Installing certificates with WiX v2
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J. J. Farrell
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I'm using the release version of WiX v2 (2.0.5805.0) and need to install
a certificate to the local machine's Trusted Root Certification Authorities certificate store and the Trusted Publishers certificate store - the equivalent of certmgr.exe -add cert.cer -s -r localMachine root certmgr.exe -add cert.cer -s -r localMachine trustedpublisher Can the Certificate element in WiX v2 do this? I'm having trouble mapping the choices for StoreName onto the Microsoft terminology above. I guess that "root" is the Trusted Root store (as it is for certmgr) but what about Trusted Publishers? Is that what WiX calls "ca", or does WiX not support Trusted Publisher? The definition of "ca" in wix.chm is very similar to that of "root" ... I've a vague memory that installing certificates requires more than <Certificate /> and linking against sca.wixlib; can anyone remind me what else I need to do? Many Thanks, jjf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Rob Mensching-2
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TrustedPublishers was added to WiX *v3* jus this last week. No plan to add the feature to WiX v2 (since it is stable and we're not adding features there).
-----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeremy Farrell Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 14:57 To: WiX-users@... Subject: [WiX-users] Installing certificates with WiX v2 I'm using the release version of WiX v2 (2.0.5805.0) and need to install a certificate to the local machine's Trusted Root Certification Authorities certificate store and the Trusted Publishers certificate store - the equivalent of certmgr.exe -add cert.cer -s -r localMachine root certmgr.exe -add cert.cer -s -r localMachine trustedpublisher Can the Certificate element in WiX v2 do this? I'm having trouble mapping the choices for StoreName onto the Microsoft terminology above. I guess that "root" is the Trusted Root store (as it is for certmgr) but what about Trusted Publishers? Is that what WiX calls "ca", or does WiX not support Trusted Publisher? The definition of "ca" in wix.chm is very similar to that of "root" ... I've a vague memory that installing certificates requires more than <Certificate /> and linking against sca.wixlib; can anyone remind me what else I need to do? Many Thanks, jjf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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J. J. Farrell
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Thanks Rob, looks like Ugly CA Time again then ...
Regards, jjf > From: Rob Mensching > > TrustedPublishers was added to WiX *v3* jus this last week. > No plan to add the feature to WiX v2 (since it is stable and > we're not adding features there). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Farrell > > I'm using the release version of WiX v2 (2.0.5805.0) and need > to install > a certificate to the local machine's Trusted Root Certification > Authorities certificate store and the Trusted Publishers certificate > store - the equivalent of > > certmgr.exe -add cert.cer -s -r localMachine root > certmgr.exe -add cert.cer -s -r localMachine trustedpublisher > > Can the Certificate element in WiX v2 do this? I'm having trouble > mapping the choices for StoreName onto the Microsoft > terminology above. > I guess that "root" is the Trusted Root store (as it is for > certmgr) but > what about Trusted Publishers? Is that what WiX calls "ca", > or does WiX > not support Trusted Publisher? The definition of "ca" in > wix.chm is very > similar to that of "root" ... > > I've a vague memory that installing certificates requires more than > <Certificate /> and linking against sca.wixlib; can anyone remind me > what else I need to do? > > Many Thanks, > jjf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Alan Sinclair-2
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In the past I've found CAB files in the MSI's Binary table, and used Orca to extract the CAB, then used Windows Explorer to get at the contents. But the MSIs produced by the WiX toolset on a project I've inherited don't have a CAB visible anywhere. The binaries are definitely inside the MSI, though --the Wise Installation Studio manages to extract them-- so how do I get at them? Also, MSIs I've worked with before can be installed in Admin mode (msiexec /a ...) but with these MSIs, there's only a "Finished" dialog, and it took me a while to find that the files had been installed to Y:\ What do I need to do to make Admin installs manageable from a WiX MSI? (I'm still a WiX newb) Thanks (using WiX 2 stable with WixUI.wixlib and WixUI_en-us.wxl) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Bob Arnson-6
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Alan Sinclair wrote:
> In the past I've found CAB files in the MSI's Binary table, and used > Orca to extract the CAB, then used Windows Explorer to get at the > contents. But the MSIs produced by the WiX toolset on a project I've > inherited don't have a CAB visible anywhere. The binaries are definitely > inside the MSI, though --the Wise Installation Studio manages to extract > them-- so how do I get at them? > Embedded cabs are stored as a stream in the .msi. You can use the Dark tool in WiX (or admin installs) to extract the files. > Also, MSIs I've worked with before can be installed in Admin mode > (msiexec /a ...) but with these MSIs, there's only a "Finished" dialog, > and it took me a while to find that the files had been installed to Y:\ > What do I need to do to make Admin installs manageable from a WiX MSI? > The built-in UI doesn't have support for admin-image directory selection, but you can use the command line to specify properties like TARGETDIR. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Alan Sinclair-2
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Thanks!
