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Re: [WiX-users] Execute action during path installation

From: Brian Rogers <rogers.brian@gm...> - 2009-02-10 23:43

Hey Grigory,

I don't believe you are able to remove a file while patching. However, you
can change the file that you want to delete to a 0byte file. This will be
effectively the same. I don't have an example of how to run a custom action
but believe you just add a new action to your patch. There is a lot more
information to go with that. Please view Heaths blog.

http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2005/09/12/464047.aspx

Thanks,

Brian Rogers
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On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Grigory Konovalov <
Grigory.Konovalov@...> wrote:

> Hello All!
> I need remove file and execute custom action during patch installation. Is
> this possible? And if yes please give me small example.
>

[WiX-users] Setup logo size

From: Petr Moravsky <moravsky@li...> - 2009-02-10 23:22

I'm trying to customize my installer with a logo by adding WixUIDialogBmp
variable to WixUI_Minimal dialog set. I use a jpg logo sized 493x312 . The
issue is when the user turns on large fonts in Windows (120dpi), the
installer window size becomes 25% larger. The image gets stretched and looks
horrible. Is there way to specify different images for different font sizes?
Is there some other good workaround this issue? Is there a way to use vector
graphics? In general, are there any guidelines for the format, color depth
and other properties of the image? Also on the unrelated note I'm wondering
if there is line concatenation in WiX of some sort. I have some pretty long
strings in my installer and I would like to cut them into several pieces, so
that they all fit in editor window. Thank you.

 

--Petr

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional dialog after CustomizeDlg

From: Richard <legalize@xm...> - 2009-02-10 23:20

In article <4c9b3bd50902101415r3bb67619t182920cef1ef7e3a@...>,
    troy hostetter <troy.hostetter@...>  writes:

> Basically, I want the user to enter additional info if the Feature
> "FE__SPC.SiteProvisionService" is selected.  What happens is it always goes
> to VerifyReadyDlg.

Feature (or component) states in conditional expressions can't be used
until CostFinalize has been processed.  Instead, what you need to do
is subscribe to the feature selection events on the feature tree and
set a property when the appropriate feature has been selected and
reset that property when the feature is deselected.
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[WiX-users] Trying to schedule an event with schtasks under Local Service hangs installer.

From: Greg Silin <Greg.Silin@mi...> - 2009-02-10 23:13

Hi,

We have a custom action that attempts to create a task with schtasks.  It works fine, until we try to do it where user is NT AUTHORITY\LOCALSERVICE.    Then it appears to "hang" the installer.  It becomes unresponsive.

Environment:

-       Win 2003 Enterprise
-       .Net 3.5 (latest version)

Is this something that is a known issue?  A quick internet search didn't turn up much useful.

Thanks!
-greg

[WiX-users] (no subject)

From: John Cooper (Volt) <a-jcoop@mi...> - 2009-02-10 22:50

Back building my monster installer.  I have a troublesome spot.

During the linking of the final MSI, light.exe attempts to CAB about 0.5 G of msm.  At this juncture, 3.0.4923.0  gives me a LGHT0001 : Unable to find an entry point named 'CreateCabCancel' in DLL 'winterop.dll'.

So, is it necessary to have the msm's CABbed up?  Will leaving off the Disk Id's in the <Merge /> codes have this affect?

--
John M. Cooper

Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

From: John Cooper (Volt) <a-jcoop@mi...> - 2009-02-10 22:56

As an addendum, this LGHT0001 error did NOT bring light.exe to a screeching halt.  It continues to grind away at the remaining cabs.

--
John M. Cooper



-----Original Message-----
From: John Cooper (Volt) [mailto:a-jcoop@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:52 PM
To: wix-users@...
Subject: [WiX-users] (no subject)

Back building my monster installer.  I have a troublesome spot.

During the linking of the final MSI, light.exe attempts to CAB about 0.5 G of msm.  At this juncture, 3.0.4923.0  gives me a LGHT0001 : Unable to find an entry point named 'CreateCabCancel' in DLL 'winterop.dll'.

So, is it necessary to have the msm's CABbed up?  Will leaving off the Disk Id's in the <Merge /> codes have this affect?

