Test.wxs
- Files
-- web
--- cert.pfx
My questions:
How to avoid a certificate overwrite?
How to ensure the correct naming in IIS?
Is there any possiblity to specifiy the CertificatePath relative to the WIX
XML-File?
Thanks in advance!
Best regards
Phil
Include Directories:
$(WIX)sdk\VS2012\inc
- Properties->Linker->General->Additional Library Directories:
$(WIX)sdk\VS2012\lib\x64 (for 64-bit)
Maybe someone could take care about these changes in future releases.
Best regards
Phil
won't help from the user point of view because Windows Installer uses
ProductVersion in places like Programs/Features, and whenever the version is
shown.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Rod Horsley [mailto:rhors...@control4.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:16 PM
To: General disc
n if Burn supports
this your MSI packages may not be compatible with a single transaction.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb736322(v=vs.85).as
px
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Simon Fogliato [mailto:sfogli...@deltacontrols.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11
talls.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Simon Fogliato [mailto:sfogli...@deltacontrols.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 3:01 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper multiple MSI's don't rollback to a
working installed
Look at the Bootstrap Manifest Generator - that's the customizable Visual
Studio bootstrapper.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 5:07 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-user
is
not complicated and is much more manageable than a command shell.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu]
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 7:07 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restar
more than just
file name and version. Why is the date of a file so important compared to
File Version or Assembly Version to identify a particular incarnation of a
binary?
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Lu, Jie (Ruth) [mailto:ruth...@intergraph.com]
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 6:52
it will be ok and the service will stop.
If your java runtime has an explicit way to stop a Windows service and wait
for it to actually finish, use that.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu]
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:14 AM
To: 'General discuss
...the OP has folders in the GAC? That seems rather strange to me. The GAC
and the way Windows finds files there preclude the use of user folders.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:52 AM
To: General discussion for Windows
t are
faulty, fix them and reversion them to be 3700 (or whatever the file
versions need to be) and then your RemoveExistingProducts doesn't *need* to
be early because all you want your new package to do is replace the few
faulty 3699 files while upgrading your MSI product to a higher versi
table.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it]
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 11:16 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Error 2705.Invalid table: Directory; Could not be
linked as tree.
I have an msi installer that compile fine but when I t
here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370532(v=vs.85).as
px
Or this if no hashes are used:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370531(v=vs.85).as
px
Phil
Not Spam, honest.
-Original Message-
From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu]
older
like ProgramFiles64Folder in the Directory table on a 32-bit OS may be an
issue.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it]
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 12:16 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 2705.Inv
pper to
launch the MSI, which results in elevation of the custom actions that run
with impersonation.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Chen, Jianxin [mailto:jianxin.c...@bakerhughes.com]
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 8:35 AM
To: Edwin Castro
Cc: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users
will need you to
look closely at what Windows Installer can do with built-in functionality
that NSIS probably doesn't have.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 4:43 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installe
still only a record you did a setstring on, nothing more. Your
methodology would require you to do a select first, then a view.Fetch to get
the record, then change it, then an update of the new record, something like
that anyway.
Anyway, as Blair points out, you'd need to delete and add a r
If you're referring to file versions, I wouldn't be surprised if it's not
made available because it's not that complicated to just call
MsiGetFileVersion() and parse the results.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370122(v=vs.85).as
px
Phil
-
The original reference was to a .cpp file, so I assumed C++ was needed ;)
You can use your FileVersionInfo.FileVersion if you insist ;)
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 12:59 PM
To: General discussion for
installed on top of the older one
before REP runs, and that follows file replacement rules, so you need to
increment file versions for files you want to upgrade. REP earlier is
effectively an uninstall followed by a fresh install, but be sure that you
want everything uninstalled, including data
If it's a data file the MsiFileHash table may need an update. MsiFiler.exe
from the Windows SDK might be useful.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 6:57 AM
To: chr...@iswix.com; 'General disc
to a folder that
Windows needs to verify for something like WIN64DUALFOLDERS and something is
wrong in the registry.
Ok, found a somewhat old kb article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292582
Phil
-Original Message-
From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com]
Sent: Wednesday,
version, then Windows tried to
uninstall your older version and failed, so it rolls back, but that rollback
(reinstalling the failed uninstall) is outside your transaction so you end
up with old and new installed.
