Re: [WiX-users] votive causing massive pauses in Visual Studio

Latest build of Votive is 3.0.5106.0. Try updating it & see if it fixes your issue -> http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/wix3.feed Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate wit

[WiX-users] Weekly releases feed looks broken

http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/wix3.feed To me it's missing the change lists for 06 April 2009 & 07 April 2009 builds. I'm viewing it using IE7's built-in RSS feed viewer on XP64SP2 (both fully up to date with MS Updates). No bells or whistles added. Anyone else see the same or different? Ch

Re: [WiX-users] Quiet Execution of built-in Custom Actions

WriteRegistryValues isn't a Custom Action http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372891(VS.85).aspx The answer in that case would be no, if indeed WriteRegistryValues does open command prompts (which I'd be very surprised if it does). Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator

Re: [WiX-users] Editing XML node through WIX UI

Try using a public property for the Edit control -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370912(VS.85).aspx Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated

Re: [WiX-users] Unable to update Text in Edit Control

Looking at the InstallDirDlg.wxs available in the WiX 3.0 sources (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105970&package_id =16) you may want to set Indirect="yes" on your Edit Control and change it from an Edit to a PathEdit. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Admini

Re: [WiX-users] Start Menu Shortcut Problem

The WiX.chm file has a section in the How To Guides on Shortcuts. It explains all this in detail. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Installer Upgrade problem

You may want to actually change the version number too. I suspect this is where most of your issues are coming from. *New Version (1.0.1.1) source snippet:* And you don't need to use CustomActions to prevent downgrading. That's what the tag is for. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT

Re: [WiX-users] how to pop up a messageBox to tell user "Uninstall is finish" when uninstall process is finish?

Author an ExitDialog? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368569(VS.85).aspx Or use one of the standard WixUI libraries to do it for you? Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + In

Re: [WiX-users] UN-Install Issue...

On the issue with the files not being removed, I would check a verbose log file & see what the problem is. Install your product using "msiexec /i /l*vx " & install it to somewhere like C:\TestMyApp or something (you could use "msiexec /i /l*vx /qb MYAPPFOLDER=C:\TestMyApp" to skip the UI). The

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Application Issues

Resending your question 3 times in a 7 hour period isn't going to get it answered any quicker even if you do use different subjects on each post. Especially when the day you're posting on is a holiday in most of the world. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 94

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Installer Upgrade problem

UpgradeCode -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372379(VS.85).aspx & http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372375(VS.85).aspx LaunchCondition -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369752(VS.85).aspx & http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369752(VS.85).aspx Works for us. No

Re: [WiX-users] Single installer for 32-bit and 64-bit

As Simon Dahlbacka said, no. An MSI has to target a specific platform which has to be either "Intel" (aka Win32 or x86), "Intel64" (aka ia-64) or x64 (can also be AMD64 but this is deprecated to x64). An x86 MSI can't target x64 specific directories. Try it & if you look at the logs you'll see som

Re: [WiX-users] Fails to register a dll that depends on VC9 runtime

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb204770(VS.85).aspx#no_selfreg http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371608.aspx As Phil recommends, use heat.exe to extract the COM registration information from your DLL's and/or OCX's. It is very good at doing this & the generated code should need on

Re: [WiX-users] Problem building a WIX project using devenv

I use devenv.exe in my build script to build a solution with my 5 WiX projects regularly. I'm using VS 2005 with the latest WiX 3.0 toolset (currently v3.0.5210.0, I update generally every time a new build is posted on the RSS feed). Have you tried looking at the error log when you build? Try pipi

Re: [WiX-users] How to Display Installed Path in Icon Tooltip

The text in the Description attribute is what is displayed for the tooltip to the best of my knowledge. Change it from "$(var.ProductName)" to "[INSTALLDIR]" and it should in theory work but you may need to use a public property (e.g. TOOLTIPDIR) and set it to INSTALLDIR using a Type 51 CustomActio

Re: [WiX-users] Fails to register a dll that depends on VC9 runtime

u -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:40 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fails to register a dll that depends on VC9 runtime http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb

