New Post: Depedent DLL
The 'WinService_InstallUtil' shows how to access installed files at the end of installation while being elevated. This is what you are looking for. However, managing licences is a typical configuration...
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Is there a way to determine if a prerequisite needs to be installed by looking at the value of a registry key (e.g. .Net Framework 4.5.1) for a NativeBootstrapper? It looks like...
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Is there a way to pass command line arguments when using the native bootstrappers ? I'm setting "PrerequisiteFile" pointing on my executable and it launches it, but I can't add any parameters required...
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What I am trying to do is run the installutil that is supposed to execute the install Class in my exe. I tried to use new InstalledFileAction("TEST.exe", "", Return.check, When.After,...
View ArticleNew Post: Depedent DLL
Your struggle is a typical reason why this sort of activity should be implemented outside of the installer. You have a problem and nothing you can do about it but just brain-storm it. :( You cannot...
View ArticleNew Post: .PrerequisiteRegKeyValue Value Check
Native bootstrapper is a very simple application fro a very limited use-case. It doesn't check the registry entry value but only the registry entry presence. If you want to change it then you will need...
View ArticleNew Post: Installing Visual Studio runtime and SQL Express dependencies along...
Unfortunately no. See me second comment here: https://wixsharp.codeplex.com/discussions/638130
View ArticleNew Post: Installing Visual Studio runtime and SQL Express dependencies along...
I managed to get it all working using the simplified bootstrapping approach. My only remaining concern is too remove the UAC windows when launching installer .exe using Process.Start() in my...
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New Post: Building WiXSharp
I ran into to some missing files when attempting to compile the WixSharp project. This was from a fresh clone of the repo/master branch. Thanks -james
View ArticleNew Post: Updating a website
Hi I'am in the process to write installers for our websites. A basic wish is that we should be able to install a new site with some default values ex. a specific apppool with initial values. That part...
View ArticleNew Post: Support for DifxApp/Driver Install
Hi, I went through the documentation and couldn't find any sample for installing a driver package. Is there support for driver installs (difx:driver XML tag), and if yes, can you show me an example of...
View ArticleNew Post: Suppress ICE Errors
Is there any way to suppress ICE errors? Thanks in advance.
View ArticleNew Post: Updating a website
The current Wix# implementation inserts the WebSite element into Product element. Currently you have to deal with XML if you want to move it into Component element. It is relatively simple: WebSite =...
View ArticleNew Post: Suppress ICE Errors
You can set LightOptions and supress either all or some specific validations: Compiler.LightOptions += " -sice:<ICE>"; //or Compiler.LightOptions += " -sval";
View ArticleNew Post: Suppress ICE Errors
Thanks a ton. I didn't realize it was expecting the command line options as described here: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/overview/light.html.
View ArticleNew Post: .PrerequisiteRegKeyValue Value Check
Thanks a ton. I pulled the source and ended up digging down into nbsbuilder.exe. I was not happy with the end result. Seemed like a hack job. Ultimately, I decided to go with the solution described by...
View ArticleNew Post: Support for DifxApp/Driver Install
There is no direct support for driver installation. So you have to inject it: project.WixExtensions.Add("WixDifxAppExtension.dll");...
View ArticleNew Post: .PrerequisiteRegKeyValue Value Check
Agree. nbsbuilder was an experiment. It was done when people hesitated to have an "unorthodox" MSI. As for me 'Simplified Bootstrapper" (that Crazychief solution) covers pretty much all your needs....
View ArticleNew Post: Support for DifxApp/Driver Install
Thank you for the reply. This is really useful information. Out of curiosity, are there any plans to support DifxAppExtension natively in Wix#? Regards, Mridul.
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