A verbose log is the standard diagnostic.
Phil
-Original Message-
MWare connections. Something like that anyway.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 6:28 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Msiexec command prompt when running setup
Hi,
Seeing a st
command prompt"
might be useful.
This could be something as ordinary as a command prompt window being opened
by a command prompt program that's running as a custom action, but I've not
previously heard that described as an "msiexec command prompt".
Phil
-Or
ize and failing (less likely) since both will leave you with two
products installed and a mishmash of files. Again, a verbose log is the
standard diagnostic.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Dave Sawyer [mailto:dsaw...@box.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 8:48 PM
To: wix-users@
Attachments don't usually work here - I can't see it.
Phil W
-Original Message-
From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 1:02 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Ms
y installed version, even products
with a higher version than the incoming one.
Phil W
-Original Message-
From: akshayB [mailto:akshay...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:57 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] I have an installer of an application that needs
install it, not setup
distributors. Anyway you are right, it's a pain.
Phil W
-Original Message-
From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:46 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] I have an installer of
I agree. A common shared component has been updated and it needs fixing in
all the products because it can no longer be shared properly.
Phil
-Original Message-
From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:14 AM
To: General discussion for Windows
ing like a majorupgrade element or
RemoveExistingProducts action.
3. A failing RemoveExistingProducts sequenced after InstallFinalize that
rolls back and leaves both old and new entries on the system.
As always, a verbose log is the diagnostic.
Phil W
-Original Message-
From: Marlos
ot be
overwritten by the new one in your new setup if it's been updated since it
was first installed.
Phil W
-Original Message-
From: Marlos Gottschild [mailto:marlos.gottsch...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 6:08 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolse
a non-MSI
setup, it won't remove it if the decremented count is greater than zero. At
the risk of stating the obvious, MSI setups use component guid ref counting,
not the shared Dll ref count.
Phil W
-Original Message-
From: Parkes, Kevin [mailto:kevin.par...@wacom.eu]
Sent: Thursda
e end of the install
(see 2) is the way to do that.
Phil W
-Original Message-
From: Kai Peters [mailto:kpet...@otaksoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 6:51 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] How to retain a config file after a Majo
...and if any of these dependencies turn out to be dependent on a WinSxS C++
runtime Dll, these aren't actually available until InstallFinalize when the
install is committed so it's pretty much mandatory to have statically bound
C++ runtimes in custom action Dlls and their C++ dependenc
Apparently many of my posts are arriving in your spam folders.. There may
be some useful info there :). I've switched from mvps.org to gmail, so if
this gets through ok then presumably it's now working.
Phil Wilson
t overwritten (see 1) and RemoveExistingProducts at the end of the
install (see 2) is the way to do that.
Phil W
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CloseHandle (viewH);
MsiCloseHandle (recH);
return res;
}
StringCchCopy (strVal, dwlen+1, buff);
MsiViewClose (viewH);
MsiCloseHandle (recH);
return (ERROR_SUCCESS);
}
Phil W
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:42 PM, dave wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm creating some automatic updating code a
spam, this may be the
explanation, but why it's not happening to more people I don't know.
Phil
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Hans ter Horst wrote:
> Cheers, indeed I could only find your posts in my spam filter, no matter
> how many times I told GMAIL that it wasn't spam;
Ok, if that's so then I misunderstood.
On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:25 PM, dave wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The code I've used for an MSI doesn't work with a Wix bundle. I don't
> believe it's the same format as MSI so property tables aren't relevant?
>
>
>
> --
> View this message in context:
> http://windo
A couple of other things to look at, assuming you've looked at Blair's
comment:
One issue with these SxS Dlls is that the policy merge module makes a
difference. IIRC, the VC redist exe will install the Dlls and the policy
file that redirects requests to the appropriate Dll. So I'd add the policy
When you say "previous windows service" does that mean that you doing an
upgrade? If so, it should just work, unless you have RemoveExistingProducts
after InstallFinalize.
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Alain Forget wrote:
> Add the "Start" attribute to the ServiceControl element?
>
> Alain
Aug 19, 2013 at 3:04 PM, David Connet wrote:
> Or before InstallInitialize. REP must be within the install transaction.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Phil Wilson
> To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML
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A proper answer will depend on where you have sequenced
RemoveExistingProducts.