Re: [WiX-users] Including output from tallow

Use , works fine for me doing exactly what you're trying to. Better still use heat.exe to generate your Fragments & it'll save you time. Heat.exe is the WiX 3.0 replacement for tallow.exe. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501

Re: [WiX-users] Custom icon in Add/Remove programs

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367593(VS.85).aspx Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scot

Re: [WiX-users] Suppress ARP fatal error message

Handle your MSI running with reduced UI levels properly? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372391.aspx When you uninstall using Add/Remove programs the MSI is run with the /qb flag to the best of my knowledge (it certainly looks the same as when you run "msiexec /x /qb"). It sounds like s

Re: [WiX-users] Installutil in wix

It's possible to register DLL's by using heat.exe to harvest the self-registration information & outputting a fragment to add to your project. Heat.exe has a page in the WiX.chm under "Tools and Concepts" and by running it with the /? Flag it gives plenty of information on how to use it to get the

Re: [WiX-users] Build a own UIExtension-Dll

One of the regular list posters, Neil Sleighholm, has a pretty good blog post on how to customise the WiX UI standard libraries at http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/customised-uis-for-wix.html without any need to compile a DLL. All your authoring is done in a Fragment (or multiple fragmen

Re: [WiX-users] [Re: UN-Install Issue...]

See this blog post by one of the list posters, Neil Sleightholm. It should point you in the right direction to achieve what you are trying to do -> http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/customised-uis-for-wix.html Good luck. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (

Re: [WiX-users] Current Date

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370905.aspx#date__time_properties Short answer: no. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental Solut

Re: [WiX-users] Hyperlink in EULA

http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2006/05/30/610950.aspx Short answer: you can't. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental Solutions Lim

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Dialog - Property Setting

w pointed lines. The property 'INSTALL_FILE' is not getting set here. Basically what I want to do is storing this property value in registry and then take appropriate action while running my application exe.

Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi package

Why not use the Merge element & MergeRef element as they were intended? Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registe

Re: [WiX-users] Use of INSTALLDIR as a property referencein ShellExecute

I have the following in one of our products: I get no warnings at all when building that product's project. However I am using WiX v3.0.5217.0 while it appears from the original post that Riyaz is using WiX 2.0 so it could be something that was removed in the v3.0 light code throwing the w

Re: [WiX-users] Administrative Install and wixui_mondo

They don't handle patching very well either. The Welcome Dialog refers to a Resumed install when running a patch (MSP) and the Progress Dialog is devoid of all text except the ActionText. Exit Dialog could probably do with more specific text to Patching too. Unfortunately the WiX extensions soluti

Re: [WiX-users] Retriving msiexec command-line options

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372096.aspx Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No.

Re: [WiX-users] Reference custom directory

1. The web stuff I'm not sure about. It's likely possible using custom actions as with most things. Someone else may have tried something similar but I don't think pulling arbitrary files off a web server is supported by default in the Windows Installer. 2. Very possible using standard Windows Ins

Re: [WiX-users] Retriving msiexec command-line options

x and if it's a /passive uninstall I don't want to display anything. Pally Sandher wrote: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372096.aspx > > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Deployment & IT Administrator > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141

Re: [WiX-users] Copy a file to Windows\Help folder

I suggest you use a more 'unique' name than "help.chm" though. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integr

Re: [WiX-users] How To Create Successive Patches That SupersedePrevious?

I've created patches which do exactly what you're trying to do but from your description I can't pinpoint where you're going wrong. If you could post the .wxs file you're using to create your .pcp file, I or someone else on the list should be able to help point you in the right direction. Cheers,

[WiX-users] Problem trying to build .wixproj using v3.0.5301.0

I just updated to v3.0.5301.0 (was using v3.0.5224.0 last week, I update when a new build is posted on the feed). I tried building a .wixproj with Votive (We use Visual Studio 2005 at present) which built perfectly fine yesterday during the automated build I have my machine do every morning. Now it

Re: [WiX-users] MSI Factory

I did the same. Works completely fine. Started WinXP SP3 VM. Installed Visual Studio 2008 Shell (integrated mode) Installed WiX v3.0.5308.0 Launched Visual Studio 2008 IDE from shortcut on Start menu. Clicked the "Create Project" link on the Start Page & I can see the WiX project types. Clicking

