[WiX-users] Unattended upgrade of Burn package

2013-07-29 Thread dave
e app (requires elevation, installed via burn) - client app (DOESN'T require elevation, installed via burn) <- I want to upgrade this silently either with burn or msi - server app (requires elevation, installed via burn) Thanks Dave -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xm

[WiX-users] Retrieve the UpgradeCode from a bundle exe?

2013-08-16 Thread dave
Hi, I'm creating some automatic updating code and would like to check the UpgradeCode for a bundle is correct before running it. Is there any way to retrieve the UpgradeCode from a bundle installation file? Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.6875

Re: [WiX-users] Retrieve the UpgradeCode from a bundle exe?

2013-08-18 Thread dave
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://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Retrieve-the-UpgradeCode-from-a-bundle-exe-tp7588140p

[WiX-users] Meta or master installer?

2013-09-25 Thread dave
Hi, I have client and server installation bundles (e.g. upgrade code ABC and EDF). Is it possible to create a master installer in WiX that * Combines these two bundles into a single installation experience * Lists these two applications separately in ARP but NOT the master installer * Allow majo

[WiX-users] (no subject)

2006-07-06 Thread dave
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[WiX-users] HTTP Shortcut Woes

2006-07-06 Thread dave
cut for deployment via AD. However, when attempting to run (msiexec /i MySample.msi) it fails straight away with Error 2727. Could anyone suggest what may cause this? Any ideas what I've done wrong? - I know it'll be user error, but we all start somewhere.. Thanks guys, WiX looks

Re: [WiX-users] HTTP Shortcut Woes

2006-07-06 Thread dave
quot; Any thoughts as to the cause ? > I find this link handy for working out what obscure error numbers mean. > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/windows_installer_error_messages.asp Neat. Consider it bookmarked :) Thanks, Dave > Rob >

Re: [WiX-users] HTTP Shortcut Woes

2006-07-06 Thread dave
wrong though, my wxs file can be found here : http://files.davehope.co.uk/MySample.wxs Thanks, Dave > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:49 AM > To: wix-users@lis

Re: [WiX-users] HTTP Shortcut Woes

2006-07-06 Thread dave
ml Thanks :) > That doesn't throw errors on installation, anyway. No desktop shortcut either though, but I'm sure I can debug that :) Thanks guys! Dave > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] &

[WiX-users] Installation failed, but product updated

2013-08-06 Thread Dave Sawyer
Logging stopped: 8/6/2013 15:14:02 === -Dave __ Dave Sawyer - dsaw...@box.com Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that, I'll be over here, looking through your stuff. -

Re: [WiX-users] Installation failed, but product updated

2013-08-07 Thread Dave Sawyer
stom action was scheduled for after InstallFinalize is that while removing the shortcuts is really nice on uninstall, a failure there isn't bad enough for us to prevent the user from uninstalling. -Dave Message: 5 Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 17:06:48 -0700 From: Blair Murri Subject: Re: [WiX-u

[WiX-users] forcing packages to be cached in a custom BA

2013-10-07 Thread Dave Andersen
no prompt for the original installer source if it has been moved/deleted, etc. Is there some way to do this? I haven't figured out how to do it yet. I'm on WiX 3.7. Thanks, -Dave -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/forcing-packa

Re: [WiX-users] forcing packages to be cached in a custom BA

2013-10-08 Thread Dave Andersen
ached, the engine states that it is not going to do it... Regarding the /layout flag, I thought that only downloads external packages, and does nothing with "Compressed" packages. Dave On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 8:56 AM, tom [via Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset]

Re: [WiX-users] forcing packages to be cached in a custom BA

2013-10-09 Thread Dave Andersen
e burn engine was basically handling all that logic. Thanks for everyone's input on this. I really appreciate your time. -Dave robmen wrote > That's what I was saying before. Your packages are probably being > conditioned out thus they won't be cached. Burn won't cache s

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 2.0.5805.0 to WiX 3.8.1128.0 - shortcuts have changed

2013-12-04 Thread Dave Williamson
Yes there have been. That is why we held at 2.0 and didn't make the jump. We recently ran across the issue where a msi built in 2.0 installs under program files(x86) on x64 machines no matter what. So rather than beat that horse we are putting the time into migrating. Dave Williamson Clea

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 2.0.5805.0 to WiX 3.8.1128.0 - shortcuts have changed