A verbose log will tell you what happened.
Phil Wilson
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:25 AM, wrote:
> If a service update (a MajorUpgrade of a service installation) fails for
> some reason, and a rollback
would be preferable, as suggested.
Phil Wilson
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Nicolás Alvarez wrote:
> Even if you could, you *definitely* can't do file redirection with >
> without explicitly invoking 'cmd'.
>
> Either way that looks kinda fragile. Did you cons
transaction and not rolled back.
Phil Wilson
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:04 PM, wrote:
> Thanks for answering Phil,
>
> Unfortunately a verbose log is not available. However, I know that there's
> no explicit sequencing of RemoveExistingProducts or anything else for that
>
I forget what the DropBox install experience was, but when I look at those
shell extensions they are all in HKCU, so they are per-user and not
per-system. That might work for you too.
Phil Wilson
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:59 AM, Trond Andersen wrote:
> I have an application which uses Sh
There are some caveats. I'm pretty sure you need MSI 4.5, and you can't add
msidbComponentAttributesShared in the patch - it needs to be in the
original product install, in case you're doing that.
Phil Wilson
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 6:24 AM, william lee wrote:
> Hi,
>
indows/hardware/ff537782(v=vs.85).aspx
Phil Wilson
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 7:23 AM, ak m wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> when user clicks MSI,
> 1. Copy the INI file to local temp folder before Install Files action (MSI
> action)
> 2. Get the model information from INI
> 3. Install
See if this helps:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2009/04/12/patch-applicability.aspx
Phil Wilson
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:47 AM, Swaroop Kare
wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
>I am able to make Patch1 based on
> http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/upgrades-and-modularizatio
If the 3rd party uses a consistent UpgradeCode and you're willing to write
code you could do an MsiEnumRelatedProducts() on the UpgradeCode to see if
any are installed.
Phil Wilson
On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Nicolás Alvarez wrote:
> 2013/8/23 jo...@msli.com :
> > My b
. The NOT INSTALLDIR condition just means "don't set it to
default if it's already set".
Phil Wilson
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:42 AM, Blair Murri wrote:
> "Adding" is not overridding, it is creating.
> That would suggest that there is no InstallDir value at
step could
extract and add it as a property in the MSI file. There's no point in
creating an unreliable solution at install time when you can do this
at build time.
Phil Wilson
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Blair Murri wrote:
> You read it during InstallFiles? How?
>
> > Date
I don't know if there's anything more recent, but DCOMPerm can be used for
this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa242178(v=vs.60).aspx
Phil Wilson
On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 4:20 AM, Benjamin Sole wrote:
> Hi there, does anyone know if there is a way to change the launch
The original registry search you posted doesn't have Win64="yes" so it
will be a 32-bit registry search if you have an x86 platform install (and
it looks like you do).
Phil Wilson
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Blair Murri wrote:
> If you are intending to use the 32-bit re
That error is "Another installation is already in progress. Complete that
installation before proceeding with this install. ".
Does that make sense?
Phil Wilson
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:13 AM, thejohno wrote:
> When trying to uninstall a WiX Burn Bundle (WiX 3.6) I get these
To copy files from the same location as the MSI file, you should look at
using SourceDir as the location.
INSTALLLOCATION isn't a standard property, it may be intended to be the
directory that the MSI was installed from, but it has no value unless you
have already initialized it.
Phil W
les-in-use
dialog.
Phil Wilson
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 6:55 AM, John Ludlow wrote:
> 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=AL
his
ini file *before* InstallFiles. If it's for a custom action, then run the
custom action later. You haven't explained why "before InstallFiles" is a
requirement, and it's possible that this is not necessary to get the task
done.
Phil Wilson
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 2:15 AM, John Lu
If they're not being replaced because of the file modification rules, then
you could write a custom action to make the creationdate and modifydate
identical, and run it early before InstallValidate.
Phil Wilson
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:00 AM, John Ludlow wrote:
> Of course it's a
I've used it in your scenario - here's an example of the (almost) reverse
scenario:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2013/05/23/10421023.aspx
Phil Wilson
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:29 AM, wrote:
> @Phil Wilson: I like that idea. It seems less destructive than removing
&g
Good start here:
http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/
http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2008/02/10/from-msi-to-wix.aspx
Phil Wilson
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Kevin Goyena wrote:
> I need to create a new WiX project to replace the Setup project I had in
> VS2010. My app is
The merge modules don't get installed as msm files - they get merged into
the MSI and their content is installed, so basically you're just looking
for the Dlls. Installed location can vary depending on the OS. A verbose
log will tell you where.