Re: [WiX-users] I want some help on multiple feature implementation.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368585.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369536.aspx Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Envi

Re: [WiX-users] MergeGroup / MergeGroupRef

Why isn't it intuitive? I use it for the Visual Studio Redistributables & it feels completely fine to me but then I've created Merge modules for partner companies to distribute our software in the past so I've seen it from both sides of the MSM so to speak. A merge module is a collection of compone

Re: [WiX-users] MergeGroup / MergeGroupRef

database. MergeGroup's would be a way to better express your intention in the WiX source code. Pally Sandher wrote: > > Why isn't it intuitive? I use it for the Visual Studio > Redistributables & it feels completely fine to me but then I've > created Merge module

Re: [WiX-users] Execute .reg file.

1 - Look up RegistryKey and RegistryValue in the WiX.chm. You could get tallow.exe from WiX 2.0 and use it to parse your .reg file into a .wxs then use WiXCop.exe on the .wxs to update it to the WiX 3.0 schema. Heat.exe should be able to do this all in one step since it's the replacement for tallow

Re: [WiX-users] Passing InstallDir to exe via a custom action

Try: Works fine for me using CAQuietExec but I use Type 34 Custom Actions where you're using Type 2. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372048.aspx Also InstallDir is more than likely a public property. Case matters. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370912.aspx You may want t

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstaller screens

Might be possible using a custom UninstallString in the registry. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372105.aspx How you would overwrite the generated one (msiexec /x [ProductCode]) written during the install process is a good question though. Might be possible using a Custom Action schedule

Re: [WiX-users] How does Wix decide what to uninstall?

WiX has nothing to do with uninstalling anything. The Windows Installer however uninstalls anything specified in the REMOVE property http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371194.aspx As far as I know Component Conditions only affect Install not Uninstall http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library

Re: [WiX-users] New to WiX, have question on errors

The warning thrown by candle is saying you should add an Upgrade attribute to your product tag. It is simply Upgrade="" with a GUID inside the quotes. With regards to the 3 light errors, see the section in the WiX.chm "How To: Create a Shortcut on the Start Menu" as they're all related to your sho

Re: [WiX-users] Why doesn't this work? Opening PDF at Finish buttonclick

I think you may be too late to directly reference a file using [#filekey]. The WiXShellExec example at http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/run_program_after_install.htm uses a [#filekey] value in the WiXShellExecTarget Property so it should be fine if you do something similar. http://msdn.micros

Re: [WiX-users] Packaging multiple installers

Plus the Windows Installer Reference is also accessible through a web browser on MSDN at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372860.aspx Stoney see Feature Table -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368585.aspx Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141

Re: [WiX-users] Using output from heat directly in Product.wxs

You can use the -dr option to set the DirectoryRef automatically for you (and you probably want to use the -cg option to generate a ComponentGroup for you to use in your Feature as when your components change, they're not going to be installed by your installer if they're not specified in a Feature

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the condition in a control right?

Try the following: 1 It should then be enabled if the passwords match or if the ComboBox has a value selected but disabled otherwise. If you only want it to be enabled only when the passwords match and the ComboBox has a value selected, change the "OR" in the condition to "AND". Good lu

Re: [WiX-users] Why is there errors when I add .exetoinstallationpackage

Check the language entry on the .exe file. If it doesn't exist in the "Decimal value" column in this list http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0h88fahh.aspx it's not valid & is causing the error. Again follow Peter's instructions to fix it. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Adminis

Re: [WiX-users] Votive no longer works

Until today I was using 3.0.4401.0 in Visual Studio 2005 without any problems since it's release at the start of the month. I suggest you guys try installing 3.0.4415.0 from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4415.0/ as I upgraded to that release this morning with no issues either. I use XP6

Re: [WiX-users] Odp: Re: Need help with QtExec

Your inner text looks fine. I use the same but inside a CDATA tag e.g. I would try that & see if it fixes your uninstall problem. No idea why it would but you never know. I put my inner text inside CDATA tags as a habit even when it shouldn't be required as in your code. Are you sure the error i

Re: [WiX-users] Tutorial WIX Edit

http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/ Little old now but it should set you on the right track. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental S

Re: [WiX-users] Tutorial WIX Edit

for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Tutorial WIX Edit Thank you very much for your fast respond, in this tutorial they don't use WIX Edit. Is there samples? 2008/8/27 Pally Sandher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/ > > Li

Re: [WiX-users] Always have to relearn Wix every time I use it.

