It's supposed to. Can you be more specific about "no longer working" to help investigate?
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com>wrote: > And this is no longer working as of v3.6.2907.0 > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Platform Engineer > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > http://www.iesve.com > > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** > Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow > G20 0SP > Email Disclaimer > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] > Sent: 25 April 2012 14:58 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn feedback > > Got this working using the steps outlined at > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/insignia.htm > > <Target Name="SignBundleEngine"> > <Exec Command=""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft > SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\bin\signtool.exe" sign /f privatekey.pfx /p > mypassword /t http://timestamp.comodoca.com/authenticode > "@(SignBundleEngine)"" > /> > </Target> > <Target Name="SignBundle" > > <Exec Command=""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft > SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\bin\signtool.exe" sign /f privatekey.pfx /p > mypassword /t http://timestamp.comodoca.com/authenticode > "@(SignBundle)"" > /> > </Target> > > I'm also updating all my MSI .wixproj's to use the SignMsi target however > it'd be nice if there was a Signing tab in Visual Studio rather than having > to manually edit the project files to do things the 'right' way. Feature > request for WiX 4.0? > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Platform Engineer > T:+44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F:+44 (0) 141 945 8501 > http://www.iesve.com > > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** > Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow > G20 0SP > Email Disclaimer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > Sent: 23 April 2012 13:18 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn feedback > > Just for info you don't modify wix2010.targets but your wixproj, you are > overriding the tasks that are defined in wix2010.targets. This didn't work > for me as my certificate is not in the certificate store. > > Neil > > Neil Sleightholm > n...@x2systems.com<mailto:n...@x2systems.com> > > > On 23 Apr 2012, at 12:48, Pally Sandher wrote: > > Rob M. & others explain how to do it correctly in this thread -> > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28657655 > > I haven't attempted to implement this as yet however since it requires > modifying the wix2010.targets file but I'll have to look into it sometime > this week as I'll need it working for release. > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Platform Engineer > T:+44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F:+44 (0) 141 945 8501 > http://www.iesve.com > > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** > Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow > G20 0SP > Email Disclaimer > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > Sent: 21 April 2012 14:58 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn feedback > > You can add signing in the wixproj but I couldn't get that to work and in > my case I needed to use signtool as the certificate is not in the > certificate store. This is the approach I used (I can't remember to > originator of this but it was someone on this list): > 1. insignia -ib Setup.exe -o engine.exe > 2. signtool engine.exe (extra parameters excluded for simplicity) > 3. insignia -ab engine.exe Setup.exe -o Setup.exe > 4. signtool Setup.exe > (insignia is part of the wix toolset.) > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Diaz [mailto:rob.d...@msxgroup.com] > Sent: 20 April 2012 23:05 > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn feedback > > I agree that I've had similar troubles. The lack of documentation has > made this tougher to do than it should be. > > Did you find a resolution for the signtool issue? Other than not doing > it, I mean. > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 5:33 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn feedback > > Sounds like the same issues I have been having, I am planing to blog about > what I have found to help others. Thanks for the LicenceUrl tip, I had > missed that and ended up writing my own theme based on the HyperlinkLecense > one. > > Neil > > Neil Sleightholm > n...@x2systems.com<mailto:n...@x2systems.com><mailto:n...@x2systems.com> > > > On 19 Apr 2012, at 17:34, Pally Sandher wrote: > > I upgraded to WiX v3.6 from v3.5 earlier this week and started trying to > implement Burn as a replacement for dotnetinstaller. > So far it's pretty easy to get a chain of packages configured & I really > like how well done it is (great job everyone involved =) ). > > A few of the issues I've noticed with it (using v3.6.2816.0): > > Documentation is very sparse but I guess it's still under construction so > it's forgivable but still causes a lot of grief when you're basically left > with reverse engineering to discover how to implement things. > It makes it very hard to get anywhere with customising it when this is all > the documentation you have to follow > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wixstdba_foundation_customization.htm > I had to download the sources just to figure out what size to make the > logo which this page says you can customise > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wixstdba_branding.htm since it > isn't mentioned anywhere. > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wixstdba_license.htm says you can > have "unlicensed" installation experience if you don't provide a value for > the LicenceUrl attribute when using > WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.HyperlinkLicense. What you actually have > to do is set the value to " " as you get the following errors when you > attempt to build is you try to use "": > The bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication/@LicenseUrl attribute's value > cannot be an empty string. If you want the value to be null or empty, > simply remove the entire attribute. > The bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication element must have a value for > exactly one of the LicenseFile or LicenseUrl attributes. > > WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.HyperlinkLicense provides an Options > button which does pretty much nothing. There's no (easy) way to hide this > button which I've found so far. I don't appear to be the only one on this > list with the same enquiry. > > Variable names cannot contain '.' which meant lots of fun when trying to > check for existing installations of .NET 4.0 Client Profile before I > learned this through trial & error. The bundle will build completely fine & > then fail when you try to run it. You should not be able to build a bundle > which fails to run because of the Variable names, as these are simple > enough to check at build time. > > Using Signtool.exe to sign the Burn output causes it to fail when run. I > only figured this out through searching list posts. OMFG this was a serious > waste of time & had me running in circles trying to figure it out for half > a day before I stumbled across the information. This needs to be writ large > across the Burn documentation so others don't fall foul of the same issue > along with documentation on how to code sign Burn bundles properly. > > Intellisense doesn't work in WiX 3.6 using the installer. I think Neil > Sleightholm mentioned the fix is to copy the intellisense files from the > binaries so it seems like a packaging issue with the WiX 3.6 installers but > has been a problem since the RC0 release & still exists 2 weeks & 2 builds > later. > > Quiet/passive and silent install modes would be nice (dotnetinstaller > supports these). I don't see any way to set launch options for ExePackage > elements to specify these type of scenarios. Good for saving time when > checking builds & when automated deployment tools are used etc. > > That's it so far. > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Platform Engineer > T:+44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F:+44 (0) 141 945 8501 > http://www.iesve.com > > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated > Environmental Solutions Limited. 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