Re: [WiX-users] Looking for a Wix GUI

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Re: [WiX-users] Looking for a Wix GUI

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Re: [WiX-users] Validation through Visual Studio

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[WiX-users] Duplicate symbol when using CompilerCore.CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow

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Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate symbol when using CompilerCore.CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow

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Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate symbol when using CompilerCore.CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow

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Re: [WiX-users] Resolve Light 1056 Warning

Adding a Name="." attribute to the Directory element will get the "." in there. I'll do some experimenting on a toy. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-34

Re: [WiX-users] Resolve Light 1056 Warning

I was able to get the ".:System32" by using -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com

Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate symbol when using CompilerCore.CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow

Yup, did that - that's how I know there's no test installer for it. When I removed that line, the install compiled but without the action. I'll add a test install to the sample, and see what I get. I just haven't had time to do that today, unfortunately. On 10 July 2013 17:47, Nick Ramirez wro

Re: [WiX-users] Resolve Light 1056 Warning

Yes, I really hate merge modules. Wixlibs are much better. Always have issues with merge modules I haven't authored. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@

Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate symbol when using CompilerCore.CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow

@Nick: Yes, I'm trying to use the extension in a library which is then used in a setup project. The resulting project relationships would be something like this: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzqWyEdx-NBBeDM5ZlJGejRoNE0/edit?usp=sharing The reason for this is that the setup project is just meta

Re: [WiX-users] Guidance on WiX and NuGet integration

I also have a short article on how to write NuGet packages for application to Wixproj Wix project files at my blog at: http://borgsdemons.com/blog/2013/06/13/wix-and-nuget-creating-nuget-packages-to-deploy-wix-wixlibs-and-msbuild-tool-task-assemblies-to-wix-wixprojs/ -- John Merryweather

Re: [WiX-users] Restart Service

I have done it with: 1) AppFabric monitoring and persistence services; and 2) IIS 7.x worker processes. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackh

Re: [WiX-users] Win8.1 + DIFx problem...

I have the same, or similar, issue. It is not expected and showed up around the 9419 build release. Currently have no ETA of a fix. Thanks, John -Original Message- From: Robert Randall [mailto:robert.r.rand...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:03 PM To: General discussion for

Re: [WiX-users] Win8.1 + DIFx problem...

Not personally, but yes there is a bug filed. Of course the more people file, the higher the priority. I'll update if I get a status. Thanks, John -Original Message- From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:24 PM To: General discussion for Wi

Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate symbol when using CompilerCore.CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow

have been safely ignored, and b) the error message didn't really point to the reference on the component library project. It was only when I was ready to give up and abandon the 'wixlib-in-the-dll' idea as a bad job that I spotted this extra reference. Thanks for the help On 11 J

Re: [WiX-users] Starting a complex project

Agreed, that's really the only complete reference source for WiX 3.6, and there's quite a lot that you can only really learn via the book. Be careful though as I saw a bogus addition flying around on Amazon UK (it's gone now so maybe it was just a mistake). In the book, your requirements above mea

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

Old MsBuild/Visual Studio task that takes a manifest, a set of dependencies usually embedded in the project file, and builds a primitive bootstrapper. We used to use it before they hired me. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.®

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

Well, if the bootstrapper has the same name as the Burn executable, there's an even chance the build of Burn will be suppressed on your build server. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

It's redundant and probably a significant source of the problem. It should be removed or at least commented out so he knows which bootstrapper he's actually debugging. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission

Re: [WiX-users] How to read / output the progress of light or pyro

I would note that most progress displays play havoc with IDE's trying to parse error messages. Most compilers don't have them for that reason. The last compiler I had that had such a progress display was Meridian Ada DOS and that is more than twenty years ago now. -- John Merryweat

Re: [WiX-users] HeatFile not works if build in Release

y? I note you're redirecting the output from the default, and that can cause serious breakage and performance problems on a TFS build server. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913

Re: [WiX-users] Remove Existing Products - Not Happening

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Re: [WiX-users] [Patch] Best practice using fragments

patch all changed assemblies. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:j

Re: [WiX-users] Need help, how to put a condition on a merge module in Product.wxs

I use six wixlibs to install seven services with multiple copies of "common" assemblies in different directories and AppPools. Works great. We only build one platform now, x64, but we used to build both x86 and x64. Separate wixlib's and conditionalized source for each pla

Re: [WiX-users] Need help, how to put a condition on a merge module in Product.wxs

That's not going to be very interesting. The $(var.Platform) is going to be substituted at compile time. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.

