I have found an example for encrypting a web.config during installation here, but my app is a windows service. The aspnetreg_iis method works only for web.config files. I know how to programatically encrypt the config file, but I don't think I can do that using WiX. Am I wrong? Any ideas? ...
I've seen statements to the effect that it is possible, even commonplace, to reference an immediate custom action from a .wxs file, and to have that custom action schedule subsequent (deferred) custom actions. What I don't know is what the code looks like that does this. Anyone? ...
Anybody knows a good source to get an idea how to create this kind of a dialog? I'm well aware that I'll need to write some CA's for that but relatively new to WiX (used to work with InstallShield). TIA! ...
There was a challenging situation happened when i was working with install to provide product key validation. I had to use C++ unmanaged code to validate the key. Actually we had the main validation logic written in C# and I had to create a mixed project. Problem was not stopped only with these, it continued. Since I used VC++ code, it e...
DTF does not call the second action if the custom action assembly has more than one action. It always calls only the first action. As a workaround, I am using one action in one assembly. It works perfectly always. Do you have any idea on this issue? public class CustomActions { [CustomAction] public static ActionResult CustomA...
Hi All, I'm using a DTF immediate custom action. The Custom Action takes minimum of 5 minutes to perform its operation. Until that in the progress dialog, only the progress text is visible. The progress bar doesn't move at all. I set the ProgressText in the WiX file. How can i make the progress bar to move, so that it will be much user ...
How do I get Wix to include a CustomTable with no rows in the final MSI? If I simply define the table like this <CustomTable Id="MyTable"> <Column Id="Id" Type="string" Category="Identifier" PrimaryKey="yes"/> <Column Id="Root" Type="string"/> <Column Id="Key" Type="string"/> <Column Id="Name" Type="string"/> </CustomTable> Wi...
I am trying to put together an installer using WiX 3.0 and I'm unsure about one thing. I would like to use the FeaturesDlg dialog to allow the users to select features to install, but I need to be able to conditionally exclude some features from the list based on some input previously received, preferably from a managed Custom Action. I...
I can build a managed custom action just fine using the DTF tools (I.E MakeSfxCA.exe) My post build event command line looks like this: "%WIX%SDK\MakeSfxCA.exe" "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).CA.dll" "%WIX%SDK\x86\SfxCA.dll" "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).dll" "$(TargetDir)Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll" But wheneve...
Okay, I have decided the only way I can do what I want to do with WiX (thanks to an old installer I didn't write that I now have to upgrade) is with some CUSTOM ACTIONS. Basically, I need to back up a file before the RemoveExistingProducts and restore that file again after RemoveExistingProducts. I think this is what's called a "type 2...
I've outgrown the Sql Server custom actions available in WiX, so I'm taking the bold step of creating my own using Deployment Tools Foundation. I want to be a good citizen and make sure that mine support rollback. But what's the best way of doing it? I need to support SQL Server 2005 and later, all editions. The problem, as I see it, i...
I have a simple WiX (3.5.2030.0) installer on Windows 7 (Windows Installer 5.0.7600.16385 according to msiexec.exe's properties) that uses the supplied custom action for creating a SQL database. When I run the MSI by itself, or run it in a transaction in a C# setup bootstrapper (using DTF for the interop), it works correctly. When I ru...