip, and noticed that the CPL license > > information in the header of all files has been remov

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions working fine in xp - failing in Vista

On Jan 23, 2008 2:20 PM, SaiTeja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have created a WIX installer that works perfectly on XP. > > But When I try in Vista Business, my custom actions are failing > > Below is the custom action > > ExeCommand="UninstallLogonHandler" FileKey="xyz.exe"> > > > >

Re: [WiX-users] Convert installer to ClickOnce

On Jan 30, 2008 6:41 PM, hina1703 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have created a installer using Wix toolset. How can I convert it to > ClickOnce deployment? > > Thanks, > ClickOnce and Windows Installer are two different installer technologies. You can read a comparison between the two here

Re: [WiX-users] unexpected SqlDatabase element

On Jan 30, 2008 8:46 PM, Ted Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When I use WIX 3.0.2512.0 to compile, I get error on this line: > >Guid='65721384-ACFB-11DC-8E65-758256D89593' DiskId='1' Location='either' > Permanent="yes"> > > > >

[WiX-users] Possible dependency failure (ICE25)

Hi, I'm using a number of merge modules for a project and when building I get an ICE warning that I'm missing a dependency. An improvement to Wix that would be helpful in a situation like this would be if the warning contained information about which merge module it is that requires the missing m

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service is not started/Custom Actions Fail in vista

Does your service depend on MSVC DLLs that you are installing, or just the custom action exe that starts the service? If your service does not depend on anything installed in the GAC or winsxs you could just the ServiceControl table instead. Otherwise static linking to the dlls will work, or sched

Re: [WiX-users] Installing an EventSource for a .NET application

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Wouter Demuynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > For a .NET application I would like to create an event log source in > the setup process. Until moving to WiX, this was done via an > InstallUtil-type Installer class, but, for obvious reasons, I'm moving > awa

Re: [WiX-users] How to set the Guid property of component element during upgrade

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Shiliang Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, all, > >I am a newbie to Wix. Can you please provide some information > about how to set the Guid property of component element when doing a > major/minor upgrade? Is there any rules? You can read about

Re: [WiX-users] InstallDir is lost on minor upgrade

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Frédéric Viollet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've got a real big problem here on applying minor upgrades to my > product. I really need your help here :) > During the first install, I ask the user where the product should be > installed (by using t

Re: [WiX-users] InstallDir is lost on minor upgrade

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Frédéric Viollet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johan Appelgren a écrit : >> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Frédéric Viollet >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I've got a real