Re: [WiX-users] Need help, how to put a condition on a merge module in Product.wxs

All $(var.) values are done at compile time. Your example below will include one block if the platform is x64 and another block otherwise--all at compile time. Rather than use $(var.Platform), I would recommend using $(sys.BUILDARCH). -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engi

Re: [WiX-users] How to NOT uninstall a service on upgrade

Is this a Windows Service? More than like, if you don't shutdown the service, the attempt to update one or more of the binaries will fail or force a reboot. Unlike OS/2, Windows does not have an API to unload DLL's or executables. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install

Re: [WiX-users] How to NOT uninstall a service on upgrade

Well in that case, what is your upgrade scheduling? You can probably get the effect you want with appropriate scheduling in the MajorUpgrade element. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-

Re: [WiX-users] How to NOT uninstall a service on upgrade

quot; upgrade which would use "afterInstallExecute". There are implications and trades offs to all this. Read the documentation to see if you really want to go down this road. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission

Re: [WiX-users] How do I show an error message? (Instead of "Ended Prematurely")

isn't going to happened automatically. You need to choose your approach first. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Ori

Re: [WiX-users] wixtoolset.org down?

I am also getting a HTTP Error 503. *John* On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Tony wrote: > I get a 503 when I attempt to browse to wixtoolset.org, is it down for > maintenance? > > -- > Tony > >

Re: [WiX-users] Need help, how to put a condition on a merge module in Product.wxs [P]

If you do it that way, you'll need to condition the affected components too or there will be some edge cases where the feature might not install but the components still will. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Missi

Re: [WiX-users] Need help, how to put a condition on a merge module in Product.wxs [P]

Yes, it appears to be inverted. Also, as the documentation states, $(sys.BUILDARCH) is a better choice than $(var.Platform). -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackh

Re: [WiX-users] Need help, how to put a condition on a merge module in Product.wxs [P]

I have a very similar include file in the installer that must build two platforms. The only difference is that I replace $(var.Platform) with $(sys.BUILDARCH). It has worked in production for nearly two years that way. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack H

Re: [WiX-users] Having trouble modifying a Built-in WixUI dialog set

f the InstallDir UI. This is the approach I use on the majority of my installers. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Mess

Re: [WiX-users] adding event source during install

So, what does NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR64 evaluate to from the install log? -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original

Re: [WiX-users] adding event source during install

Why are you setting TARGETDIR with a custom action?This is not usually a good practice, and overriding TARGETDIR is usually reserved for activities like admin installs. If you want to set up a variable InstallLocation, there are much better patterns to follow to achieve this. -- John

Re: [WiX-users] adding event source during install

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Re: [WiX-users] wixlib backward compatibility in WiX 3.5, 3.6, 3.7

I have used wixlibs on WiX 3.5 and WiX 3.6 projects. My experience is that a Wix 3.5 built wixlib will work with WiX 3.6 projects, but the converse is not true. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office: 

Re: [WiX-users] Creating a system restore point using burn

The former (controlled by system settings). For example, it's common to have VM's configured with restore points disabled. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 joco

Re: [WiX-users] msiexec.exe /qn option causes memory corruption?

t;UI" sequence not running probably results in INSTALLFOLDER not being initialized. When the UI runs, the InstallDir Dialog (or something like it--I don't know your authoring) has a chance to set this. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associ

Re: [WiX-users] Adding .wixlib reference to Wix Install project question

Because it is a desirable feature that wixlibs can contain more components than are often referenced. I exploit this all the time with my common custom action library. If I had to reference all components in the library in every link job, it would become useless. -- John Merryweather Cooper

