installanywhereExpert created the topic: Magic Folders in InstallAnywhere InstallAnywhere uses Magic Folders to define installation locations. These Magic Folders are a way of keeping track of installation locations. InstallAnywhere can install to any Magic Folder or sub-folder of a Magic Folder. Magic Folders represent a specific location, such as the user selected installation folder, the…
installanywhereExpert created the topic: SpeedFolders in InstallAnyewhere Using SpeedFolders will dramatically increase installation speed and memory efficiency. Similar to folders that are added to a project using the Add Files method, SpeedFolders represent a container of other folders and files that are to be installed on the destination computer. SpeedFolders are a pointer to a…
installanywhereExpert created the topic: InstallAnywhere Variables During installation, InstallAnywhere keeps track of dynamic values through the use of variables. Almost every dynamic value in InstallAnywhere, such as the path that a Magic Folder refers to, is represented by an InstallAnywhere Variable. Variables may be modified or accessed in order to affect the functionality or behavior…
installanywhereExpert created the topic: Installer Sub-Projects: Merge Modules in InstallAnywhere Merge Modules are essentially installer sub-projects that can be created independently of one another and later merged together. A Merge Module is a reusable collection of installation functionality. A Merge Module is just like an installer, complete with features, components, panels, actions, and files. However,…
installanywhereExpert created the topic: Action Groups in InstallAnywhere Action Groups make InstallAnywhere projects more manageable and easier to understand. They allow the developer ability to logically group a set of actions or panels in Pre-Install, Post-Install, Pre-Uninstall and Post-Uninstall. Rules applied to the Action Group affect all the actions or panels contained inside it. They…
installanywhereExpert created the topic: Templates in InstallAnywhere A template is the starting point for every new installer project. A template can be a simple empty project, or it can contain everything a regular project would contain, such as license agreements, custom graphics and billboards, and even files.
installanywhereExpert created the topic: Project File in InstallAnywhere InstallAnywhere stores every project in its own XML file. These XML-based project files can be checked in and out of source control systems, and can be modified with text and XML editors. For added flexibility, project files may also be modified using XSL transformations, providing the ability…
installanywhereExpert created the topic: Application doesn’t get install in passive/silent mode I’m working on an application now and came across this issue.I have a Setup.exe, Setup.ini and an MSI inside the source. First i’ve tried creating an admin install [Setup.exe /a], and i got an MSI out of it. When i install the MSI manually,…
installanywhereExpert created the topic: Appliction Error once Installation is completed. We have Installer created in Wise Script. Once the installer is over then it gives application error i.e Setup.exe stopped working. I checked the event viewer it say it is an application error and contens of log are following: Faulting application Setup.exe, version 1.0.0.0, faulting…
created the topic: Installer VISE for Windows F.A.Q:How do I create an Active Web Installer? The first step is to create a Build Target. * From the Archive menu, select Build Targets. * In the Build Targets dialog click Add. * In the Add Build Target dialog, type in a name for the build target,…
created the topic: Installer VISE for Windows F.A.Q:What is a byte-range web installer? A byte-range web installer is an Active Web Installer that does not involve the complexities of assigning files and folders to different file groups. All data is compressed into a single file, and when the installer is run, only the files that…
created the topic: HP Radia Basics The purpose of this post is to provide a basic idea about HP Radia technology.Hope this will be interesting for you!!! HP Radia is basically a complete deployment solution,where as we can repackages applications too.We can create Radia native packages and publish MSIs and Setup files to Radia Database…
InstallerExpert created the topic: What is Windows Installer The Windows Installer (previously known as Microsoft Installer[1]) is an engine for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software on modern Microsoft Windows systems. The installation information, and often the files themselves, are packaged in installation packages, loosely relational databases structured as OLE Structured Storage Files and…
InstallerExpert created the topic: Installer that removes old version I have a .net build msi. I have imported it into Wise Installer Edition. All I want the installer to do is have it remove any previous versions and install this version. I would also like it to be passive, where it just shows progress bars…
deployexpert created the topic: Create Language Transform I am trying to create language transform, as I want Portuguese:1046, language. I took blank msi, I changed language in it, then compiled it, I got Portuguese msi. Now I want those changes in transform… So I took MSITRAN.EXE, and used following commandline to create transform, msitran.exe [old…
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msiexpert created the topic: Shortcut trigges self healing in Admin modeShortcut trigges self healing in Admi Hi, My source file is setup.exe. I have captured it and created the .msi file. I have to check either the previous application exists or not. If so, I have to uninstall this first. So, I have created the…
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InstallerGeek created the topic: Passing installation parameter to exe Hi, Here is the relevant lines from the wxs file: How do I pass installtion parameters to preagent.exe? For example “preagent.exe -d d:\tmp” applicationPackaging replied the topic: Re: Passing installation parameter to exe Preagent.exe is a file you are installing, using for configuration, or both? You…
InstallerGeek created the topic: Install external program from CDROM drive I searched all over the Wix but couldn’t find anywhere how to install application from cdrom drive. I have wix install which should install SQL Server 2008 based on user selection. Say, if user selects client install I don’t have to install SQL Server but…
InstallerGeek created the topic: Using Heat multiple times => Duplicate symbols Hello all, I am using heat to generate the source for two .wixlibs which are lighted together with some other pieces to form my final MSI. Heat is used on two different directories at build time. One of these directories holds all of my…
InstallerGeek created the topic: Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7 The right substitute for Vista/XP like Quick Launch shortcut is to make the link pinned to the taskbar (IMO). > > It appears as simple as putting the shortcut in User Pinned\TaskBar subfolder of Quick Launch folder in Windows 7. > > >…
applicationPackaging created the topic: Newbie issue with custom input I am running WiX version 3.0.5419.0. I am building an installer for a program that transforms data. The program reads data from an input directory and writes the transformed data to an output directory. I want the user to be able to specify the input and…
applicationPackaging created the topic: Build WixUtilExtension.dll I want to build WixUtilExtension.dll from wix sources. So first i tried to build util.wixlib , but that has references to caerr.wxi, wixca.dll and other files. Not , I am trying to build wixca.dll from wix sources. But haven’t been able to do so yet. I did go through…
applicationPackaging created the topic: performing actionsonly on remove Hi: I need to perform certain actions, show a dialog and read registry values only when Iamremoving a product. Is there a property to help me do this? Cheers
installanywhereExpert created the topic: what is Instyler Setup? Instyler Setup is an application to create reliable Windows Installer (MSI) packages based on WiX technology. The product targets everyone who needs a solid Windows Installer based installation for their product or any kind of deployment project. Unlike other utilities, Instyler Setup does not require in-depth MSI…
InstallerExpert created the topic: 32/64-bit setups Hi: Is it possible to build one msi package that runs natively on both 32and 64 bit setups using Wix? If yes how wouldthis be done? If no is it possible to set pre-processor defines with the votive ui for specific configurations?
InstallerExpert created the topic: differentiating between COM & C++ dlls from installerdatabase (.msi) Hi, Is there a way that I could differentiate between COM & C++ DLL by looking into the installer database file (.msi), I know that all .NET components are maintained in msiAssembly table but I think both COM & C++ files are…