Phil Wilson
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013
perty("FILEEXISTS")
The custom action correctly shows the file path, and a log of the install
shows:
MSI (c) (28:38) [10:13:38:811]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding FILEEXISTS
property. Its value is 'C:\Phil\MyDD\WiX Samples\thing.txt'.
So it does all work. I don't think an actual e
xternal file it would be better to have it in the binary table
or have the data as properties, and give customers a tool to add the file
(or the data) if necessary. Or change the design.
Phil Wilson
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Kai Peters wrote:
> Phil,
>
> your sample code works fo
actually being
removed (in case it's shared, permanent).
Phil Wilson
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 5:23 AM, Alexey Ivanov wrote:
> oops http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223300
>
>
> 2013/9/4 Alexey Ivanov
>
> > msiexec /i yourfile.msi /L*v c:\temp\yourinstall.log
>
That text string looks like a possible value for the command line of a
program. The .tmp file is the executing custom action and the parameter is
-. Is your CA a Dll call via DTF or an executable?
Phil Wilson
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Hendryk Irmischer wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
2. Another sanity check, use Orca to make sure you have a DeleteServices
action in an appropriate place.
3. I would not recommend looking at any other solutions until the reason
behind this has been found. All this stuff has worked for ever, so check a
verbose log, and see what DeleteServices sa
This seems to be the way, and I assume you'd need to run it as a custom
action. There may be APIs underneath that you can call to shut down the
pool, I don't know.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772200(v=ws.10).aspx
Phil Wilson
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Hugh Willi
It's probably this, it's just what Windows does. This article is fairly old
but the general principle still applies:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/11/24/496690.aspx
Phil Wilson
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:17 AM, BGINFO4X wrote:
> Hello, you are right.
>
&
w the
installed features and allow the user to add the other feature. So yes, you
need to change maintenance node to offer feature dialogs, and that will
need two features in your MSI as described.
Phil Wilson
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 6:08 AM, John Cooper wrote:
> Instance transforms. But I&#x
When you do that through the UI Windows will add the "log on as a service"
right to the account. It will not do that during the MSI install. You'll
need to make sure that account has the right before the install.
Phil Wilson
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Swaroop Ka
oo late because CostFinalize is what
looks at the feature conditions.
Phil Wilson
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 9:31 AM, John Cooper wrote:
> You're going to have to run in both sequences for it to have an effect
> during the UI sequence. Also, keep in mind that only properties that are
> bo
I don't know of anything built-in. You'd need code - in managed code you
use the UriBuilder class.
Phil Wilson
On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 1:47 PM, 4th Dimension
wrote:
> I need to add the location of a certain file into the registry as the part
> of the instalation of a Word
Your copy custom action is immediate - that means it will always happen
before any files are actually copied. If you need it to run after
InstallFiles has physically copied files it should be marked deferred.
Phil Wilson
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Kai Peters wrote:
> Hi
Is there some reason you can't do a major upgrade to remove it? If you know
its UpgradeCode you can get it uninstalled.
Phil Wilson
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Jack Sojourn wrote:
> Hello...I need to detect if a totally different product is installed and if
> so uninstall it.
&
replace the one you already copied
- what do have to prevent that from happening? You may also need a
condition on your copy to prevent it from happening during a repair or
uninstall
Phil Wilson
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Kai Peters wrote:
> My mistake for not specifying what else
Use a command line that suits your requirements:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2010/05/12/10011664.aspx
although I wouldn't make it so silent it will not show an error message if
it fails.
Phil Wilson
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:20 PM, nkshirsagar wrote:
> Is there any othe
You're kind of stuck. You've committed to supply credentials at install
time, but you need to supply them for patch and repair, so you need to
store them somewhere. If the registry is not allowed then write a custom
action with the Crypto API, things like CredWrite, CredRead etc.
Phil W
m-the-windows-vault-credential-manage
Phil Wilson
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Swaroop Kare
wrote:
> Thanks Phil for your suggestion.
>
>
>
> It would be helpful if there is any sample code of implementing crypto
> api in wix.