Re: [WiX-users] Adding .wixlib reference to Wix Install project question

this swims in a large group of custom actions to support configuring WCF services and IIS 7/8. If I had to link that in on every installer, they would be fat, slow, and unhappy. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission,

Re: [WiX-users] Condition on components validation

nstall under certain circumstances during "Repair." Why are you trying to block reinstall of that Component on "Repair"? -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@

Re: [WiX-users] Restore previous windows service if new installation is Failure

How are you registering the Windows service? If you're using InstallUtil.exe, you'll need to roll your own rollback--it won't happen automatically. If you're using the WiX Service authoring, it should rollback. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install En

Re: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: .NET Framework Install

What you really want is for your UI to be displayed. You need to set the MsiPackage@DisplayInternalUI attribute set to "yes". The default is "no". -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS

Re: [WiX-users] bundle error if I build though automated system

TFS Power Tools: Tfpt.exe treeclean . /recursive /noprompt OR Tfpt.exe scorch . /recursive /noprompt For non-TFS version control, other tools can be used depending on your source control. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r)

Re: [WiX-users] Basic MSI without UI

Use the /qn switch on msiexec.exe to completely suppress UI. Also, be careful--UILevel like most installer properties is case sensitive. The actual property is UILevel. Since it is not upper case, it is not a public property can can't be passed on the command line. -- John Merrywe

Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Create OS specific installer using Wix?

Also, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370905(v=vs.85).aspx#operating_system_properties For example, to tell the difference between server and workstation editions of Windows, you can use MsiNTProductType. On 23 August 2013 13:58, Pally Sandher wrote: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-u

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0103 error where path is shorter than 255 characters and file is present.

Does this ever work or is it failing consistently? If it's intermittent then unreliable access to that location could still be the cause. One other question is what does D: map to? You mention network, which makes me wonder if this is a mapped drive. Does this work if you use an entirely local pat

Re: [WiX-users] The Last Error Received is: 0xc00000fd (-1073741571) while creating a patch

0xc0fd is "Unknown Software Exception." It's usually related to a stack overflow somewhere. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenr

Re: [WiX-users] The Last Error Received is: 0xc00000fd (-1073741571) while creating a patch

reliability. I stay as far away from .NET's path limitations as I can. I also do not use PatchWiz, I use the Wix patch generation technique and I have been quite happy with it. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawne

Re: [WiX-users] 64 bit version of MS build cannot find the WIX toolset

xTargetsPath> <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' ">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath> Older files don't have both lines causing things to fail on x64 systems. -- John Merryweather Cooper Buil

Re: [WiX-users] 64 bit version of MS build cannot find the WIX toolset

Ok. So the proj files are modern. What is the path of WiX on the build server and how was it installed there? What is the specific message from the build logs? -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Offi

Re: [WiX-users] 64 bit version of MS build cannot find the WIX toolset

You have broken references in your custom action project to Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll. It should be in "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\". -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission

Re: [WiX-users] 64 bit version of MS build cannot find the WIX toolset

Building correctly on VS 2010 or 2012 doesn't tell you much as both of the those cache references. Where is the Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller assembly on your build server, and what does the HintPath look like on the failing custom action project? -- John Merryweather Cooper

Re: [WiX-users] 64 bit version of MS build cannot find the WIX toolset

ntPath>..\..\..\..\..\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.6\bin\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll</HintPath> </Reference> I don't think you're going to resolve an assembly without a hint path unless it's in the GAC. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & I

Re: [WiX-users] Reading xml file

You would need an immediate custom action to read the .config file, find the appropriate connection string, and set its value to a property. If you're using WiX from Visual Studio, you can go to File > New Project, and choose Windows Installer XML > C# Custom Action Project. (Or C++ if you prefe

Re: [WiX-users] Error Uninstalling a Wix Burn Bundle

Yes I think that was it. Thanks Phil. *John Hermary * *Software Developer Green's Publishing* Phone: +1 (780) 484-5550 Toll Free: +1 (866) 463-6968 jherm...@ualberta.ca WordMemoryTest.com <http://www.wordmemorytest.com> ** On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Phil Wilson wrote: >