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Re: [WiX-users] To CAB or not to CAB MSM Files

From: John Cooper (Volt) <a-jcoop@mi...> - 2009-02-10 22:59

I had to send to original message twice to get through security filter--looks like the subject line took a hit.

--
John M. Cooper




-----Original Message-----
From: John Cooper (Volt) [mailto:a-jcoop@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:52 PM
To: wix-users@...
Subject: [WiX-users] (no subject)

Back building my monster installer.  I have a troublesome spot.

During the linking of the final MSI, light.exe attempts to CAB about 0.5 G of msm.  At this juncture, 3.0.4923.0  gives me a LGHT0001 : Unable to find an entry point named 'CreateCabCancel' in DLL 'winterop.dll'.

So, is it necessary to have the msm's CABbed up?  Will leaving off the Disk Id's in the <Merge /> codes have this affect?

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Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

From: Rob Mensching <Rob.Mensching@mi...> - 2009-02-10 23:06

1.  The Merge Module spec says there is always a cabinet file.

2.  The LGHT001 error was fixed in a later build.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Cooper (Volt) [mailto:a-jcoop@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 14:57
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

As an addendum, this LGHT0001 error did NOT bring light.exe to a screeching halt.  It continues to grind away at the remaining cabs.

--
John M. Cooper



-----Original Message-----
From: John Cooper (Volt) [mailto:a-jcoop@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:52 PM
To: wix-users@...
Subject: [WiX-users] (no subject)

Back building my monster installer.  I have a troublesome spot.

During the linking of the final MSI, light.exe attempts to CAB about 0.5 G of msm.  At this juncture, 3.0.4923.0  gives me a LGHT0001 : Unable to find an entry point named 'CreateCabCancel' in DLL 'winterop.dll'.

So, is it necessary to have the msm's CABbed up?  Will leaving off the Disk Id's in the <Merge /> codes have this affect?

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Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

From: John Cooper (Volt) <a-jcoop@mi...> - 2009-02-10 23:09

Alright, I'll install the lastest.  Thanks.

--
John M. Cooper
Volt at Microsoft




-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:Rob.Mensching@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 3:06 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

1.  The Merge Module spec says there is always a cabinet file.

2.  The LGHT001 error was fixed in a later build.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Cooper (Volt) [mailto:a-jcoop@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 14:57
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

As an addendum, this LGHT0001 error did NOT bring light.exe to a screeching halt.  It continues to grind away at the remaining cabs.

--
John M. Cooper



-----Original Message-----
From: John Cooper (Volt) [mailto:a-jcoop@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:52 PM
To: wix-users@...
Subject: [WiX-users] (no subject)

Back building my monster installer.  I have a troublesome spot.

During the linking of the final MSI, light.exe attempts to CAB about 0.5 G of msm.  At this juncture, 3.0.4923.0  gives me a LGHT0001 : Unable to find an entry point named 'CreateCabCancel' in DLL 'winterop.dll'.

So, is it necessary to have the msm's CABbed up?  Will leaving off the Disk Id's in the <Merge /> codes have this affect?

--
John M. Cooper
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Re: [WiX-users] Getting File versions

From: siaj <meabrakadabra@gm...> - 2009-02-10 22:50

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:48 PM, siaj <meabrakadabra@...> wrote:

> Thanks Rob.
> For some reasoins I was getting preprocessor errors with using
> $(bind.FileVersion.IdOfFileToGetFileVersionFrom)" . Though
>  !(bind.FileVersion.IdOfFileToGetFileVersionFrom)" worked for me. Also I
> used
> !(bind.AssemblyPublicKeyToken.IdOfFileToGetFileVersionFrom)"  to get the
> public key token.
>
>
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2008/02/08/get-binder-variables-for-assemblies-without-installing-into-the-gac.aspx
>
> Thanks,
> Jai
>
>
> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:26:51 -0800
> From: Rob Mensching <Rob.Mensching@...>
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting File versions
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
>        <wix-users@...>
> Message-ID:
>        <
> DE33023B477FE44EAA71983F5279F6CE510FFC1E85@...
> >
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> You can use "$(bind.FileVersion.IdOfFileToGetFileVersionFrom)" and the
> linker will fill in that value with the version of the file.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: siaj [mailto:meabrakadabra@...]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 17:17
> To: wix-devs@...; wix-users@...
> Subject: [WiX-users] Getting File versions
>
> Hello,
> Is there a way we can find a file version dynamically while deployment ?.
> I
> have a dll to be deployed to the GAC and the dll version should be updated
> in the web.config file of the destination server. The issue is that dll
> version will change with every build and hence the version number going in
> web.config should change too.
>
> I want the installer to dynamically read the dll version and update the
> same
> in the web.config file. I guess I can do it using a vbs CA but was hoping
> if
> wix has a better way to do it.
>
> Thanks,
> saij
>