2013-12-04 Thread Dave Williamson
Thanks for info on HKMU. I'll give it a try and suppress ICE57 on the compile. Is HKMU a WiX thing or did I miss a Windows installer acronym meeting? Dave Williamson -Original Message- From: "Hoover, Jacob" Sent: ‎12/‎4/‎2013 8:11 PM To: "General discussion a

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 2.0.5805.0 to WiX 3.8.1128.0 - shortcuts have changed

2013-12-05 Thread Dave Williamson
in the same start menu folder. We suppressed ICE69 for now and will do some install, uninstall, and major upgrade tests to see if the expected clean behavior is observed. Dave Williamson -Original Message- From: "Nicolás Alvarez" Sent: ‎12/‎5/‎2013 6:32 PM To: "General d

Re: [WiX-users] MSI veteran - using WiX

2013-12-18 Thread Dave Andersen
rence anything from a fragment, the entire contents of that fragment will get pulled in. Since you are using VisualStudio, all the .wxs sources in the project will be built and references will work between different files. Hope that helps, -Dave -- View this message in context: http://windows-installe

[WiX-users] selectively upgrading a package in burn

2014-01-02 Thread Dave Andersen
and sorry for the long-winded question :) -Dave Andersen -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/selectively-upgrading-a-package-in-burn-tp7591570.html Sent from the wix-users mail

[WiX-users] Error Building WixProj from DevEnv Command Line

2014-01-15 Thread Dave Echols
I have a VS 2010 solution that contains 2 Wix projects for two different installs. I can compile/build the solution from within the Visual Studio IDE without errors. When I build the solution from the command line using DevEnv.exe, I get the following error on one of the projects... MySetup.wix

Re: [WiX-users] Error Building WixProj from DevEnv Command Line

2014-01-21 Thread Dave Echols
project types remaining with each new release of VS. Blair From: Dave Echols Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎January‎ ‎15‎, ‎2014 ‎10‎:‎47‎ ‎AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. I have a VS 2010 solution that contains 2 Wix projects for two different installs. I can compi

Re: [WiX-users] Install busy executables at reboot - Windows 7

2014-01-28 Thread Dave Andersen
dvice: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/8/2/the-first-thing-i-do-with-an-msi-log -Dave Dave On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Walter Dexter wrote: > So far as the logs, I have yet to ever find anything I can make sense of in > an MSI log. I'm well aware that's my own defici

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade to 3.8 breaks MSBuild?

2014-02-05 Thread Dave Andersen
Interesting, I didn't know about that streams tool. The other way you can do it is just right-click on the .zip, and click "Unblock", and that should unblock all the files contained within the zip as well. -Dave On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Tony wrote: > I figured it out.

[WiX-users] hopefully simple question about customizing the standard WiX dialog sets

2011-04-22 Thread Dave Combs
omebody enlighten me here about how I'm supposed to get this to work? Is it something in the fragment that I need to change that I haven't? Or something in my command-line parameters that should be different? Any clues on this would be GREATLY appreciated. I've beaten my

Re: [WiX-users] hopefully simple question about customizing the standard WiX dialog sets

2011-04-25 Thread Dave Combs
KzSetDefaultPerUserFolder, etc.) and to any references to them, without changing their contents. It would help if the documentation mentioned that WixUI_Advanced also needs to have these custom actions renamed. Cheers, Dave On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > On 22-Apr-11 14:53, Dave Co

[WiX-users] question about errors with WixUI_Mode and WixUI_Advanced as a starting dialog set.

2011-04-25 Thread Dave Combs
of dialogs that happens to contain several standard dialogs from UIExtension. I assume that's possible but it's not clear how to do that. Any help would be appreciated! Dave -- WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Manage

[WiX-users] another noob question about customizing the standard dialog sets

2011-04-27 Thread Dave Combs
). Is there some way to remove the 'InstallSequence' items for the other dialogs without actually copying and modifying the dialog .wxs source files? I couldn't find one, but would love a pointer to something that explains how to do it. Thanks! Dave -

Re: [WiX-users] another noob question about customizing the standarddialog sets

2011-04-28 Thread Dave Combs
made the users go through the choices (so it was my error to try to use the AdvancedWelcomeEulaDlg in the first place, but at least I learned something from you.) Thanks again, Dave On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 4:39 AM, Pally Sandher wrote: > The reason you see the AdvancedWelcomeEulaDlg a second

[WiX-users] how to validate a user-defined path that isn't for the Install directory?