Re: [WiX-users] How to remove custom application with malformed uninstall package

ropriate MSI in the c:\windows\installer cache, remove the offending action from the sequence using orca.exe and then try to uninstall it again. Lastly, I know some people who swear by CCleaner for this kind of thing: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner Hope one of those suggestions helps. John

Re: [WiX-users] How to remove custom application with malformed uninstall package

your users (or write a > stub that) runs it from the command line with the repair and recache msi > options. > > msiexec /fv your.msi /l*v log.txt > > > > -Original Message- > From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com] > Sent: 28 August 2013 10:34 >

Re: [WiX-users] Can we dynamically modify .sql files at install time

substitutions, and then another custom action to run it. We use SqlString elements with embedded formatted properties in stored procedures and short hunks of SQL to stick special values into tables (primarily for farm awareness) or set up SQL permissions. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Ins

Re: [WiX-users] Setting a value XmlConfig

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Re: [WiX-users] Setting a value XmlConfig

reate a new AppPool for our web services. We don't install anything into the default AppPool in part because we don't want to muck with settings that might affect other applications. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shaw

Re: [WiX-users] How to remove custom application with malformed uninstall package

Glad I could help On 28 August 2013 14:13, Simon Gerhold wrote: > Thanks John & David, I used John's third option with orca.exe (I just > deleted the problematic custom action and all is good). > > Thanks :) > > -Original Message- > From: John Ludlow [m

Re: [WiX-users] Setting a value XmlConfig

ontend with IIS unpredictably taking exclusive locks on those files. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message---

Re: [WiX-users] Can we dynamically modify .sql files at install time

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Re: [WiX-users] How to remove custom application with malformed uninstall package

Actually there's not much difference as you get to the same place anyway. A version of the MSI in your cache that doesn't have the error and can be upgraded. The issue you might run into with modifying your package and doing a minor upgrade is that if you sign your MSIs you won't just be able to e

Re: [WiX-users] [Wix]: Copy the INI file to local temp folder before Install Files action (MSI action)

If the file is packaged inside the MSI, how would anything copy it before the InstallFiles action? The only scenario that makes sense here (as far as I can see) is that you're in an upgrade situation, and you want to copy the version of the file you're upgrading from to the temp folder and read so

Re: [WiX-users] stop a service before uninstall

Is the issue that the FilesInUse dialog is popping up before your service is stopped and declaring files in use when those files will be unlocked when the service stops? It's unfortunate but all the information related to whether you are doing a removal or not is discovered at that point. In theor

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

A better way to do that would be to make them CompanionFile's with a versioned assembly. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

Well, it probably won't do what you're expecting. By the time RemoveFiles runs, the install has already decided it won't install those files, so what will most likely happen is it will remove the file but not install the new version. A trick (well, a horrible hack, really) I've used is called vers

Re: [WiX-users] stop a service before uninstall

Well, it wouldn't because the REINSTALL property is set during repair and you're conditioning on NOT REINSTALL. On 29 August 2013 14:19, nkshirsagar wrote: > Hi John, > > I'm doing it this way as of now .. > > > NOT > Installed > >

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

oduce some nasty issues. On 29 August 2013 14:26, John Cooper wrote: > A better way to do that would be to make them CompanionFile's with a > versioned assembly. > > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Build & Install Engineer -- ESA > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r)

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

Agreed. When I need to do this, I make the non-versioned file a CompanionFile of the assembly which has the API which consumes those files. At least for WCF web services, that works pretty well. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates

Re: [WiX-users] stop a service before uninstall

Check the logs. That should tell you what REMOVE and REINSTALL are being set to, and when they are being set. Look for lines like this: MSI (s) (04:4C) [05:39:56:736]: Command Line: REMOVE=ALL CURRENTDIRECTORY=C:\Windows\system32 CLIENTUILEVEL=2 CLIENTPROCESSID=1768 or this: MSI (s) (64:48) [06:

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

Of course it's all just nasty hacks. Really, we want away to advise Windows Installer on a per-file basis how we want particular files to be compared. @Microsoft: Hint, hint! :) On 29 August 2013 14:50, John Cooper wrote: > Agreed. When I need to do this, I make the non-versione

