[WiX-users] New Votive version

When will be a new version of votive2 available? I am hanging on the "Can not find candle.exe" bug. ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users

[WiX-users] Adding new .wxs files to votive project

I am trying to add new files to my WiX project inside of Visual Studio 2003 and it does not work. I have installed version 2.0.4221.0. So do I anything wrong or it is a failure. I can create create new projects and have no problems. The first .wxs file will be created but adding more does not wo

[WiX-users] Installing COM components

Is there any better way of installing COM components instead of using tallow.exe and the related WiX fragment from the output? I am wrinting at a nant script at the moment for building the setup. Now I want insert the installation of my COM components. The problem is that the output from tallow

[WiX-users] Correct tallow.exe syntax

I want to create a fragment for all COM components in a directory, but I do not have the correct syntax of the tallow.exe it seems. Who can help me? At the moment I try this: tallow -nologo -1 -d f:\COM\ -df *.dll > com.wxs But I need to integrate the -s parameter for extracting the registry

[WiX-users] System32 path

How do I get the System32 path of the computer I want to install my software? The problem is that is could be c:\Windows\System32 or c:\Winnt\System32 or some other drive letter etc. Is there a possiblity to get the environment variable for that in WiX? Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to

[WiX-users] Incorrect uninstall progress messages

Since I have added the following line to my WiX setup I get on the uninstall messagebox during the uninstall only squares displayed instead of text. I have localized the setup to german and it seems that there is a conflict with the charset or so. If I remove the line above then I get an emp

[WiX-users] Uninstall progress messages unreadable

Today I have tried to get uninstall progress messages if an user uninstalls the software from Control Panel -> Software. For this I added to my main wxs file inside of the product element. Now the uninstall progress messages will be displayed but there are only squares an not words or character

[WiX-users] Cannot add new file with votive

Today I switched to the latest version of votive from yesterday. Now it is not possible to add new files to the WiX project. There is no template available. A bad workaround is to add an empty text file and rename it to example.wxs. Additional I am not be able to create a new WiX project in VS 2

[WiX-users] Release v3

I am switched to WiX v3 and now I can not find any localization files. Where do I have to look or there are important changes? If anything was changed how do I have to do localization now? - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influenc

[WiX-users] tallow in v3?

What is the equivalent tool of tallow in Wix v3 and how do I extract registry entry from COM components? Maybe there is a new way of installing COM components I should know? So many questions and so less answers. Where can I find a documentation about WiX v3? The tutorial I have describes only

[WiX-users] Problems with a directory

Today I tried to switch to WiX v3 but I get some errors. What is wrong in the next few lines and how can I fix it? I get always the error ICE64. ICE64: The directory ProgramMenuDir is in the user profile but is not listed in the RemoveFile table. ---

[WiX-users] Changing fonts in prepared dialogs

I am using inside of my WiX project. It works great with a small mistake. The title on the welcome dialog and on the exit dialog are not bold. Do I have the chance to change this or do I have to wait until it fixed? - Ta

[WiX-users] Register capicom.dll fails

I am trying to register the capicom.dll located inside of the system folder. In WiX v2 I generated a fragment with tallow and all works fine. Now I switched to WiX v3 and used heat to generate the related fragment but it seems not to work. What goes wrong? I tried: > heat.exe file c:\windows\

Re: [WiX-users] Register capicom.dll fails

Well that is not really an installer. It is only a selfextracting archive which creates a folder with the capicom.dll and some samples. After executing the "installer" you have to do a "regsvr32 capicom.dll" for registering the COM component. I will try the hints of Mike Dimmick on Monday and h

[WiX-users] Distribute a WiX generated .msi file

I have a .msi file generated by using WiX. It is possible to use the bootstrapper located in VS 2005 to distribute the prerequisites and the generated .msi file? If yes, what do I have to do? - Using Tomcat but need to do mo

[WiX-users] Creating my own .wixlib

Today I started with my own WixUI interface library. Therefore I followed the ten steps from the tutorial http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson2.php#2.5 Now I have a project inside of my VS2005 and it looks good so far. But if I try to compile I get many errors, for instance here:

[WiX-users] How working .wxi files

I am developing a setup using Votive and WiX v3. But now I want use selfdefined variables in my own wixlib. Therefore I added a new .wxi file to my .wixlib solution. At the moment it contains one variable: Now I am trying to use this variable inside of my .wxs file: http://schemas

[WiX-users] Bug in Wix v3.0.2218.0 and above

I use WiX v3.0.2211.0 and tried to update to v3.0.2315.0. But all versions above my current one throwing the following errors while using the Mondo-Dialogs. The errors are: The localization variable !(loc.MaintenanceTypeDlgRepairDisabledText) is unknown. Please ensure the variable is defined.

Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

You can also build your .msi file with WiX and use the "Bootstrapper Manifest Generator" and the VS 2005 SDK for generating a bootstrapper. You can get the tool here: http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=ddb4f08c-7d7c-4f44-a009-ea19fc812545 David Thielen schrieb: > I take it I w