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I created an MSI InstalScript Project where i deploy a web based (ASP.NET) precompiled project copying the files during installation in the \inetpub\wwwroot\projectnamefolder, creating an AppPool and the virtual dir of course in the IIS. The setup works great in windows
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Has anyone been able to get Windows Installer to use the InstallUISequence table during removal?
I started with an MSI file produced by the Visual Studio msi builder, decompiled it into WiX source code and handcrafted it, but I cannot get the installer to use my UI during removal. It insists…
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Trying to install a Silverlight Update, a Java update or other software, I get this window:
[img]http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/6228/capturewq.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7798/capturelu.jpg[/img]
What could be the problem ?
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My daughter uses Word and at some point in the past tried to install a feature which needed the install CD. She no longer has the CD, figured she could live without the feature and cancelled the install.
However, every time she boots the computer it tries to resume the install and asks for the CD…
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I have a WIX installer that executes Custom Actions over the course of install. When I run the WIX installer, and it encounters its first Custom Action, the installer fails out, and I receive an error in the MSI log as follows:
Action start 12:03:53: LoadBCAConfigDefaults.
SFXCA: Extracting…
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Hi,
I have installed WIX 2.0 (and Votive). I need to create user defined custom actions using the Custom action project. I found the custom action project template in VS2008 when WIX 3.0 is installed. Now, i couldnt find any template in VS2005 with WIX 2.0.
Can anyone plz let me know how can i create…
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Hi,
I'm trying to detect if the user has selected the "All Users" or the "Just Me" radio during the install of my program. I have a custom action setup that overrides several methods (OnCommit, OnBeforeInstall, etc.). Right now I'm trying to find out this information during OnCommit.
I've read that…
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Hi,
I have a basic WIX custom action:
UINT __stdcall MyCustomAction(MSIHANDLE hInstaller)
{
DWORD dwSize=0;
MsiGetProperty(hInstaller, TEXT("MyProperty"), TEXT(""), &dwSize);
return ERROR_SUCCESS;
}
Added to the installer:
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I want my msi installer to generate a set of folders in a particular location and put a dummy file in each directory.
Currently I have the following CustomActions:
<CustomAction Id="SMC_SetPathToCmd" Property="Cmd" Value="[SystemFolder]cmd.exe"/>
<CustomAction Id="SMC_GenerateMovieFolders"…
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Is there any way to execute a custom action in WIX as soon as the first dialog (welcome) appears?
The requirement is to check prerequisites, and some of those require a custom action.
The custom action could be executed as we click to the next dialog, but then the standard WIX prereqs are determined…
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