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

otstrapper for the main product, so it's definitely a one off. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Messa

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

Execute action after RemoveFiles may also get around that issue. On 29 August 2013 15:28, wrote: > @John Ludlow: Ok I was following what I found in a wix email chain by Chad > Peterson from 2011. The post is below as well as the url to the entire > email chain. > Another option is to u

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent Registry entries from Overwritten by a Patch

ot MSIREINSTALLMODE. NeverOverWrite probably doesn't do what you think. :) -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Origina

Re: [WiX-users] FileSearch issues

quot;ProductName"> <FileSearch Id="WebConfigFileSearch" Name="Web.config" /> </DirectorySearch> </DirectorySearch> </DirectorySearch> </DirectorySearch> </Property> </Fragment>

Re: [WiX-users] stop a service before uninstall

Yes, I've used it to stop and start various IIS processes when I need to get at a config file. Works just fine. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

I like that. A little table-driven touch custom action. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Phi

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

Yeah actually that's quite nice. On 29 August 2013 18:50, John Cooper wrote: > I like that. A little table-driven touch custom action. > > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Build & Install Engineer -- ESA > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) > Shawnee Mission,

Re: [WiX-users] using WixUI_Advanced

Well, since you've got both the standard and the custom file referenced in your error messages, it looks like you're linking in both UI's. Find the duplicate UIRef element and remove it. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Asso

Re: [WiX-users] Add install InstallScopeDlg to WixUI_InstallDir.wxs

rmissioned user). Also, I believe this is only really going to work if you limited yourself to installing on Windows Installer Service 5.0 or later. Will that work for you? For example, that will totally cut out support for XP and Server 2003. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install E

Re: [WiX-users] Add install InstallScopeDlg to WixUI_InstallDir.wxs

t; 3) management wants patching and upgrading to behave in the same manner (e.g., under one account); and 4) management wants GPO deployability. Just because software has a capability doesn't mean it should be used. There should be a business justification for it. -- John Merryweather Coo

Re: [WiX-users] [Wix]: Read a binary file data from MSI file using Wix custom action

even be able to use WiX binding variables to get what you want at link time. Never do something at run time you can do at compile or link time. It will save you a lot of pain in the end. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mis

Re: [WiX-users] error CNDL0123 : The Verb/@Sequence attribute's value, '0', is not in the range of legal values. Legal values for this attribute are from 1 to 32767.

Sequence="1"? It's telling you that Sequence="0" is illegal. Why do you want Sequence="0"? -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x7910

Re: [WiX-users] Service Uninstall not Removing Service

Assuming this is the source of the problem, the Registry element provides the necessary functionality to remove a registry entry on uninstall (and a bunch of other capabilities). -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mis

Re: [WiX-users] [WIX] How to installing same MSI file twice

Instance transforms. But I'm not sure that's what you really want, and the support for it is rather shaky. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 joco

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action, feature condition and silent install

uence so it only runs in the first of UI or Exec that runs it. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message

Re: [WiX-users] Execution order issue

Be aware that if your custom action gets any properties, then you'll need to push those through by using CustomActionData. On 18 September 2013 19:07, Phil Wilson wrote: > Your copy custom action is immediate - that means it will always happen > before any files are actually copied. If you need

Re: [WiX-users] WiX Installer using WPF

Wix's own bootstrapper is done this way, so you can use that as a sample. There's also a tutorial with code samples here: http://bryanpjohnston.com/2012/09/28/custom-wix-managed-bootstrapper-application/ (uses the MVVM-light framework). On 19 September 2013 10:23, Ravishankar < ravishankar.krish

Re: [WiX-users] WiX Installer using WPF

Here's the the link to the publisher's page for that book http://www.packtpub.com/windows-installer-xml-3-6-developers-guide/book On 19 September 2013 11:09, Ravishankar < ravishankar.krishnasw...@idsnext.com> wrote: > Hi Kobus, > Please send me the Link. > > Thanks and Regards > Ravi > On 9/19

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