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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"> &lt...
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...
Selfassertion asked 12/1, 2010 at 20:0

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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 (...
Busty asked 23/1, 2009 at 0:29

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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...
Fidelfidela asked 12/11, 2009 at 17:12

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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...
Erleena asked 4/9, 2009 at 15:24

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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...
Manicotti asked 25/8, 2009 at 9:50

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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'...
Jotting asked 5/8, 2009 at 2:52

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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...
Iolite asked 30/7, 2009 at 14:35

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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...
Boots asked 13/5, 2009 at 23:54

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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...
Seng asked 31/1, 2009 at 22:44

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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...
Porringer asked 2/4, 2009 at 17:12

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