2011-04-28 Thread Dave Combs
is. Any help would be appreciated! Dave -- WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initia

[WiX-users] Problem with Writing a File to the TemplatesFolder Directory

2011-05-15 Thread Dave McLachlan
what I am doing wrong. Cheers, Dave McLachlan Canberra Australia http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> Manufacturer="Diabologic " UpgradeCode="F608CBF4-D561-400C-9A6B-93270D52B5F1"> Comments="Diabologic Work Product Template" InstallerVersion=&qu

Re: [WiX-users] Why are we using a mailing list vs forum?

2011-05-18 Thread Dave Andersen
http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/wix-users-ft687560.xml -Dave john.burak wrote: > > Bruce Cran cran.org.uk> writes: > >> >> On Wed, 18 May 2011 12:57:22 -0600 >> john.burak telvent.com wrote: >> >> > There isn't a

[WiX-users] need pointers to docs on file-versioning

2011-06-02 Thread Dave Combs
des/patches, but not how to specify versioned/unversioned in the first place. Thanks! Dave -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options

[WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-12 Thread Dave Combs
s that I can see that can be applied inside a component to copy that component (but then I have 2 guys trying to go to the same place), or inside its own (but isn't that only for files that are already on the destination mac

Re: [WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-13 Thread Dave Combs
27;base' bundle. In that case, I've been asked to copy the copy (take config.xml and copy to config.xml.bkup) and then do the copy of extras-config.xml to config.xml. Messy, I know. Thanks again! Dave On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Pally Sandher wrote: > Ah I missed Rob's repl

Re: [WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-13 Thread Dave Combs
ectory: 'DIR_36'. The Directory/Component pair must be listed in the CreateFolders table. I haven't seen any examples of using CopyFile that specified anything about a KeyPath, so am somewhat at a loss for how to proceed here. Any suggestions? Thanks, Dave On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at

Re: [WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-13 Thread Dave Combs
ntact your system administrator. My confusion is because a) I have administrator privileges on the system, and b) the installer has already copied several files into the conf directory--all I'm doing is adding another one. Any idea why I would get this error, given that? Thanks, Dave On Mo

Re: [WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-13 Thread Dave Combs
Can anybody suggest why the reference to &BaseFeature above doesn't seem to return a usable value? Here's the complete code block: The fileId FILE_31 points to the base-config.xml file. Dave On Mon, Jun 13, 20

Re: [WiX-users] looking for some help on a file-copying task during install

2011-06-14 Thread Dave Combs
eeded, per Pally's suggestion below.) It does seem pretty unfortunate that a simple thing like copying 1 file based on whether or not some feature is being installed is so involved, and requires writing C++ or other compiled code to do it. Thanks, Dave On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 3:21 AM, Pally San

Re: [WiX-users] logging

2011-06-14 Thread Dave Andersen
Something like this may help: http://blog.crankybit.com/redirecting-output-to-a-file-in-windows-batch-scripts/ David Amey wrote: > > Hello All > > Can someone please explain how I can turn logging on during the candle and > light calls, as I have errors that I need to correct. > I am automating

Re: [WiX-users] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix elements

2011-06-20 Thread Dave Brotherstone
> > -Original Message- > From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 1:19 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix elements > > Hmm. How can I capture the effects of the regsv

[WiX-users] question on per-user installs and the Privileged flag

2011-09-15 Thread Dave Combs
tually have admin privileges to install per-machine? What should I be checking to test for admin privileges, if not Privileged? Thanks much for any light you can shed on this! Dave -- BlackBerry® DevC

[WiX-users] updating registry values during 'Change' installation?

2011-09-15 Thread Dave Combs
've configured the Maintenance sequence to go through the dialog that lets the user set the value to be stored) during a 'Change' install? Thanks for any help you can give me! Dave -- BlackBerry® DevCon Ame

Re: [WiX-users] Anyone have a sample WixProject that includes installing and configuration SQL Express 2008 or 2008 R2?

2011-09-20 Thread Dave Andersen
We package SQL Express as a prerequisite using .NET bootstrapper. You can find the package if you have the SDK installed somewhere like this C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages We needed to make some modifications to the default package details to provide a S

Re: [WiX-users] Anyone have a sample WixProject that includes installing and configuration SQL Express 2008 or 2008 R2?