[WiX-users] Conditional dialog after CustomizeDlg

From: troy hostetter <troy.hostetter@gm...> - 2009-02-10 22:46

This is my first post to the user group.  I am having a problem getting a
custom dialog to conditionally appear after the CustomizeDlg, which is based
on the user selecting or not selecting a feature in the CustomizeDlg.

Here are my conditional statement(s) for CustomizeDlg:

            <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog"
Value="MaintenanceTypeDlg" Order="1">WixUI_InstallMode = "Change"</Publish>
            <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog"
Value="SetupTypeDlg" Order="2">WixUI_InstallMode = "InstallCustom"</Publish>
            <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog"
Value="ServiceUserCredentialsDlg"
Order="1"><![CDATA[(&FE__SPC.WindowsService=3)]]></Publish>
            <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog"
Value="VerifyReadyDlg" Order="2">1</Publish>

Basically, I want the user to enter additional info if the Feature
"FE__SPC.SiteProvisionService" is selected.  What happens is it always goes
to VerifyReadyDlg.

Here's my Feature definition:

            <Feature Id="FE__SPC.WindowsService" Title="Provisioning Windows
Service" Level="1" AllowAdvertise="no">
            ...

What I did was create a custom version of WiXUI_Mondo.wxs, and added the new
dialog, and then altered the Publish tags in order to determine when the
ServiceUserCredentialsDlg appears.

I am using WiX v3.0

Thanks,
- Troy

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0: how to create Quick Launch shortcut and Desktop shortcut?

From: Little Forest <little.forest@ym...> - 2009-02-10 22:45

Thanks Neil.

I ignored the ICE64. The Quick Launch shortcut got created.

But the problem is, we're going to attend "Microsoft Vista Certified" program soon. That means, sooner or later we'll have to fix this ICE64 issue. Otherwise, we can't pass MS's test. I spent hours in searching a solution. But it seems there is no decent solution for this "Quick Launch shortcut" thing. 

So I'm asking the community again:
Is there any way that I can create the Quick Launch shortcut but not violate ICE64?

Thank you all.

/Brian



________________________________
From: Neil Sleightholm <neil@...>
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 12:00:10 AM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0: how to create Quick Launch shortcut and Desktop shortcut?

To be honest I chose not to include the RemoveFolder elements as it didn't seem correct to potentially remove system folders and then I ignored the ICE64!

Neil

Neil Sleightholm
X2 Systems Limited
neil@... <mailto:neil@...> 


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From: Little Forest [mailto:little.forest@...]
Sent: Wed 04/02/2009 00:18
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0: how to create Quick Launch shortcut and Desktop shortcut?



Thanks Neil.

After hours searching, I found out this:
http://www.dizzymonkeydesign.com/blog/misc/adding-and-customizing-dlgs-in-wix-3/
I followed the instructions in the post above, and I added Desktop Shortcut support successful.
But, when I tried to followed the same way to add "Quick Launch shortcut", I got problems:
ICE64
Here is the code:
<Directory Id="AppDataFolder">
<Directory Id="Microsoft" Name="Microsoft">
<Directory Id="InternetExplorer" Name="Internet Explorer">
<Directory Id="QuickLaunchFolder" Name="Quick Launch" >
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>

