New Post: Check .NET is installed
Just played with Wix# installer for the first time and... I have to say I am impressed by its simplicity! :) Why can't Microsoft come up with something like that?! Anyhow I have 2 question: how can I...
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Thanks for the reply. What I meant by "create an admin install" was: Can I set the "...list of properties that are set at the time of an administration installation"?"The ADMIN action is the top-level...
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I have a ui that I have used for plain Wix setup WixUI_NoEULAInstallDir.wxs which is the built in InstallDir UI with the EULA removed. I would like to use this UI in my WixSharp setup, but cannot...
View ArticleNew Post: Check .NET is installed
Is per CodeProject answer :) You need to have a look at <Wix# Samples>\LaunchConditions. It demonstrates how to detect specific version of .NET and make is an installation...
View ArticleNew Post: custom ui
The simplest way to proceed is to call Compiler.BuildMsiCmd instead of Compiler.BuildMsi. This way you will be able to inspect both WiX file and the batch file invoking the candle and light. This can...
View ArticleNew Post: Admin Installs
OK. I see. Currently only InstallExecuteSequence and InstallUISequence are supported. It is not a problem to extend the enum but I am not fully convinced it is the MSI feature that makes sense to bring...
View ArticleNew Post: Admin Installs
Thanks for doing this. We use the Admin install extensively in the Enterprise environment where the users do not know the values for the properties needed to install the application - but the admin...
View ArticleNew Post: Admin Installs
It is done in the today release (v1.0.6.0). I have added an AdminInstall sample that demonstrates how to use the technique. Please note that the sample is intended to demonstrate how to ensure a proper...
View ArticleNew Post: IIS website and windows service installation
Firstly I'd like to congratulate you on the excellent solution Wix# is for everybody trying to implement setups and I hope I'll be a helping hand in the future improvement. While developing a setup...
View ArticleNew Post: IIS website and windows service installation
Thank you for your feedback. Indeed there can a lot improvements to the existing functionality . Particularly related to IIS. Please send my your code and I will process and incorporate as much as...
View ArticleNew Post: Code Signing
Just want to report that while the "Signing" sample was of great help, the code didn't work with "signtool not found error. In the end I implemented that method (which inject the path to...
View ArticleNew Post: 64-bit merge module problems
Hi I really love this solution! But now I'm stuck and getting the following message: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Merge Modules\Microsoft_VC110_CRT_x64.msm' is a 64-bit merge module but the...
View ArticleNew Post: .Net 4.5
I love this product but why we have to use .Net 3.5? We use it for building a custom ui installer of our project which is based on .Net 4.5.1 and we need some of its component in the setup project but...
View ArticleNew Post: IIS website and windows service installation
diff --git a/src/WixSharp/CommonTasks.cs b/src/WixSharp/CommonTasks.cs index 3c3ab13..bcdec5a 100644 --- a/src/WixSharp/CommonTasks.cs +++ b/src/WixSharp/CommonTasks.cs @@ -383,6 +383,26 @@ namespace...
View ArticleNew Post: Code Signing
I just extended the buit-in wll-known locations of the SignTool.exe with your extra path to allow a better probing for the tool executable. I also added an optional parameter to...
View ArticleNew Post: .Net 4.5
"Target Framework" is set to "v3.5" as the lower CLR version will help avoid potential conflicts during the installation (e.g. target system has .NET v3.5 only). But you can change it and use v4.5 if...
View ArticleNew Post: 64-bit merge module problems
Can you please describe what exactly you are doing and what tool emits the error message.
View ArticleNew Post: Automatic Versioning
First I include a shared Link .cs file and tried to get version number with var ava = (System.Reflection.AssemblyVersionAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(typeof(Script).Assembly,...
View ArticleNew Post: Automatic Versioning
> ...any tip on how to get the version from the attribute of the files to install? The more reliable way of extracting the file version is as follows:staticpublic Version GetFileVersion(string file)...
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