Mark, I would start with reading the following article. http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/isnews/200108/index.htm Regards, Chris
--- Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me From: Mark Modrall <mmodr...@mzinga.com> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010 Thanks Bob, that got the content into the installer package - which got me to the point of trying to run it. I ran into a couple of new issues 1) Looking at the installer log, it's unpacking into a directory other than the INSTALLDIR; throughout I've been a little confused going to 3.5 about the relation of INSTALLDIR and TARGETDIR; did TARGETDIR supplant/replace INSTALLDIR? As noted before, I used to have my root <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR"> and 3.5 said it had to be TARGETDIR; was I to take from that it should be TARGETDIR throughout? 2) I have a custom action in my installer, and that needs to look at/tweak registry settings. On top of moving from VS 2005 to VS 2010, we're also trying to move from Server 2003 to Server 2008, and like Windows 7, etc it's a lot more snarky about execution permissions. I saw this in the 3.5 manual for the <CustomAction> element: Impersonate YesNoType This attribute specifies whether the Windows Installer, which executes as LocalSystem, should impersonate the user context of the installing user when executing this custom action. Typically the value should be 'yes', except when the custom action needs elevated privileges to apply changes to the machine. To run things that need more serious access, I take it I should have an attribute Impersonate="no"? Thanks mark -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:33 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010 On 19-Jul-11 10:20, Mark Modrall wrote: > <Package Id="*" Description="Prospero Forums Server Installer" > Comments="bar" InstallerVersion="300" Platform="$(var.PPlat)"/> Try Compressed="yes". -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