2011-09-20 Thread Dave Andersen
Yes, I am. I'm not sure exactly which Visual Studio or Windows SDK versions have that particular package. There's probably a list out there somewhere. Dave On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:13 PM, John Bergman [via Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset] wrote: > Thank you. Are you workin

[WiX-users] is it possible to have localized text with two fonts in one string?

2011-10-02 Thread Dave Combs
eing a font reference. No mention of where it has to be, whether I can have two, etc. Can somebody explain what's possible or point me to a reference? Thanks, Dave -- All of the data generated in your IT infras

[WiX-users] help with an uninstall issue for a registry entry?

2011-10-08 Thread Dave Combs
x [ProductCode]" everything uninstalls. Any help with this doesn't work? I've attached a log file from the uninstall. Thanks! Dave -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously val

[WiX-users] help with issue with changing a property during a 'Change' install

2011-10-12 Thread Dave Combs
k at (other than "check the verbose log", because I'm already doing that) would be greatly appreciated! Dave -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of custo

[WiX-users] Removing previous version of application that was installed from other installer software

2010-01-28 Thread Dave Mateer
ame in Add/Remove Programs. What else do I need to do? Dave -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flex

Re: [WiX-users] Removing previous version of application that was installed from other installer software

2010-01-28 Thread Dave Mateer
iables, I'd also carefully look at the generated MSI to make sure it had all the right values everywhere. My guess is that there is some subtle (a typo or something) that is hiding the problem. > -Original Message- > From: Dave Mateer [mailto:dave_mat...@ntm.org] > Sent:

[WiX-users] Remove works in Control Panel, fails in Wix (or msiexec)

2010-01-28 Thread Dave Mateer
s before? I suppose we could have a custom action that looks up the registry key and runs the old MyApplicationSetup.exe with the magic parameters. But I'm wondering: do we then have to support this hack in every version until there's little chance of anyone having the old InstallAw

Re: [WiX-users] Remove works in Control Panel, fails in Wix (or msiexec)

2010-01-29 Thread Dave Mateer
uld I use: | Custom HandleObsolete | RemoveExistingProducts | |---|-| | Before InstallInitialize | After InstallInitialize | | After InstallInitialize | After HandleObsolete| (generates warning ICE63) | After InstallInitialize | After InstallExe

Re: [WiX-users] Remove works in Control Panel, fails in Wix (or msiexec)

2010-01-29 Thread Dave Mateer
.U4)] int dwReserved, string szSource); Still curious about second question, though. -Original Message- From: Dave Mateer Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 11:42 AM To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: RE: Remove works in Control Panel, fails in Wix (or msiexec) Thanks

[WiX-users] Error 1325 in CostFinalize when uninstalling

2010-01-29 Thread Dave Mateer
ady deployed, so we need a way (if possible) to cleanly uninstall. For those interested in StackOverflow reputation, this question is posted at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2155477/uninstall-error-if-original-install-dvd-is-not-in-drive/2162714 Dave --

Re: [WiX-users] How to use "<" and ">" in CDATA function

2010-03-15 Thread Dave Brotherstone
. To do this without the CDATA (which in terms of XML is essentially the same, although I'm new to WiX too, so I'm only presuming it treats it the same) SOMETHINGELSE < 3 The first probably reads a lot easier. Hope that helps, Dave. -

[WiX-users] Invert Feature based on other Feature

2010-03-17 Thread Dave Brotherstone
Many thanks for any pointers, Dave. -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performan

Re: [WiX-users] Invert Feature based on other Feature

2010-03-17 Thread Dave Brotherstone
> your description it sounds like you could just put it in AppData & it'd > work as long as there wasn't one in the same directory as the .exe. > We provide the option to install a "portable" version, to be installed onto a USB drive or similar, so AppData can&#

[WiX-users] Fwd: Escaping Square Brackets (was: No Subject)

2010-03-19 Thread Dave Brotherstone
"[" and "]" inside square brackets, so "[" becomes "[\[]" and "]" becomes "[\]]" See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368609%28VS.85%29.aspx for more information. hth, Dave. -

Re: [WiX-users] Change the default startup directory for a service installed with wix - More info added

2010-03-20 Thread Dave Brotherstone
n you can get the directory the service exe is in, and use that path instead of the "working" directory. Cheers, Dave. -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Spee

