I'm not sure about this, but if the DISM API can do this, it might be
somewhat easier. DismEnableFeature(), for example.
Phil Wilson
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 6:59 AM, John Walter <jo...@twofold-software.com>wrote:
> Thanks Steven yes I have similar also by checking the registry I build a
> list of the missing features so in theory if all the needed features are
> active I should not need to run DISM.
>
> As I said my main issue is with the seemingly random nature of what happens
> when DISM is run on the one PC starting from a fixed point just after
> installing Windows I have seen it work with no error, error out with the
> error 0x800f0906 and require the PC to be restarted before IIS is active. I
> was hoping that there might be a more reliable way than using DISM of
> activating the IIS.
>
>
>
>
> On 11 December 2013 14:33, Steven Ogilvie <steven.ogil...@titus.com>
> wrote:
>
> > One problem is that between the different versions of Windows the DISM
> > command line parameters have changed...
> > I have created a custom action that checks what version of Windows I am
> > running and then sets the command line parameters up accordingly...
> > Btw WriteErrorLogInstall is a custom logging function replace it with the
> > session logging...
> >
> > /// <summary>
> > /// The check web server roles.
> > /// </summary>
> > /// <param name="session">
> > /// The session.
> > /// </param>
> > /// <returns>
> > /// The<see cref="ActionResult"/>.
> > /// </returns>
> > /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
> > /// throw new ArgumentNullException("session");
> > /// </exception>
> > [CustomAction]
> > public static ActionResult CheckWebServerRoles(Session session)
> > {
> > var productName = string.Empty;
> > try
> > {
> > if (session == null)
> > {
> > throw new ArgumentNullException("session");
> > }
> >
> > var tempString = GetSessionProperty(session,
> > "CustomActionData", false);
> > var parts = tempString.Split(new[] { '|' });
> > productName = parts[0];
> >
> > var platformVersion =
> Environment.OSVersion.VersionString;
> >
> > var cmdLineParameters = string.Empty;
> > if (platformVersion.Contains("6.1.760") &&
> > !Os.IsWindowsServer())
> > {
> > // Windows 7
> > cmdLineParameters = "/Online /NoRestart
> > /Enable-Feature /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole
> > /featurename:IIS-CommonHttpFeatures /featurename:IIS-StaticContent
> > /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole /featurename:IIS-ApplicationDevelopment
> > /featurename:IIS-ISAPIFilter /featurename:IIS-ISAPIExtensions
> > /featurename:IIS-NetFxExtensibility /featurename:IIS-ASPNET
> > /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole /featurename:IIS-Security
> > /featurename:IIS-RequestFiltering /featurename:IIS-WindowsAuthentication
> > /featurename:WAS-ProcessModel /featurename:WAS-WindowsActivationService
> > /featurename:WAS-NetFxEnvironment /featurename:WAS-ConfigurationAPI
> > /featurename:NetFx3 /featurename:WCF-HTTP-Activation";
> > }
> > else if (platformVersion.Contains("6.1.760") &&
> > Os.IsWindowsServer())
> > {
> > // Windows Server 2008 R2
> > cmdLineParameters = "/Online /NoRestart
> > /Enable-Feature /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole
> > /featurename:IIS-CommonHttpFeatures /featurename:IIS-StaticContent
> > /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole /featurename:IIS-ApplicationDevelopment
> > /featurename:IIS-ISAPIFilter /featurename:IIS-ISAPIExtensions
> > /featurename:IIS-NetFxExtensibility /featurename:IIS-ASPNET
> > /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole /featurename:IIS-Security
> > /featurename:IIS-RequestFiltering /featurename:IIS-WindowsAuthentication
> > /featurename:NetFx3 /featurename:WCF-HTTP-Activation";
> > }
> > else if (platformVersion.Contains("6.2.920") &&
> > !Os.IsWindowsServer())
> > {
> > // Windows 8
> > cmdLineParameters = "/Online /NoRestart
> > /Enable-Feature /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole
> > /featurename:IIS-CommonHttpFeatures /featurename:IIS-StaticContent
> > /featurename:IIS-ApplicationDevelopment /featurename:IIS-ISAPIFilter
> > /featurename:IIS-ISAPIExtensions /featurename:IIS-NetFxExtensibility45
> > /featurename:IIS-ASPNET45 /featurename:IIS-Security
> > /featurename:IIS-RequestFiltering /featurename:IIS-WindowsAuthentication
> > /featurename:NetFx4-AdvSrvs /featurename:NetFx4Extended-ASPNET45
> > /featurename:WCF-Services45 /featurename:WCF-HTTP-Activation45 /All";
> > }
> > else if (platformVersion.Contains("6.2.920") &&
> > Os.IsWindowsServer())
> > {
> > // Windows Server 2012
> > cmdLineParameters = "/Online /NoRestart
> > /Enable-Feature /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole
> > /featurename:IIS-CommonHttpFeatures /featurename:IIS-StaticContent
> > /featurename:IIS-ApplicationDevelopment /featurename:IIS-ISAPIFilter
> > /featurename:IIS-ISAPIExtensions /featurename:IIS-NetFxExtensibility45
> > /featurename:IIS-ASPNET45 /featurename:IIS-Security
> > /featurename:IIS-RequestFiltering /featurename:IIS-WindowsAuthentication
> > /featurename:NetFx4 /featurename:NetFx4Extended-ASPNET45
> > /featurename:WCF-Services45 /featurename:WCF-HTTP-Activation45 /All";
> > }
> >
> > var system32Directory =
> >
> Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Windows),
> > "system32");
> > if (Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem &&
> > !Environment.Is64BitProcess)
> > {
> > // For 32-bit processes on 64-bit systems,
> > %windir%\system32 folder
> > // can only be accessed by specifying
> > %windir%\sysnative folder.