I'd blame infrequent usage. The only time I've had to "relearn" anything with regards to WiX is when I switched from using v2.0 to using v3.0 & even then I only had to "unlearn" the bad habits v2.0 imposes upon you which are no longer necessary in v3.0. The v3.0 help file is more than adequate for

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a ui to a wix v3 project

Look under "Advanced WiX Topics" in the WiX 3.0 documentation. Should be a subcategory called "WiXUI Dialog Sets". If you're using Votive have a quick look at the "Extensions" sections specifically "Using WiX Extensions" page as you're likely to get an error if you try to build your MSI without add

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with conditional install

Modify your Feature as follows: That should work as you expect it to. ComponentGroupRef's are no different to ComponentRef's inside Feature tags. Your use of Fragments is also fine. The problem is that your Condition was setting the Level of the Feature to 0 when the condition e

Re: [WiX-users] Resolving environment variables

There's no need to resolve the environment variable to use that location. Use <--insert your code here--> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372057.aspx Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.co

Re: [WiX-users] Offering the user restart after installation

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371101(VS.85).aspx Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered

Re: [WiX-users] launch webpage on uninstall

WiX 3.0 does have 2-3 lines of code to implement this. WiX 2.0 doesn't. In WiX 3.0 I would do it thus: WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX = 1 AND (Installed AND NOT REINSTALL) http://www.iesve.com/"; /> Which would add a checkbox on the ExitDialog when Uninstallin

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall database gives error 1321

>But when I try to uninstall I get the message: >Product: Testing setups -- Error 1321. The Installer has insufficient privileges to modify this file: J:\TestingSetups\MsSql\TestDb.mdf. >Does anyone know a way to get around this? Have you looked at a full log of the uninstall process? Sounds to m

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with conditional install

Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem with conditional install You basically just offered up the inverse of what I suggested. On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Pally Sandher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Modify your Feature as follows: > > AllowAdvertise="no" Display="hidden

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI Banner image sizes

You could create your own Custom UI set with your different sized bitmaps using WiXUI rather than recompile the DLL. Then you could specify it in your Product as you would the stock UI sets e.g. Download the WiX Source, extract it & browse to \src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\ All the UI .wxs files are

[WiX-users] util:InternetShortcut

Does anyone know why util:InternetShorcut creates a .lnk rather than a .url? My current code for creating a web link on the start menu is as follows: ... http://www.iesve.com"; /> ... The shortcut it creates ends up with the first indexed icon from

Re: [WiX-users] Removing User Generated Files

I had to do a similar thing recently due to a plug-in we'd outsourced for development. It is possible to do in MSI but as Bob says it will only work for the user running the uninstall which for your average non-commercial user is fine but it's liable not to work for everyone else as the user instal

Re: [WiX-users] does running upgrade msi or patch msi still require additional command line switches?

Bob Arnson wrote: >Robert O'Brien wrote: >> q2 - do the same REINSTALLMODE switch settings apply when trying to use a patch to carry out a minor or major upgrade? > >Yes, though usually MSI picks the right values for you. Though patches aren't generally double-click installable; you usually need

Re: [WiX-users] Patch msi does not remove old files

The MSI only does what you tell it to do. I had the same issue when I created my first MSP. You need to modify your code that generates dummy1.msi so that all the files you're removing have RemoveFile tags specified for them. Simply deleting the File tags from your code isn't enough (I find it mor

Re: [WiX-users] custom action- how can i know if succeeded ?