[WiX-users] Copy user-selected installed file

2010-03-21 Thread Dave Brotherstone
king of installing a default (e.g. english) file as part of the install, so the file will be removed correctly on uninstall. Many thanks for any pointers, Dave. -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools

Re: [WiX-users] Copy user-selected installed file

2010-03-21 Thread Dave Brotherstone
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Dave Brotherstone wrote: > For the application, we have a language definition file that contains the > localized strings for each language, and a single file that represents the > active language. I would like to offer the user a drop down of

Re: [WiX-users] another test

2010-03-22 Thread Dave Brotherstone
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Bill McCormick wrote: > Does the server return your > messages? If I am the only person having this problem, then it must be > an issue with how all my mail is forwarded to my gmail account - may my > messages are getting googled up :) Gmail will automatically h

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get "Error 2836" in Repair mode

2010-03-30 Thread Dave Brotherstone
robably see the registry entries manually by watching regsvr32 in procmon (from sysinternals). You'll need to convert the output to WiX, but at least you'll see everything that is written. Just set the filter to procname="regsvr32", and only watch the registry. Dave. --

Re: [WiX-users] bug in Light

2010-04-19 Thread Dave Brotherstone
Text="WARNING: This program is protected by copyright law > and international treaties." /> > You have two controls with the Id of "Title", just like the error says. Change one of them, and it'll build. I don't see this as a bug in lig

[WiX-users] Property for RadioButtonGroup from RegistrySearch

2010-06-11 Thread Dave Brotherstone
that hard place that will allow this scenario? :) Many thanks, Dave. PS. The reason for using a radiogroup and not features is that the two options lead to different configuration dialogs, and are mutually excl

Re: [WiX-users] Property for RadioButtonGroup from RegistrySearch

2010-06-11 Thread Dave Brotherstone
using the condition "Installed". Thanks, and sorry for the noise, Dave. On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Dave Brotherstone wrote: > Hi, > > I have a RadioButtonGroup that is bound to a Property. As this property > determines which component gets installed (a choice of two, limi

[WiX-users] Can't delete Desktop shortcut due to Warning 1910

2012-11-03 Thread Dave Lowndes
Control with no luck either. Is this a configuration issue or something else? Cheers Dave -- LogMeIn Central: Instant, anywhere, Remote PC access and management. Stay in control, update software, and manage PCs from one com

[WiX-users] Major upgrade using bootstrapper issue -HELP!!

2013-05-23 Thread Dave Moss
ed in the product.wxs If anyone can help me resolve this I will be eternally grateful, if you need to see logs from the upgrade install just let me know. Thanks in advance Dave Moss -- Try New Relic Now & We'll

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade using bootstrapper issue -HELP!!

2013-05-23 Thread Dave Moss
Just for a bit of extra information if I run the bootstrapper install and then run just the application msi for the upgrade it works fine so it seems to be an issue from running the upgrade through the bootstrapper. Jacob, the keypaths and component id's remain the same. Dave Moss Tac

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade using bootstrapper issue -HELP!!

2013-05-23 Thread Dave Moss
Here are all the logs created during upgrade Dave Moss Tactical Team Lead OmPrompt +44 (0)1235 436014 Direct davidm...@omprompt.com www.omprompt.com OmPrompt Limited is registered in England & Wales, registration No. 4452522, with registered offices at 67 Innovation Drive, Milton

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade using bootstrapper issue -HELP!!

2013-05-24 Thread Dave Moss
g the uninstall. Is there a way to prevent heat from doing this. In my heat directory in the project file I have the following set AutoGenerateGuids="false" GenerateGuidsNow="true" I am guessing one of these is causing the issue. Dave Moss Tactical Team Lead OmPrompt +44 (0)

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade using bootstrapper issue -HELP!!

2013-05-24 Thread Dave Moss
s settings. Dave Moss Tactical Team Lead OmPrompt +44 (0)1235 436014 Direct davidm...@omprompt.com www.omprompt.com OmPrompt Limited is registered in England & Wales, registration No. 4452522, with registered offices at 67 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. OX14 4RQ. UK. VAT

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade using bootstrapper issue -HELP!!

2013-05-24 Thread Dave Moss
same. Dave Moss Tactical Team Lead OmPrompt +44 (0)1235 436014 Direct davidm...@omprompt.com www.omprompt.com OmPrompt Limited is registered in England & Wales, registration No. 4452522, with registered offices at 67 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. OX14 4RQ. UK. VAT No.