..... ...
<DirectoryRef Id="QuickLaunchFolder">
<Component Id="QuickLaunchShortcut" Guid="32AB3786-02F5-45C8-9E6F-04A6041EB4FF">
<Condition>INSTALLQUICKLAUNCHSHORTCUT</Condition>
<RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="MyCompany\MyApp" Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
<RegistryValue Name="QuickLaunchSC" Value="1" Type="integer" KeyPath="yes"/>
</RegistryKey>
<Shortcut Id="QuickLaunchShortcut" Directory="QuickLaunchFolder"
                          Name="My App" ShortName="MyApp" Target="[INSTALLLOCATION]$(var.FileOutput)"/>
<RemoveFolder Id="RemoveQuickLaunchFolder" On="uninstall"/>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>




As you can see, I did add RemoveFolder for Component.But the compiler complaint that:
error LGHT0204: ICE64: The directory InternetExplorer is in the user profile but is not listed in the RemoveFile table.
error LGHT0204: ICE64: The directory Microsoft is in the user profile but is not listed in the RemoveFile table.
Question:
What can I do to remove these errors?
Thanks.
/Brian



________________________________
From: Neil Sleightholm <neil@...>
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@...>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:40:33 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0: how to create Quick Launch shortcut and Desktop shortcut?

For the desktop you can use a standard Windows Installer directory reference (see the SDK). For quick launch the only way I have found is to use this:
<Directory Id="AppDataFolder">
<Directory Id="Microsoft" Name="Microsoft">
<Directory Id="InternetExplorer" Name="Internet Explorer">
<Directory Id="QuickLaunchFolder" Name="Quick Launch" />
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>


Neil

Neil Sleightholm
X2 Systems Limited
neil@... <mailto:neil@...>


________________________________

From: Little Forest [mailto:little.forest@...]
Sent: Fri 30/01/2009 00:31
To: wix-users@...
Subject: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0: how to create Quick Launch shortcut and Desktop shortcut?



Hi,

In WiX 3.0, is there a way to create a Quick Launch shortcut and Desktop shortcut based on the user's choice?
I know there is a way to create a checkbox for "Launch Applition" option:
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/run_program_after_install.htm
I'm wondering if there is a way to create a checkbox for "Quick Luanch shortcut" and "Desktop shortcut" on the last page of installation.
Some code example are very welcome.
Thanks.
/Brian.


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[WiX-users] Getting started with Wix

From: Beth Hechanova <bhechanova@im...> - 2009-02-10 20:29

I am attempting to learn how to use Wix.  Per the front page of the Wix
Toolset that "strongly encourages" everyone to upgrade to the beta 3.0
build, that is what I downloaded.  However I am also trying to follow
the tutorial (http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/), but if I try to use the
scripts in that tutorial as is, I get compile/link errors (I believe b/c
they are written for 2.0).  So before I go much further, I want to be
sure that as someone trying to evaluate the tool for use in our
application, that I should actually be learning on the 3.0 version of
the tool.  Assuming this is the tool for my application, I would begin
using it immediately to create an installer for my application.  If it
is recommended to use v3.0, are there any tutorials that works with the
v3.0 of the toolset available?

 

If it matters, my installation isn't anything too involved.  Just pretty
basic stuff of copying a set of files to an install directory with
shortcuts.  I am looking at this tool as I am looking for a script
solution to creating an installer to integrate with my current
cruisecontrol.net and nant environment for building my application.  I
do not want to install visual studio on my build machine, and thus
creating a standard deployment project within the IDE is not going to
work.  Hopefully this toolset will provide the solution that I am
looking for.

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Beth


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Re: [WiX-users] Getting started with Wix

From: Rob Mensching <Rob.Mensching@mi...> - 2009-02-10 20:42

The WiX v2.0 toolset is Production/Stable. There are no changes being made to that codebase so it is a well known quantity.

The WiX v3.0 toolset is Release Candidate. We are very low on bugs and ramping down on development. It is very stable.  If you are running any older version of WiX v3, we ask that you upgrade to the latest build to help us find the remaining bugs.

The tutorial was written by a volunteer on WiX v2. WiX v3 has some small differences. I'm not aware of an effort to write a new tutorial for WiX v3 but I've heard rumors that the tutorial owner plans to update the current tutorial to v3 when WiX v3 is Production/Stable.