>
>
>
>
>
> -
be the same as the already installed product.
A verbose log should tell you which, and the ProductVersion comment about
"other installers" is not relevant if they were not MSI setups, see the
link there.
Phil Wilson
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Daniel Sniderman wrote:
> 1)
Indeed, the original post seems to say that the issue is that InstallFiles
is after the copy CA. It's not clear why the CA cannot be just moved to
after InstallFiles.
Phil Wilson
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Blair Murri wrote:
> Now that your CA is deferred, what happens if you
7;m having a senior moment too)
Phil Wilson
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Christopher Painter wrote:
> I'm having a senior moment with what seemed like a pretty simple and well
> established concept in windows installer: don't uninstall user data.
>
> I created a ver
alues that
don't exist at repair time. In these cases it's usually easier to diagnose
the error in the app and see what's broken on the system (such as
registration) rather than hunt through an install repair log to find
something that you don't even know you're looking
rade install is also a fresh install for new users, just to spell it
out.
Phil Wilson
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:19 AM, nkshirsagar wrote:
> hi kiran,
>
> if the user selects a different installation folder for the new msi, how
> will the clusterinfo.bin file get copied over
ement to copy the file from that old
location to the new install location. The source and destination will be
properties, source that old location and destination the new install
location.
Plus the usual MajorUpgrade element changes etc for the upgrade.
Phil Wilson
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:
Those values in a patch do not come from the summaryinformation stream in
the pcp file. They come from the PatchMetadata table of the pcp file.
Phil Wilson
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:48 AM, kirannhegde wrote:
> I have a similar problem as follows:
> I am building a patch package
t-click the MSI file or go
to Programs/Features and ask for a repair and you're rebooting again, so
take Rob's point and find out why it's happening.
Phil Wilson
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Charles Jenkins wrote:
> Oops. Pardon the noise. I see I can't just set Adver
s normal, and the
serious issue is the reboot. If the setup has a ForceReboot (or
ScheduleReboot) explicitly defined, that's likely to be a problem if it
happens for each repair.
Phil Wilson
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Charles Jenkins wrote:
> As always, thank you all for trying to help
Is it really a known issue? It's documented here below, so it doesn't seem
like an issue in the sense that it's contrary to the documentation.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa368322(v=vs.85).aspx
which suggests using script session.message method.
Phil
eduleReboot (or
ForceReboot) action with an incorrect condition. It's typically futile to
prevent repair because there are several ways they can be initiated,
shortcuts being just one of them.
Phil Wilson
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Charles Jenkins wrote:
> Nicolás,
>
> Wow, tha
t.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd408005(v=vs.85).aspx
It's a bad idea to mark files as not key files.
Phil Wilson
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 3:34 AM, Marco Tognacci wrote:
> My problem is that my Burn setup is very very slow, compared with the old
> Installshield setup.
> For
Condition table isn't used either. It's just the way
Windows Installer works, not really an MBA thing.
Phil Wilson
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 8:41 AM, tom wrote:
>
> What is more conusing me is that when i also set
> msidbFeatureAttributesUIDisallow
>
> On B1 it will inst
log asking
whether to do it. A limited user can't say no :)
Phil Wilson
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Charles Jenkins wrote:
> Nicolás,
>
> I like your theory… It seems very plausible. Unfortunately, the .exe is
> versioned, and so is every one of its .dlls. I double-checked by
situations where it appears you have a solution that
you believe is correct for a particular problem, and you are looking for
implementation help. It's likely that a question such as "what's the best
way to launch a dependent setup with my MSI install" might get you a better
solu
eCost element can be used to add extra time to a component to
fine tune the actual cost.
Phil Wilson
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 4:54 AM, Ravishankar <
ravishankar.krishnasw...@idsnext.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a very peculiar issue.
>
> My installation files is around 600 mb and if i i
it's still an MSI file setup and may or may not satisfy the requirement.
Phil Wilson
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:55 AM, Blair Murri wrote:
> Currently in WiX 3.x only Windows Installer is supported as the underlying
> installation engine. There was a previous attempt to support ClickTh
And DATABASE is not a documented property - I wouldn't use it.
Phil Wilson
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Blair Murri wrote:
> And you were already warned in your other posting of the same question
> about some of the issues you could run into. You haven't described what you
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