Change it from "ignore" to "check" as it says in the documentation for the CustomAction tag. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental S

Re: [WiX-users] Unable to remove InstallDir

Sounds like it could be an issue with a service on Vista. Most likely to be something to do with indexing or searching. I'm not 100% up to speed with all the new features in Vista but I might see if our releases also exhibit this behaviour. Our Vista Virtual Machines have SP1 applied though whic

Re: [WiX-users] Quiet Execution Custom Action

Value="dir" means nothing. This is why it is failing. What are you trying to get it to run? Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environment

Re: [WiX-users] Custom action call problem

You have no inner text set for your CustomActions so they will always execute whenever the MSI is run (install, repair/upgrade & uninstall). Use Installed AND NOT REINSTALL to make it run only during uninstallation. If you only had 'Installed' in the inner text it would also run during repair/upgr

Re: [WiX-users] Quiet Execution Custom Action

As stated before Value="notepad.exe" & Value="psexec.exe \\192.168.1.2 -c WebsiteInstall.exe" mean nothing to the Windows Installer which is why your installation fails. Value="C:\Windows\notepad.exe" might give you better results. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +

Re: [WiX-users] Help with GUI and Setting Properties

Add Indirect="yes" to the Edit box control. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3 Shortcut Points to the Wrong File

There's a "How To:" in the WiX 3.0 documentation which describes how to create shortcuts without any problems. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrat

Re: [WiX-users] integrating two msi s problems

1. As Bob says on the post you linked, you need to write a chainer for this functionality as it is not supported by the Windows Installer. 2. ... 3. It depends on your upgrade. I've released 1.0, 1.1 & 1.2 MSI's of one of our releases all of which upgrade fine using correctly authored Upg

Re: [WiX-users] MSIEXEC installlevel feature

You can use Conditions on your Features to set the Level. e.g. If you ran your MSI as "msiexec /i myproduct.msi INSTALLELEVEL=2000 ONLYB=true" it would only install Feature B as Feature A would have it's Level set to since the public Property ONLYB has a value assigned

Re: [WiX-users] Does Wix accept PNG or JPG other than BMPs as thebanner?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367830%28VS.85%29.aspx WiX & Windows Installer are not the same thing. I think I should just add this to my signature as the number of times I've pointed this out just this week on this list is ridiculous. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Ad

Re: [WiX-users] Property id spelling affects the setup process

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370912%28VS.85%29.aspx Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registere

Re: [WiX-users] How to upgrade?

Your second try is almost correct. You need to add the following to your code however: Otherwise, as you've noticed, the existing version is not uninstalled before the new one is installed. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500

Re: [WiX-users] Installing shortcuts to "All Users" profile in aper-machine installation

In the WiX 3.0 documentation under the "How To Guides" section there is a page on creating shortcuts. This works fine without any ICE validation errors or warnings even when ALLUSERS=1 is set. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 9

Re: [WiX-users] Heat and COM executable registry extraction

I have the exact same problem with a Out-Of-Process COM server & it would be absolutely awesome if heat.exe would be able to process these in the same manner as it does for DLL's & OCX's which have a DLLRegisterServer entrypoint but I doubt that'll ever happen. I'd much prefer having the fragment f

[WiX-users] Bug in x64 build of WiX UtilExtension?

I'm trying to use util:XMLFile to modify the inner text of a tag in an XML file during installation which is installed by my MSI for one of our plug-ins. The XML file is named IESveInterfaceParameters.xml and contains the following code: M:\IES\apps My installer code is as follow

Re: [WiX-users] Help with XmlFile, FileCopy and ExeCommand

I have the same problem trying to modify the inner text of a node. My code looks like the following: ... ... The contents of the IESveInterfaceParameters.xml file are as follows: M:\IES\apps And I get the same result in my log file: Action 12:08:28: ExecXmlFile. MSI

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in x64 build of WiX UtilExtension?

nsion? I'd recommend using XmlConfig instead of XmlFile. The following should achieve what you want: This blog post has some more examples of using XmlConfig: http://blogs.msdn.com/gisenberg/archive/2007/10/09/wix-v3-and-xmlconfig-xmlfile-troubleshooting.aspx ## $

Re: [WiX-users] Skip dialog during uninstall

The WiX 3.0 documentation has a page named "Adding Custom Actions" in the Advanced WiX Topics section which describes this exact situation albeit using a DLL EntryPoint rather than a .exe but it's not rocket surgery to figure out how to modify it to suit your needs. Palbinder Sandher Software De

Re: [WiX-users] Register a DLL

heat.exe file -gg -nologo -out Substitute with your DLL filename & with something you like (I tend to use the name of the DLL or OCX but with .wxs instead). That should generate you a Fragment with the DLL in a File tag & all the registration which DllRegisterServer would do. Make sure you ch

Re: [WiX-users] newline in Text fields?