-----Original Message-----
From: Beth Hechanova [mailto:bhechanova@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:31
To: wix-users@...
Subject: [WiX-users] Getting started with Wix

I am attempting to learn how to use Wix.  Per the front page of the Wix
Toolset that "strongly encourages" everyone to upgrade to the beta 3.0
build, that is what I downloaded.  However I am also trying to follow
the tutorial (http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/), but if I try to use the
scripts in that tutorial as is, I get compile/link errors (I believe b/c
they are written for 2.0).  So before I go much further, I want to be
sure that as someone trying to evaluate the tool for use in our
application, that I should actually be learning on the 3.0 version of
the tool.  Assuming this is the tool for my application, I would begin
using it immediately to create an installer for my application.  If it
is recommended to use v3.0, are there any tutorials that works with the
v3.0 of the toolset available?

If it matters, my installation isn't anything too involved.  Just pretty
basic stuff of copying a set of files to an install directory with
shortcuts.  I am looking at this tool as I am looking for a script
solution to creating an installer to integrate with my current
cruisecontrol.net and nant environment for building my application.  I
do not want to install visual studio on my build machine, and thus
creating a standard deployment project within the IDE is not going to
work.  Hopefully this toolset will provide the solution that I am
looking for.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Beth

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Re: [WiX-users] Getting started with Wix

From: Brian Rogers <rogers.brian@gm...> - 2009-02-10 20:54

Hey Beth,

Just to add to this, you can look at the How To docs in v3.0.

http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/add_a_file.htm

Thanks,

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On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Beth Hechanova <bhechanova@...:

> I am attempting to learn how to use Wix.  Per the front page of the Wix
> Toolset that "strongly encourages" everyone to upgrade to the beta 3.0
> build, that is what I downloaded.  However I am also trying to follow
> the tutorial (http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/), but if I try to use the
> scripts in that tutorial as is, I get compile/link errors (I believe b/c
> they are written for 2.0).  So before I go much further, I want to be
> sure that as someone trying to evaluate the tool for use in our
> application, that I should actually be learning on the 3.0 version of
> the tool.  Assuming this is the tool for my application, I would begin
> using it immediately to create an installer for my application.  If it
> is recommended to use v3.0, are there any tutorials that works with the
> v3.0 of the toolset available?
>
>
>
> If it matters, my installation isn't anything too involved.  Just pretty
> basic stuff of copying a set of files to an install directory with
> shortcuts.  I am looking at this tool as I am looking for a script
> solution to creating an installer to integrate with my current
> cruisecontrol.net and nant environment for building my application.  I
> do not want to install visual studio on my build machine, and thus
> creating a standard deployment project within the IDE is not going to
> work.  Hopefully this toolset will provide the solution that I am
> looking for.
>
>
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Beth
>
>
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[WiX-users] CA Tools distro

From: Christopher Karper <christopher.karper@gm...> - 2009-02-10 19:40

Why aren't the the tools used for CA creation distributed in the binaries
release?

I always have trouble building from source, and I can't use the signed
version, but I need to use the MSBuild tasks, etc.

Is there a reason why these can't be added in the SDK folders?

Chris

Re: [WiX-users] CA Tools distro

From: Rob Mensching <Rob.Mensching@mi...> - 2009-02-10 20:07

What tools are you looking for?

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.karper@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:41
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] CA Tools distro

Why aren't the the tools used for CA creation distributed in the binaries
release?

I always have trouble building from source, and I can't use the signed
version, but I need to use the MSBuild tasks, etc.

Is there a reason why these can't be added in the SDK folders?

Chris
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Re: [WiX-users] CA Tools distro

From: Christopher Karper <christopher.karper@gm...> - 2009-02-10 20:15

The tools in the toolsrc folder.  FlattenXml, ResGen, XsdGen specifically.
Also, the dll containing the build tasks for these tools would be nice.
(WixBuild, presumably)

Chris

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Rob Mensching
<Rob.Mensching@...:

> What tools are you looking for?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.karper@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:41
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: [WiX-users] CA Tools distro
>
> Why aren't the the tools used for CA creation distributed in the binaries
> release?
>
> I always have trouble building from source, and I can't use the signed
> version, but I need to use the MSBuild tasks, etc.
>
> Is there a reason why these can't be added in the SDK folders?
>
> Chris
>
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Re: [WiX-users] CA Tools distro

From: Rob Mensching <Rob.Mensching@mi...> - 2009-02-10 20:29

Ahh, okay.  You don't need those to create a CustomAction.  We use them to create Extensions but you don't technically need them for that either.