> > system32Directory =
> >
> Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Windows),
> > "sysnative");
> > }
> >
> > // Windows 7 / 8 / 2008R2 / 2012
> > var cmdLineExe = Path.Combine(system32Directory,
> > "dism.exe");
> >
> > // Install Web Server features if missing
> > var runDismInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
> > {
> > UseShellExecute = true,
> > Arguments = cmdLineParameters,
> > FileName = cmdLineExe,
> > WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden,
> > CreateNoWindow = true
> > };
> >
> > // Run the external process & wait for it to finish
> > using (var runDismProc = Process.Start(runDismInfo))
> > {
> > runDismProc.WaitForExit();
> > }
> > }
> > catch (Exception ex)
> > {
> > WriteErrorLogInstall(session, "CheckWebServerRoles
> failed:
> > ", ex, true);
> > if (session != null)
> > {
> > session.Message(
> > InstallMessage.User + (int)MessageBoxIcon.Error +
> > (int)MessageBoxButtons.OK,
> > new Record { FormatString = productName + "
> failed
> > to install specific Web Server features\nException: " + ex.Message });
> > }
> >
> > return ActionResult.Failure;
> > }
> >
> > WriteSuccessLogInstall(session, "CheckWebServerRoles
> succeeded
> > to install specific Web Server features...", true);
> > return ActionResult.Success;
> > }
> >
> >
> > /// <summary>
> > /// The OS.
> > /// </summary>
> > private class Os
> > {
> > /// <summary>
> > /// The OS ANYSERVER.
> > /// </summary>
> > [SuppressMessage("StyleCop.CSharp.NamingRules",
> > "SA1310:FieldNamesMustNotContainUnderscore", Justification = "Reviewed.
> > Suppression is OK here.")]
> > // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
> > private const int OS_ANYSERVER = 29;
> > // ReSharper restore InconsistentNaming
> >
> > /// <summary>
> > /// Prevents a default instance of the <see cref="Os"/> class
> > from being created.
> > /// </summary>
> > private Os()
> > {
> > }
> >
> > /// <summary>
> > /// The is windows server.
> > /// </summary>
> > /// <returns>
> > /// The <see cref="bool"/>.
> > /// </returns>
> > public static bool IsWindowsServer()
> > {
> > return IsOS(OS_ANYSERVER);
> > }
> >
> > [DllImport("shlwapi.dll", SetLastError = true, EntryPoint =
> > "#437")]
> > private static extern bool IsOS(int os);
> > }
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Walter [mailto:jo...@twofold-software.com]
> > Sent: December-11-13 5:41 AM
> > To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [WiX-users] Help activating IIS using the DISM command
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am fairly new to the WiX installer but have been able to create an
> > install package that creates our website and installs all needed
> components
> > some being installed from other installers run from my bootstrapper.
> >
> > The one element I am having difficulties with is enabling IIS. We need to
> > have the ASPNET45 features enabled for our web page to operate so even if
> > the IIS is enabled on the destination PC I need to check the features
> that
> > are enabled. I can do this via the registry as each feature has an entry
> nd
> > so can build a DISM command line that only enabled the missing features.
> >
> > The problems I am having seem to come from inconsistencies with how the
> > DISM command run. Sometimes there are no errors and IIS is up and
> running,
> > sometimes I get error 0x800f0906 (this is concerning the source of the
> > files needed for the features being enabled) and sometimes the IIS is
> > installed but will only be running once the PC has been re-booted. The PC
> > in all cases was a clean freshly installed version of Windows 8 (32-Bit)
> > run as a virtual PC and reset after each attempt but using a snapshot so
> I
> > am reasonably confident that the PC in all cases was the same.
> >
> > Can anyone give me a clue as to where I can go from here as it seems the
> > only way for me to get round this reliably would be to give detailed
> > instructions as to how to enable IIS and what settings are required and
> get
> > the user to activate manually and only check that the required features
> are
> > turned on before installing the web site.
> >
> >
> > Example of the DISM command line
> >
> > DISM /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3
> > /featurename:NetFx4-AdvSrvs /featurename:NetFx4Extended-ASPNET45
> > /featurename:IIS-NetFxExtensibility45 /featurename:IIS-ASPNET45 /All
> >
> > --
> >
> > *John Walter*
> >
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