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade using bootstrapper issue -HELP!!

2013-05-24 Thread Dave Moss
Brilliant, thanks for all your help Jacob. Hope you have a good weekend. It has been a steep learning curve with WiX but I have enjoyed it and am pleased with the results. Dave Moss Tactical Team Lead OmPrompt +44 (0)1235 436014 Direct davidm...@omprompt.com www.omprompt.com OmPrompt Limited

[WiX-users] Suppress options in bundle

2013-06-13 Thread Dave Moss
ppreciated. http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> Thanks in advance, Dave Moss -- This SF.net email is sponsored by W

Re: [WiX-users] Suppress options in bundle [P]

2013-06-13 Thread Dave Moss
Thanks Steve, When I try and build that though I get The BootstrapperApplicationRef element contains an unexpected child element 'bal:WixExtendedBootstrapperApplication'. Dave Moss Tactical Team Lead OmPrompt +44 (0)1235 436014 Direct davidm...@omprompt.com www.omprompt.com OmProm

Re: [WiX-users] Suppress options in bundle [P]

2013-06-13 Thread Dave Moss
com/wix/BalExtension>' namespace has been provided." I have a reference in my VS2010 project to WixBalExtension. http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension>"> Dave Moss Tactic

Re: [WiX-users] Suppress options in bundle [P]

2013-06-14 Thread Dave Moss
Thanks for your help Steve this is working like a dream now. Dave Moss Tactical Team Lead OmPrompt +44 (0)1235 436014 Direct davidm...@omprompt.com www.omprompt.com OmPrompt Limited is registered in England & Wales, registration No. 4452522, with registered offices at 67 Innovation D

[WiX-users] Question about the installer directory

2010-08-23 Thread Dave DaveLists
I was hoping there were standard properties like that just "laying around" during an install that could be queried. Thanks in advance, -Dave -- Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program

[WiX-users] Question about install directory rights - shared directories

2010-08-23 Thread Dave DaveLists
this but I couldn't find information about that in the SDK. Anyone know for sure? My project requires this sort of ability. Thanks in advance, -Dave -- Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Pro

Re: [WiX-users] Question about the installer directory

2010-08-23 Thread Dave DaveLists
erent directory). SourceDir, though, is what I think I want, unless someone has warnings about what SourceDir is? My logs suggest it is exactly what I need but that was just from one example run. Thanks, Dave On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Dave DaveLists wrote: > Hello, > > I've be

[WiX-users] Question about using XmlFile (WixUtilExtension.dll in general, actually)

2010-08-24 Thread Dave DaveLists
s. IntelliSense knows about the "util" namespace and a sample reference to util:XmlFile compiles fine. Anyone run into this and solved it? WIX docs suggests this should work in 3.5 just like it did in 3.0 so it's odd. Thanks, -Dave -

Re: [WiX-users] Question about using XmlFile (WixUtilExtension.dll in general, actually)

2010-08-25 Thread Dave DaveLists
line and found a few references to it but the suggestion was always to add a reference to WixUtilExtension.dll, which we already have. We tried deleting it and putting it back in manually but this did not help (and I verified that the DLL is in the directory where candle and light are, just to be sure).

Re: [WiX-users] Question about using XmlFile (WixUtilExtension.dll in general, actually)

2010-08-26 Thread Dave DaveLists
). -Dave On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Chad Petersen wrote: > Try adding the xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension"; > schema to the top of the file that has the XmlFile element in it. > > Mine looks like this > > http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSche

Re: [WiX-users] Question about using XmlFile (WixUtilExtension.dll in general, actually)

2010-08-27 Thread Dave DaveLists
t's "fun" to try and track down. Thanks... On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 6:52 PM, James Kessler wrote: > Are you referencing the dll in your Visual Studio project? > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Dave DaveLists wrote: > >> Thanks for the response Chad. I do

Re: [WiX-users] Question about using XmlFile (WixUtilExtension.dll in general, actually)

2010-09-02 Thread Dave DaveLists
Hi Bob, Thanks for the thought. I checked this out when I started having trouble, actually, along with removing the reference and putting it back in manually. But it is indeed present on the command line. -Dave On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Bob Arnson wrote: >  On 27-Aug-10 13:53, D