Feel free to open a feature request to have them added, that way it won't be forgotten.

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.karper@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:15
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CA Tools distro

The tools in the toolsrc folder.  FlattenXml, ResGen, XsdGen specifically.
Also, the dll containing the build tasks for these tools would be nice.
(WixBuild, presumably)

Chris

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Rob Mensching
<Rob.Mensching@...:

> What tools are you looking for?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.karper@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:41
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: [WiX-users] CA Tools distro
>
> Why aren't the the tools used for CA creation distributed in the binaries
> release?
>
> I always have trouble building from source, and I can't use the signed
> version, but I need to use the MSBuild tasks, etc.
>
> Is there a reason why these can't be added in the SDK folders?
>
> Chris
>
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Re: [WiX-users] CA Tools distro

From: Christopher Karper <christopher.karper@gm...> - 2009-02-10 20:36

I apologize, I meant extensions.   I'm just stupid some days.   :-)

Chris

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Rob Mensching
<Rob.Mensching@...:

> Ahh, okay.  You don't need those to create a CustomAction.  We use them to
> create Extensions but you don't technically need them for that either.
>
> Feel free to open a feature request to have them added, that way it won't
> be forgotten.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.karper@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:15
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CA Tools distro
>
> The tools in the toolsrc folder.  FlattenXml, ResGen, XsdGen specifically.
> Also, the dll containing the build tasks for these tools would be nice.
> (WixBuild, presumably)
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Rob Mensching
> <Rob.Mensching@...:
>
> > What tools are you looking for?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.karper@...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:41
> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> > Subject: [WiX-users] CA Tools distro
> >
> > Why aren't the the tools used for CA creation distributed in the binaries
> > release?
> >
> > I always have trouble building from source, and I can't use the signed
> > version, but I need to use the MSBuild tasks, etc.
> >
> > Is there a reason why these can't be added in the SDK folders?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
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Re: [WiX-users] 64/32 bit builds

From: Alex Ivanoff <alex.ivanoff@sh...> - 2009-02-10 19:30

<Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder">


-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenenergy@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 13:26
To: wix-users
Subject: [WiX-users] 64/32 bit builds

I'm trying to build two packages from the same set of files - a 64 bit
and a
32 bit package.

I'm getting this when trying to build the 64 bit package:

    ICE80: This 64BitComponent ProductComponent uses 32BitDirectory
INSTALLLOCATION

The 64 bit executable is going into the same INSTALLLOCATION so I don't
understand what it's complaining about.

<Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"
Platform="$(var.Platform)"
/>
   ...
        <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
        <Directory Id="MSC" Name="$(var.programfilescompanydirname)">
            <Directory Id ="INSTALLLOCATION"
Name="$(var.programfilesdirname)">
            <Component Id="ProductComponent"
                Win64="$(var.win64)"
                Guid="{YOUR-GUID-HERE}">

How is INSTALLLOCATION a "32 bit directory"? How do I designate it a 64
bit
directory?


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Re: [WiX-users] 64/32 bit builds

From: Colin Fox <greenenergy@gm...> - 2009-02-10 20:12

Thanks Alex, that was the key.

I'm wondering now though, is it possible to create one MSI file to install
32 or 64 bit files, using conditionals within the MSI file?

A single install package would be so much nicer than two packages. But is it
possible?

Thanks
   Colin

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Alex Ivanoff <alex.ivanoff@...:

> <Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder">
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenenergy@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 13:26
> To: wix-users
> Subject: [WiX-users] 64/32 bit builds
>
> I'm trying to build two packages from the same set of files - a 64 bit
> and a
> 32 bit package.
>
> I'm getting this when trying to build the 64 bit package:
>
>    ICE80: This 64BitComponent ProductComponent uses 32BitDirectory
> INSTALLLOCATION
>
> The 64 bit executable is going into the same INSTALLLOCATION so I don't
> understand what it's complaining about.
>
> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"
> Platform="$(var.Platform)"
> />
>   ...
>        <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
>        <Directory Id="MSC" Name="$(var.programfilescompanydirname)">
>            <Directory Id ="INSTALLLOCATION"
> Name="$(var.programfilesdirname)">
>            <Component Id="ProductComponent"
>                Win64="$(var.win64)"
>                Guid="{YOUR-GUID-HERE}">
>
> How is INSTALLLOCATION a "32 bit directory"? How do I designate it a 64
> bit
> directory?
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>  cf
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Re: [WiX-users] 64/32 bit builds

