[WiX-users] Understanding the PatchBaseline Element

2011-08-04 Thread Tobi Ha
Hello Everyone, I am using the "Purely Wix" method for patches. Below the Media Element in the Patch.wxs file, there is a PatchBaseLine element with an ID attribute. I wonder what the ID attribute is used for except to reuse it on the -t command line parameter for Pyro? I have the issue that if

[WiX-users] UI Custom Action displays dialog behing MSI UI

2009-12-15 Thread Tobi Ha
Hello, I have a WiX installation that shows within a custom action a dialog from a dll that is installed during this installation. It all works fine, except that the dialogs appears behind the normal MSI UI. Here a short example how my custom action looks like (instead of message box, a real U

Re: [WiX-users] UI Custom Action displays dialog behing MSI

2009-12-16 Thread Tobi Ha
Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com> Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:32:21 +0100 Von: "Tobi Ha" An: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: UI Custom Action displays dialog behing MSI UI Hello, I have a WiX instal

[WiX-users] Automatic MSI rename???

2010-01-12 Thread Tobi Ha
Hi, I have a question concerning the following topic: In our company we create a msi file for a component/product ,e.g. xyz.msi. The product may only exist in one, the newest version, on the customers machine, therfore we use Major upgrades to replace any older version during installation. For

[WiX-users] How to detect running installation and does burn handle this?

2010-02-18 Thread Tobi Ha
Hello WiX users, this not really just a WiX question but a general for MSI based installations. Is there a good and secure way to detect if another MSI installation is allready running before starting another one which would fail with Error Code 1618? I have found two possible ways: 1) There e

[WiX-users] Embedded Chainer as Bootstrapper?

2010-07-16 Thread Tobi Ha
Hello, because I did not find information on this while searching I thought may be someone from the list has experience on this: For a product we need to ship e.g. the VC2008 redistributables as prerequisite and install it before our own product. This can be done with a Bootstrapper (setup.exe)

[WiX-users] Comparison of PatchWiz and WiX v3 Patch Build

2010-08-31 Thread Tobi Ha
Hello WiX users, Since I have just read this article http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2010/08/24/comparison-of-patchwiz-and-wix-v3-patch-build.aspx and I need to create patches I have the question if they is any disadvantage of using the "WiX patching System" (with Pyro) in comparison to

[WiX-users] what Patch Creation Process is correct?

2010-10-18 Thread Tobi Ha
Hello everyone, I tried to create a patch for one of our products and stumbled across the issue that the components key paths was changed accidentally. It was changed because the key path is a registry key that is going to be removed during the update. The result is that when using wix/pyro for t

[WiX-users] Wix Licensing revisited

2012-02-27 Thread Tobi Ha
Hello every one and WiX Team, my boss want's to know the following regarding the CPL WiX is lecensed under: Are outputs of WiX tools, e.g. msi files, under CPL or another OSS license? I for myself believe not, but my boss likes to get a statement from the WiX team, so please answer my question.

[WiX-users] Let's talk about Burn- Curent state?

2009-10-14 Thread Tobi Ha
Hi WiX Developers, a recent entry on Robs Blog started exactly with the same Subject. (http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2009/7/14/Lets-talk-about-Burn) So what is the state of this new WiX Tool? I closely follow development but it seems there was no progress during the last weeks. Is there an

[WiX-users] Installing a Program for "All users" without admin rights

2009-10-21 Thread Tobi Ha
I ahve a question regarding Installation Privileges and the setting of the ALLUSERS property: Is it possible to install an MSI in the "allusers context" without having admin or any special rights (so be a normal user)? cheers, Tobias -- Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und M

Re: [WiX-users] Installing a Program for "All users" without

2009-10-21 Thread Tobi Ha
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