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For issues relating to deployment using Windows Installer XML, version 3.

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WIX buttons / pop up dialogs

Is there a way to add a button to a WIX custom UI? More importantly as well how do I make it spawn a dialog? Something like this, I get an error when doing…
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Windows installer log files showing a large group 2360 messages

I am trying to run an installer using the MSI command line option so that I can run it in debug mode and see the logs. The logs that I am getting are quite large (near to 1 MB) and they are full of the following messages: MSI (s) (F8:5C)…
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Wix: Install fragment to several locations

Possible Duplicate: Features installed to different locations but referencing the same components I have a wix installer which installs several web services. After the services are installed I need to install some kind of plugins to each binary…
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WIX where can i find WixUi_en-us file?

I have installed Wix 3.5 and i want to customize some dialogs, where can i find WixUi_en-us file?
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Error while checking for the user rights at the selection of a radiobutton and clicking the next button

I have a scenario in which i check for the user rights (whether a standard user or admin): i am using something like:
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WiX minor upgrade doesn't remove old Shortcut

The following steps had been performed: Setup1.msi had been built in VS2005 + WiX 3.0 (.NET Framework 2.0). Version 1.0.0.0 had been installed by Setup1.msi. For the purpose of minor upgrade a Setup2.msi had been built (Setup2.msi differs from…
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Wix Error 1920 - While updating with a lower version the setup removes the installed version on error instead of rolling it back

I have two versions of setup say v1 and v2. Both of them are run using the same privilages and both of them install and start a service - which is also the same. When I install v1 first and then v2 everything works fine. The setup prompts to stop…
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Wix: How can I set the property after CustomAction? Do I need CustomAction?

I want to install a plugin with the Wix Setup. On the computer, there could be installed more versions of the application, so the user has to decide, which version should be used. The applications are written in the registry in this…
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Showing a Download link in WIX Condition Message

I have created a WIX Installer. One of the prerequisite for the Installer is that ASOLEDB(Microsoft Utility) should be Installed. I am able to find out whether ASOLEDB is Installed or not. If it is not present, I want to show a message to the user…
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Building Wix 3.0 upgrade and patch

1)What are the best practices of building, patches? 2)Is it possible to build patch between major upgrade(Product code is changed) build? 3)How to ship content(static files) update for a product We tried to do this through patch but is was taking…
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WiX - How do I copy existing files to a subdirectory before installed files of the same name overwrite them?

I have some file at Program\file.json, and I want my .msi to copy the file to Program\Backup\file.json before installing a new file at Program\file.json so that the old data is not lost. I tried writing a Program\backup.bat which copies…
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How can I suppress "this action is only valid for products that are currently installed" upon running msiexec /x to non-existing item?

I am attempting to make sure certain software does not exist before installing the newer version. Long story short, vendor requires me to do so, and although they recommend me to repair after install, that causes other issues such as undesirable…
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Wix Toolset - Cannot create/install patch with fewer files/components than the original msi package

I have few locations on the field for which the initial .msi is same having about 2000 files (of multiple file types). However, I will have to send patches to few of the locations depending on the need so the patch should consist of fewer files…
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Maintaining database at client side

Client side: I have a desktop application. The application also has a Sqlite file. I installed it using WIX Toolset on a client machine. When I enter some data in application it gets saved in the database file. Server side: I made some changes to my…
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How to get the value of INSTALLDIR in wix

Am copying files to INSTALLDIR using wix. And how do i get the path of copied file location. I want to use the value(path) of INSTALLDIR. Thanks in Advance
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