From: Simon Dahlbacka <simon.dahlbacka@gm...> - 2009-02-10 20:18

> A single install package would be so much nicer than two packages. But is it
> possible?

AFAIK, no

> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Alex Ivanoff <alex.ivanoff@...:
>
>> <Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder">
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenenergy@...]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 13:26
>> To: wix-users
>> Subject: [WiX-users] 64/32 bit builds
>>
>> I'm trying to build two packages from the same set of files - a 64 bit
>> and a
>> 32 bit package.
>>
>> I'm getting this when trying to build the 64 bit package:
>>
>>    ICE80: This 64BitComponent ProductComponent uses 32BitDirectory
>> INSTALLLOCATION
>>
>> The 64 bit executable is going into the same INSTALLLOCATION so I don't
>> understand what it's complaining about.
>>
>> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"
>> Platform="$(var.Platform)"
>> />
>>   ...
>>        <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
>>        <Directory Id="MSC" Name="$(var.programfilescompanydirname)">
>>            <Directory Id ="INSTALLLOCATION"
>> Name="$(var.programfilesdirname)">
>>            <Component Id="ProductComponent"
>>                Win64="$(var.win64)"
>>                Guid="{YOUR-GUID-HERE}">
>>
>> How is INSTALLLOCATION a "32 bit directory"? How do I designate it a 64
>> bit
>> directory?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>  cf
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ------
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>> local
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>> and
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>> today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com
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>
>
> --
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Re: [WiX-users] Extract Binaries at Install Time

From: Brian Rogers <rogers.brian@gm...> - 2009-02-10 19:27

You will need to read from the binary table in an immediate custom action.
Then schedule a deferred custom action and pass the stream over. The
deferred custom action can write the file to disk but it can't read from the
MSI tables. The immediate custom action and read from the MSI tables but
can't write to disk.

Brian Rogers
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On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:20 AM, <greenaj@...> wrote:

> One thing I can think of, make sure the custom action is run in immediate
> mode, not deferred.
>
>
> ajgreen
>  ---- "Romeo Salayo Jr." <dfox.mxyzptlk@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to extract binaries at install time in able to use it during
> > installation only. I'm using C# DTF, the problem is I can't get
> > Record.GetStream() to work. It always write to a file with "[Binary
> data]"
> > and not the stream itself.
> >
> > Can anyone give an example on how to use GetStream() successfully? I just
> > need to extract binaries into a temporary file.
> >
> > We have VBS that works, but we are converting VBS CustomActions into C#
> DLL.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Romeo
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Re: [WiX-users] Extract Binaries at Install Time

From: Christopher Painter <chrpai@de...> - 2009-02-10 20:15

Have you considered adding the files as content to your DTF c# project?    DTF will handle the extraction of non-managed resources also for you.

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--- On Tue, 2/10/09, greenaj@... <greenaj@...> wrote:

> From: greenaj@... <greenaj@...>
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Extract Binaries at Install Time
> To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@...>
> Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 12:20 PM
> One thing I can think of, make sure the custom action is run
> in immediate mode, not deferred.
> 
> 
> ajgreen
> ---- "Romeo Salayo Jr."
> <dfox.mxyzptlk@...> wrote: 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm trying to extract binaries at install time in
> able to use it during
> > installation only. I'm using C# DTF, the problem
> is I can't get
> > Record.GetStream() to work. It always write to a file
> with "[Binary data]"
> > and not the stream itself.
> > 
> > Can anyone give an example on how to use GetStream()
> successfully? I just
> > need to extract binaries into a temporary file.
> > 
> > We have VBS that works, but we are converting VBS
> CustomActions into C# DLL.
> > 
> > Thank you!
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > Romeo
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