-----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:32 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Alan Sinclair wrote: > In the past I've found CAB files in the MSI's Binary table, and used > Orca to extract the CAB, then used Windows Explorer to get at the > contents. But the MSIs produced by the WiX toolset on a project I've > inherited don't have a CAB visible anywhere. The binaries are > definitely inside the MSI, though --the Wise Installation Studio > manages to extract > them-- so how do I get at them? > Embedded cabs are stored as a stream in the .msi. You can use the Dark tool in WiX (or admin installs) to extract the files. > Also, MSIs I've worked with before can be installed in Admin mode > (msiexec /a ...) but with these MSIs, there's only a "Finished" > dialog, and it took me a while to find that the files had been > installed to Y:\ What do I need to do to make Admin installs manageable from a WiX MSI? > The built-in UI doesn't have support for admin-image directory selection, but you can use the command line to specify properties like TARGETDIR. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Alan Sinclair-2
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Is there any other way to get the .cab out of the .msi? (I know about
NTFS file streams, but this must be something else.) Unfortunately dark gets an exception when extracting the files from our MSI, and even from the Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi. It's ok without the /x option. This is dark.exe version 2.0.5805.0 (from both WiX 2 and WiX 3 (not the latest WiX 3)) Is it useful/appropriate to submit this as a bug? I'm guessing it's maybe something specific to my WiX installation, because presumably dark is working for other people. This is what dark says: F:\b2\depot\dev\alan\ctxprodcodes\temp > dark /x f:\bin Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi wix.xml Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Decompiler Version 2.0.5805.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved. Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi dark.exe : error DARK0001 : Could not find file 'f:\bin\extract\1\lt0x6ngl.con'. Exception Type: System.IO.FileNotFoundException Stack Trace: at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessFileTable(XmlWrite r writer, String component, String keyPath, String componentPathShort, String componentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessComponentRecord(Xm lWriter writer, String directory, String rootPathShort, String rootPathLong, Record record) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessComponentTable(Str ing directory, String rootPathShort, String rootPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessProductElement(Boo lean writeDocumentElements) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.Decompile(String inputPath, String outputPath) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Dark.Run(String[] args) Thanks -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:32 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Alan Sinclair wrote: > In the past I've found CAB files in the MSI's Binary table, and used > Orca to extract the CAB, then used Windows Explorer to get at the > contents. But the MSIs produced by the WiX toolset on a project I've > inherited don't have a CAB visible anywhere. The binaries are > definitely inside the MSI, though --the Wise Installation Studio > manages to extract > them-- so how do I get at them? > Embedded cabs are stored as a stream in the .msi. You can use the Dark tool in WiX (or admin installs) to extract the files. > Also, MSIs I've worked with before can be installed in Admin mode > (msiexec /a ...) but with these MSIs, there's only a "Finished" > dialog, and it took me a while to find that the files had been > installed to Y:\ What do I need to do to make Admin installs manageable from a WiX MSI? > The built-in UI doesn't have support for admin-image directory selection, but you can use the command line to specify properties like TARGETDIR. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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jBrenton
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Can these streams be accessed from an extension dll/customaction? It could
give some real convenient features and full installer control that way. -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Alan Sinclair Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Is there any other way to get the .cab out of the .msi? (I know about NTFS file streams, but this must be something else.) Unfortunately dark gets an exception when extracting the files from our MSI, and even from the Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi. It's ok without the /x option. This is dark.exe version 2.0.5805.0 (from both WiX 2 and WiX 3 (not the latest WiX 3)) Is it useful/appropriate to submit this as a bug? I'm guessing it's maybe something specific to my WiX installation, because presumably dark is working for other people. This is what dark says: F:\b2\depot\dev\alan\ctxprodcodes\temp > dark /x f:\bin Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi wix.xml Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Decompiler Version 2.0.5805.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved. Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi dark.exe : error DARK0001 : Could not find file 'f:\bin\extract\1\lt0x6ngl.con'. Exception Type: System.IO.FileNotFoundException Stack Trace: at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessFileTable(XmlWrite r writer, String component, String keyPath, String componentPathShort, String componentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessComponentRecord(Xm lWriter writer, String directory, String rootPathShort, String rootPathLong, Record record) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessComponentTable(Str ing directory, String rootPathShort, String rootPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessProductElement(Boo lean writeDocumentElements) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.Decompile(String inputPath, String outputPath) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Dark.Run(String[] args) Thanks -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:32 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Alan Sinclair wrote: > In the past I've found CAB files in the MSI's Binary table, and used > Orca to extract the CAB, then used Windows Explorer to get at the > contents. But the MSIs produced by the WiX toolset on a project I've > inherited don't have a CAB visible anywhere. The binaries are > definitely inside the MSI, though --the Wise Installation Studio > manages to extract > them-- so how do I get at them? > Embedded cabs are stored as a stream in the .msi. You can use the Dark tool in WiX (or admin installs) to extract the files. > Also, MSIs I've worked with before can be installed in Admin mode > (msiexec /a ...) but with these MSIs, there's only a "Finished" > dialog, and it took me a while to find that the files had been > installed to Y:\ What do I need to do to make Admin installs manageable from a WiX MSI? > The built-in UI doesn't have support for admin-image directory selection, but you can use the command line to specify properties like TARGETDIR. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Jason Ginchereau