[WiX-users] Question about a custom action that calls a DllEntry point - which tries to use MsiGetProperty

2010-09-09 Thread Dave DaveLists
ied so I am flummoxed. Any thoughts out there on similar troubles found? With Google and Bing search I found some common problems but none applied. Any thoughts apprecitated. Barring that, the reason I am doing this to begin with is I need my DL

Re: [WiX-users] Question about a custom action that calls a DllEntry point - which tries to use MsiGetProperty

2010-09-10 Thread Dave DaveLists
tle facts... like the many > limitations of deferred Custom Actions. > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Fabio Di Lorenzo wrote: > >> Hi Dave, >> >> Im not experienced in C/C++ custom actions, but in VBScript you are unable >> to access any Property during the

Re: [WiX-users] gui

2010-09-23 Thread Dave Brotherstone
> > "David Amey" wrote: > > > Does anyone know how I could create a drop down selection for > > languages, used to localise an install? > > Depending on your requirements, MSI can do this for you, selecting the language from the OS language settings - it involves embedding a transform named .mst i

[WiX-users] iisExtension - How to handle user changes on upgrade

2010-10-01 Thread Dave Hope
ntained when an upgrade takes place. Any suggestions as to what I should be doing in this instance? Thanks Dave -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0170

2011-02-04 Thread Dave Andersen
> 18>C:\delivery\Dev\wix35_public\src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\WixUI_Advanced.wxs(125,0): > error LGHT0170: The InstallUISequence table contains an action > 'WelcomeDlg' that is declared in two different locations. Please > remove one of the actions or set the Overridable='yes' attribute on >

[WiX-users] 32- and 64-bit installers: which GUIDs should be unique?

2012-03-12 Thread Dave Mateer
Shortcuts (shared)Yes Hard-coded Guid | +---+ Please enlighten me! Thanks! Dave -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online

[WiX-users] Multi-language installer

2012-03-13 Thread Dave Mateer
pful workarounds I found (from 2007) are: http://jpassing.com/2007/06/14/authoring-multi-language-msi-packages/ http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/transforms/morphing-installers Is this still the state of things? Would those transforms even work with non-UI transforms? An

[WiX-users] starting a service after install, when user is not an admin?

2012-03-20 Thread Dave Combs
r', everything works fine, including starting the service, so I know it's not the service itself. Thanks!! Dave -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here

[WiX-users] using PathEdit without validation?

2012-03-22 Thread Dave Combs
alidate the JAVA_LOC path (but still do validate the initial install dir) or don't require that I have a directory entry in the tree? (I tried using the SetProperty action, but that causes yet more problems because Wix

[WiX-users] service uninstall fails if does not specify install="" ???

2012-05-17 Thread Dave Combs
Anybody have any idea how I can get around this? I cannot add Start="install" to the ServiceControl, as I mentioned. Thanks! Dave -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the wa

Re: [WiX-users] Checking whether Windows roles and features is installed

2012-08-09 Thread Dave Watson
Hi, We use WMI in our custom bootstrapper (not currently burn) to check these. In fact we have a wizard page that does lots of similar checking based on what options you have chosen. You could also make a custom action to be run from msi as you suggest. Dave Previously dwat...@sdl.com. Any

[WiX-users] Remove Options button from Burn?

2012-09-30 Thread Dave Steckler
h an empty LicenseUrl to skip the EULA page. I have a simple install, and want it to be nothing more than: "Install" -> "Done" (everything goes to a nice default location under Program Files) But it shows the Options button. Knowing my users, g*d only knows what they might screw u

Re: [WiX-users] Remove Options button from Burn?

2012-10-01 Thread Dave Steckler
/bal_xsd_wixstandardbootstrapperapplication.htm On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > Yes, see the WixStandardBootstrapperApplication element. > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Dave Steckler >wrote: > > > Looking through the archives, this has b

[WiX-users] Burn installing .NET 4.5 Beta

2012-10-01 Thread Dave Lowndes
re-compiling the source? Thanks Dave -- Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP

Re: [WiX-users] Burn installing .NET 4.5 Beta

2012-10-02 Thread Dave Lowndes
Thanks, I've added the file to my bootstrapper project and edited it down to what I have below and referenced "NetFx45WebFixed" in my bundle. It seems to work - I hope I haven't missed something - like I haven't changed NetFx45MinRelease. http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util

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