wix3 Questions
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I'm having a bit of a brain melt at the moment where I have a WiX Combobox and when I change the selection I want to disable/enable other UI controls.
<ComboBox Property="SQLAUTHTYPE">
<...
Onfre asked 3/2, 2010 at 3:4
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I'm starting to use WiX in order to do automated builds to create msi's of my c# projects and am experiencing the error "Undefined preprocessor variable '$(var.MyProject.TargetDir)'"
I am using th...
Sattler asked 14/1, 2010 at 11:5
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I'm missing something obvious. How do you put the .dll's in a subdirectory called "bin" under your install directory? I'm trying to follow this tutorial:
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson5.ph...
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I have just started using WiX for the first time.
I added a WiX Votive project to my existing C project.
To automatically select the correct source folder for the binaries add used the following:...
Disini asked 22/12, 2009 at 22:17
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We've been using WiX for a while now, and despite the usual gripes about ease of use, it's going reasonably well. What I'm looking for is useful advice regarding:
Setting up a WiX project (...
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I'm trying to use heat on a web .csproj, and then use candle on the output. So far, I've done:
heat project "StatusReport Web.csproj" -pog:Binaries pog:Content -ag -out StatusReport.wxs
And then...
Fulsome asked 20/11, 2009 at 23:21
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I'm trying to create a setup project using WIX that will allow me to install multiple features of a single product. How can I update one of the installed features (which is independent of the other...
Ellanellard asked 16/11, 2009 at 18:52
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I'm making use of the Wix standard dialogs. How do I customise the text of the messages displayed?
For example, in the License Agreement page, I want to change the text "I accept the terms in the...
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Does anyone know if there are any WiX standard UI dialouges out there that you can use to integrate into your own WiX msi package?
For example:
Editing Connection Strings to database
Editing pat...
Handlebar asked 16/10, 2009 at 8:7
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Can I create a component with Wix that has files in different directories/subdirectories? Or all the files of a component should be in the same directory?
How do I set the XML for that?
Impression asked 21/10, 2009 at 18:59
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I'm trying to install a DMO which requires me to write to HKCR\DirectShow\MediaObjects\Categories\57f2db8b-e6bb-4513-9d43-dcd2a6593125, this registry path is protected by TrustedInstaller and it se...
Digraph asked 11/10, 2009 at 19:3
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When should I change or not change my component GUID in WIX? The Microsoft SDK information is confusing.
Glytzhkof edit: To clarify, the question deals with when a component GUID should be changed...
Disparate asked 10/9, 2009 at 12:49
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I am using WIX 3. I have used heat to create a wxs file for a VB6 dll. The msi creates without any errors, and the installation is successful as well.
All seems to be fine, and I can invoke the c...
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More specifically I want to test whether Oracle ODP.Net is installed on a machine. I want to do this by testing for the HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ODP.NET registry key.
The actual values used by ODP.Net...
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I'm just starting out with WiX 3 and can't figure out why it can't understand the Icon attributes in my .wsx file. I get the error message:
Error 2
Unresolved reference to symbol 'Icon:Sample.exe'...
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When my application is uninstalled, the server needs to be notified so that it can free up the license key assigned to the client. This is done via a web service call.
I created a C# custom actio...
Subdual asked 31/7, 2009 at 17:53
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What I would like to do is this:
<Property Id="LICENSEKEYPATH">
REMOVE~="ALL" AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE
<DirectorySearch Id="ProgramDataSearch" AssignToProperty="yes" Depth="4" Path=...
Stelu asked 31/7, 2009 at 23:9
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I am fairly new to WIX, so forgive me if I'm completly missing the boat here, but I was wondering if it was possible to reuse components (mwm,cab,etc) from within a wxs file without having light re...
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I'm exploring distribution of .NET desktop applications with MSI generated by WiX.
So far it works great. But I've got a few questions, googling can't help out with.
What's the advised way of reg...
Zoroaster asked 27/6, 2009 at 11:42
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When I uninstall my service I get the error where it says I have to stop such and such service before uninstalling. This is unsatisfactory - the uninstaller should automatically stop it.
I found a...
Contaminate asked 16/6, 2009 at 23:33
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I didn't find an explicit answer to this question in the WiX Documentation (or Google, for that matter). Of course I could just write the appropriate registry keys in HKCR, but it makes me feel dir...
Intoxicate asked 26/9, 2008 at 9:59
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I have a property for whether to install shortcuts that need to be passed via command line arguments. The conditions seem to work when I set the properties within the wxs file, but they seem to be ...
Bionics asked 13/5, 2009 at 16:19
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I am trying to setup my install to have my site configured with its certificate using WIX.
I can view the certificate in IIS and have access to the .cer file. That is about all I know about certif...
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I'm currently learning how to create msi installers using WiX and it seems I've hit a wall.
All is well when I create an MSI containing everything needed for a single environment.
I have features...
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In the spirit of this question by Si here: WiX tricks and tips. I am trying to determine the best way to get create wix fragments based on a directories. File harvesting, so to speak. For example u...
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