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All binary streams including the "hidden" streams can be accessed from code via the _Streams table: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372919.aspx
Orca doesn't show it, but the table is queryable with MSI SQL like any other table. -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jason Brenton Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:46 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Can these streams be accessed from an extension dll/customaction? It could give some real convenient features and full installer control that way. -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Alan Sinclair Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Is there any other way to get the .cab out of the .msi? (I know about NTFS file streams, but this must be something else.) Unfortunately dark gets an exception when extracting the files from our MSI, and even from the Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi. It's ok without the /x option. This is dark.exe version 2.0.5805.0 (from both WiX 2 and WiX 3 (not the latest WiX 3)) Is it useful/appropriate to submit this as a bug? I'm guessing it's maybe something specific to my WiX installation, because presumably dark is working for other people. This is what dark says: F:\b2\depot\dev\alan\ctxprodcodes\temp > dark /x f:\bin Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi wix.xml Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Decompiler Version 2.0.5805.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved. Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi dark.exe : error DARK0001 : Could not find file 'f:\bin\extract\1\lt0x6ngl.con'. Exception Type: System.IO.FileNotFoundException Stack Trace: at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessFileTable(XmlWrite r writer, String component, String keyPath, String componentPathShort, String componentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessComponentRecord(Xm lWriter writer, String directory, String rootPathShort, String rootPathLong, Record record) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessComponentTable(Str ing directory, String rootPathShort, String rootPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessProductElement(Boo lean writeDocumentElements) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.Decompile(String inputPath, String outputPath) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Dark.Run(String[] args) Thanks -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:32 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Alan Sinclair wrote: > In the past I've found CAB files in the MSI's Binary table, and used > Orca to extract the CAB, then used Windows Explorer to get at the > contents. But the MSIs produced by the WiX toolset on a project I've > inherited don't have a CAB visible anywhere. The binaries are > definitely inside the MSI, though --the Wise Installation Studio > manages to extract > them-- so how do I get at them? > Embedded cabs are stored as a stream in the .msi. You can use the Dark tool in WiX (or admin installs) to extract the files. > Also, MSIs I've worked with before can be installed in Admin mode > (msiexec /a ...) but with these MSIs, there's only a "Finished" > dialog, and it took me a while to find that the files had been > installed to Y:\ What do I need to do to make Admin installs manageable from a WiX MSI? > The built-in UI doesn't have support for admin-image directory selection, but you can use the command line to specify properties like TARGETDIR. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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jBrenton
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Hmm, am I going to have to access these via a C++ component or homemade
wrapper, or is there an existing .net wrapper? -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jason Ginchereau Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:55 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? All binary streams including the "hidden" streams can be accessed from code via the _Streams table: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372919.aspx Orca doesn't show it, but the table is queryable with MSI SQL like any other table. -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jason Brenton Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:46 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Can these streams be accessed from an extension dll/customaction? It could give some real convenient features and full installer control that way. -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Alan Sinclair Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Is there any other way to get the .cab out of the .msi? (I know about NTFS file streams, but this must be something else.) Unfortunately dark gets an exception when extracting the files from our MSI, and even from the Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi. It's ok without the /x option. This is dark.exe version 2.0.5805.0 (from both WiX 2 and WiX 3 (not the latest WiX 3)) Is it useful/appropriate to submit this as a bug? I'm guessing it's maybe something specific to my WiX installation, because presumably dark is working for other people. This is what dark says: F:\b2\depot\dev\alan\ctxprodcodes\temp > dark /x f:\bin Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi wix.xml Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Decompiler Version 2.0.5805.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved. Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi dark.exe : error DARK0001 : Could not find file 'f:\bin\extract\1\lt0x6ngl.con'. Exception Type: System.IO.FileNotFoundException Stack Trace: at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessFileTable(XmlWrite r writer, String component, String keyPath, String componentPathShort, String componentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessComponentRecord(Xm lWriter writer, String directory, String rootPathShort, String rootPathLong, Record record) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessComponentTable(Str ing directory, String rootPathShort, String rootPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessProductElement(Boo lean writeDocumentElements) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.Decompile(String inputPath, String outputPath) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Dark.Run(String[] args) Thanks -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:32 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Alan Sinclair wrote: > In the past I've found CAB files in the MSI's Binary table, and used > Orca to extract the CAB, then used Windows Explorer to get at the > contents. But the MSIs produced by the WiX toolset on a project I've > inherited don't have a CAB visible anywhere. The binaries are > definitely inside the MSI, though --the Wise Installation Studio > manages to extract > them-- so how do I get at them? > Embedded cabs are stored as a stream in the .msi. You can use the Dark tool in WiX (or admin installs) to extract the files. > Also, MSIs I've worked with before can be installed in Admin mode > (msiexec /a ...) but with these MSIs, there's only a "Finished" > dialog, and it took me a while to find that the files had been > installed to Y:\ What do I need to do to make Admin installs manageable from a WiX MSI? > The built-in UI doesn't have support for admin-image directory selection, but you can use the command line to specify properties like TARGETDIR. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Alan Sinclair wrote:
> Unfortunately dark gets an exception when extracting the files from our > MSI, and even from the Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi. It's ok without the /x > option. This is dark.exe version 2.0.5805.0 (from both WiX 2 and WiX 3 > (not the latest WiX 3)) > If all you're interested in is the files, just use WiX v3's version of dark -- it doesn't have this problem. > Is it useful/appropriate to submit this as a bug? Please do. I can reproduce the problem. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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The Deployment Tools Foundation project was added to WiX a couple months ago. It includes a .NET wrapper for all the MSI APIs. When you install WiX3.msi, you get a link to DTF documentation on your Start menu.
Or if you have the MSI SDK, it has some tools you can use to extract streams. First use WiStream.vbs to list the streams, then use msidb.exe -d your.msi -x streamname -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jason Brenton Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:58 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Hmm, am I going to have to access these via a C++ component or homemade wrapper, or is there an existing .net wrapper? -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jason Ginchereau Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:55 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? All binary streams including the "hidden" streams can be accessed from code via the _Streams table: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372919.aspx Orca doesn't show it, but the table is queryable with MSI SQL like any other table. -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jason Brenton Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:46 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Can these streams be accessed from an extension dll/customaction? It could give some real convenient features and full installer control that way. -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Alan Sinclair Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Is there any other way to get the .cab out of the .msi? (I know about NTFS file streams, but this must be something else.) Unfortunately dark gets an exception when extracting the files from our MSI, and even from the Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi. It's ok without the /x option. This is dark.exe version 2.0.5805.0 (from both WiX 2 and WiX 3 (not the latest WiX 3)) Is it useful/appropriate to submit this as a bug? I'm guessing it's maybe something specific to my WiX installation, because presumably dark is working for other people. This is what dark says: F:\b2\depot\dev\alan\ctxprodcodes\temp > dark /x f:\bin Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi wix.xml Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Decompiler Version 2.0.5805.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved. Wix-3.0.4318.0.msi dark.exe : error DARK0001 : Could not find file 'f:\bin\extract\1\lt0x6ngl.con'. Exception Type: System.IO.FileNotFoundException Stack Trace: at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessFileTable(XmlWrite r writer, String component, String keyPath, String componentPathShort, String componentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessComponentRecord(Xm lWriter writer, String directory, String rootPathShort, String rootPathLong, Record record) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessComponentTable(Str ing directory, String rootPathShort, String rootPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessDirectoryTable(Xml Writer writer, String parent, String parentPathShort, String parentPathLong) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessProductElement(Boo lean writeDocumentElements) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.Decompile(String inputPath, String outputPath) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Dark.Run(String[] args) Thanks -----Original Message----- From: wix-users-bounces@... [mailto:wix-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:32 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where are binaries in MSIs from WiX? Alan Sinclair wrote: > In the past I've found CAB files in the MSI's Binary table, and used > Orca to extract the CAB, then used Windows Explorer to get at the > contents. But the MSIs produced by the WiX toolset on a project I've > inherited don't have a CAB visible anywhere. The binaries are > definitely inside the MSI, though --the Wise Installation Studio > manages to extract > them-- so how do I get at them? > Embedded cabs are stored as a stream in the .msi. You can use the Dark tool in WiX (or admin installs) to extract the files. > Also, MSIs I've worked with before can be installed in Admin mode > (msiexec /a ...) but with these MSIs, there's only a "Finished" > dialog, and it took me a while to find that the files had been > installed to Y:\ What do I need to do to make Admin installs manageable from a WiX MSI? > The built-in UI doesn't have support for admin-image directory selection, but you can use the command line to specify properties like TARGETDIR. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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