Just format the text in your controls as you would in a text document. e.g. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372076%28VS.85%29.aspx (it says to use multiple one-line text controls located below each other but the above works fine for me). Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT

Re: [WiX-users] Disable UI pushButton

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367592%28VS.85%29.aspx Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Register

Re: [WiX-users] Updating multiple versions of a product

1 - Yes it is the correct way but fix your order tags & the src tag is deprecated, use SourceFile instead. If you have one TargetImage your patch will only update that version & nothing else. 2 - This is a mailing list where people voluntarily offer their help. Sending a "bump" 40 minutes after

Re: [WiX-users] Question regarding the attribute "Win64" in "Component"

Yes but you will get an ICE80 error when compiling if you set Win64="yes" on a component when your MSI is an x86 build & vice-versa. Why would you want to? Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **De

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action

It must be possible as all WiXUI have an optional checkbox on the ExitDialog which runs a ShellExec Custom Action if checked. Have you looked at using this instead of authoring a separate dialog? In the documentation look under the "How To Guides Section". The page title is "How To: Run the Install

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting IA64 bit architecture

Just create a Launch Condition with "VersionNT64 AND Intel64" as the inner text. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372497(VS.85).aspx & http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369553(VS.85).aspx Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +

Re: [WiX-users] Question regarding the attribute "Win64" in"Component"

lude those components in your 32 bit >> installer, or alternately, don't offer a 32 bit installer. In some >> corporate environments, that might work. >> >> Chris >> >> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Michael Owings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECT

[WiX-users] Installing the same files in 2 directories.

I know there is a long-winded way of doing this which bloats my MSI by having duplicates of the files in it but I was wondering if there's any easier/cleaner way of achieving the same thing. Basically I have 2 directories which are set by RegistrySearch Properties which, depending on whether the R

Re: [WiX-users] Secured Strings in Log?

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Re: [WiX-users] How to create service pack for Wix installer application

1 - update your compiler to the latest. 2 - read the topics on Patch building in the WiX help. They are under "Advanced WiX Topics". 3 - don't double post to the list. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **De

[WiX-users] v3.0.4707.0 doesn't work.

I'm using the x64 MSI's to install the WiX toolset & compiling using the Visual Studio 2005 IDE (yes I have ProjectAggregator2.msi installed). I installed v3.0.4707.0 yesterday. Built my solution which has 5 WiX projects in it. I get no errors but there are no MSI's built. I've tried uninstalling

Re: [WiX-users] v3.0.4707.0 doesn't work.

ndows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] v3.0.4707.0 doesn't work. Pally Sandher wrote: > I installed v3.0.4707.0 yesterday. Built my solution which has 5 WiX > projects in it. I get no errors but there are no MSI's built. > Have you tried a comm

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting IA64 bit architecture

following two condition statements differ from an MSI perspective? Only the second method works in this case. 1. NOT Intel64 2. Could anyone please clarify?? Pally Sandher wrote: > > Just create a Launch Condition with "VersionNT64 AND Intel64" as the > in

Re: [WiX-users] Several Quiet Execution Custom Actions for differenttriggers

You can have as many QtExec Properties as you like. All you need to do is create a Property with your command in the Value which is named the same as the Id of the QtExec CustomAction as is described in the "Quiet Execution Custom Action" page in the WiX documentation (it's under "Standard Custom A

Re: [WiX-users] How to add All user option?

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Re: [WiX-users] Properly detecting Windows 2000

I use: Which works fine for us as far as I know. Try using the CDATA tag for the condition & get the user to test it again. Also if you only want it to install on the 32-bit versions XP & Vista, you should modify your condition to something like The brackets may not be strictly necessary

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