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Has anyone else noticed text in dialog descriptions disappearing randomly? I'm using WiXUI_InstallDir and if I play around on the dialog for more than a few seconds, the dialog title description disappears. If I drag it off screen and back it's repainted and appears again. So the text isn't lost per se, it just stops getting painted for some reason. I'm on Windows XP SP3 w/ windows installer 3.01 (I believe).

Any help you could provide would be very much appreciated. (c: Thanks!

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David G. Hoyt wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed text in dialog descriptions disappearing randomly?

No. Have you seen it on any other version of Windows or MSI? (I'm
wondering if it's version-specific, though I developed WixUI originally
on XP/MSI 3.1, so...Video drivers are also a possibility, sadly.)

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I don't notice it on my win forms app or any other app that's running on the same machine - so I'm fairly sure it's WiX or MSI-related and not video card/driver-related. I found out that if I just leave the dialog up and do nothing, after several seconds it'll disappear. Not all the text disappears - sometimes it's one section or another. It happens w/ any simple installer - even just a simple minimal GUI w/ all the defaults.

But I'll try it on another machine running vista and see what happens.

Thanks,
- David

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David G. Hoyt wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed text in dialog descriptions disappearing randomly?

No. Have you seen it on any other version of Windows or MSI? (I'm
wondering if it's version-specific, though I developed WixUI originally
on XP/MSI 3.1, so...Video drivers are also a possibility, sadly.)

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dhoyt wrote:
...I'm using WiXUI_InstallDir and if I play around on the dialog for more than a few seconds, the dialog title description disappears. If I drag it off screen and back it's repainted and appears again. So the text isn't lost per se, it just stops getting painted for some reason. I'm on Windows XP SP3 w/ windows installer 3.01 (I believe).
Hi, I´ve got the same problem...
Text is disappearing after few seconds, drag off and back -> text is shown again but only for few seconds.

i tried it with WiXUI_Mondo and i´ve got the same problem...
but if i use an example file it doesnt disappers...
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/download.php?file=samples/samplewixui.zip&type=application/zip

I have built the example .msi file with commandline but i have built my Project .msi file with Visual Studio 2008, because it can´t be build with commandline --> Namespace errors like:
--
error CNDL0200 : The Product element contains an unhandled extension element ´iis:WebSite´.
error CNDL0200 : The Component element contains an unhandled extension element ´iis:WebVirtualDir´.
Please ensure that the extension for elements in the ´http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/IIsExtension´ namespace has been provided.
--
But i dont know what is wrong, because i have included the namespace...
Visual Studio 2008 has no errors and builds the .msi File ( and .wixpdb )
Is this maybe the reason of the disappearing text?
How can i match the still included namespace with this "unhandled extension"´s ?

Here a code snip of my project:
#Project.wxs
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
     xmlns:iis="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/IIsExtension">
        <Product Id="97eb62c2-9e05-40cf-828b-2f2e9989fbcb" Name="Virtual Webproject" Language='1033' Codepage='1252' Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="PitMonster" UpgradeCode="2ad7eb33-ded4-4c46-88c3-91e9d2554c44">
                <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" />
                <Media Id="1" Cabinet="Setup.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />
    <iis:WebSite Id='DefaultWebSite' Description='Default Web Site'>  
      <iis:WebAddress Id='AllUnassigned' Port='80' />
    </iis:WebSite>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
      <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles">
        <Directory Id='INSTALLDIR' Name='Virtual_Webproject'>
          <Directory Id="WebApplikationDir" Name="Webapplikation">
            <Directory Id="WebApplikationBin" Name="bin" />
          </Directory>
          <Directory Id="WebServiceDir" Name="WebService" />
        </Directory>
      </Directory>
    </Directory>
    <Feature Id="InstallPath" Title="WebapplikationSetup" Description='The complete package.'
      Display='expand' Level="1" ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLDIR">
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="Webapplikation" />
      <ComponentGroupRef Id="WebService" />
    </Feature>
    <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLDIR" />
    <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir" />
</Product>
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The error when building from the commandline means you must add "-ext WixIIsExtension" to the commandlines of both candle and light.

The disappearing text: I have no idea.

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dhoyt wrote:
>
> ...I'm using WiXUI_InstallDir and if I play around on the dialog for more
> than a few seconds, the dialog title description disappears. If I drag it
> off screen and back it's repainted and appears again. So the text isn't
> lost per se, it just stops getting painted for some reason. I'm on Windows
> XP SP3 w/ windows installer 3.01 (I believe).
>

Hi, I´ve got the same problem...
Text is disappearing after few seconds, drag off and back -> text is shown
again but only for few seconds.

i tried it with WiXUI_Mondo and i´ve got the same problem...
but if i use an example file it doesnt disappers...
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/download.php?file=samples/samplewixui.zip&type=application/zip

I have built the example .msi file with commandline but i have built my
Project .msi file with Visual Studio 2008, because it can´t be build with
commandline --> Namespace errors like:
--
error CNDL0200 : The Product element contains an unhandled extension element
´iis:WebSite´.
error CNDL0200 : The Component element contains an unhandled extension
element ´iis:WebVirtualDir´.
Please ensure that the extension for elements in the
´http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/IIsExtension´ namespace has been provided.
--
But i dont know what is wrong, because i have included the namespace...
Visual Studio 2008 has no errors and builds the .msi File ( and .wixpdb )
Is this maybe the reason of the disappearing text?
How can i match the still included namespace with this "unhandled
extension"´s ?

Here a code snip of my project:
#Project.wxs
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
     xmlns:iis="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/IIsExtension">
        <Product Id="97eb62c2-9e05-40cf-828b-2f2e9989fbcb" Name="Virtual
Webproject" Language='1033' Codepage='1252' Version="1.0.0.0"
Manufacturer="PitMonster"
UpgradeCode="2ad7eb33-ded4-4c46-88c3-91e9d2554c44">
                <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" />
                <Media Id="1" Cabinet="Setup.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />
    <iis:WebSite Id='DefaultWebSite' Description='Default Web Site'>  
      <iis:WebAddress Id='AllUnassigned' Port='80' />
    </iis:WebSite>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
      <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles">
        <Directory Id='INSTALLDIR' Name='Virtual_Webproject'>
          <Directory Id="WebApplikationDir" Name="Webapplikation">
            <Directory Id="WebApplikationBin" Name="bin" />
          </Directory>
          <Directory Id="WebServiceDir" Name="WebService" />
        </Directory>
      </Directory>
    </Directory>
    <Feature Id="InstallPath" Title="WebapplikationSetup" Description='The
complete package.'
      Display='expand' Level="1" ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLDIR">
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="Webapplikation" />
      <ComponentGroupRef Id="WebService" />
    </Feature>
    <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLDIR" />
    <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir" />
</Product>
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Hi Blair !
thx for your answer, i tried the same .msi file on my laptop and the text didnt disappear... but it is the same OS WIN XP Professional but not the same Service Pack oO
i cant believe this will make something


The error when building from the commandline means you must add "-ext WixIIsExtension" to the commandlines of both candle and light.

The disappearing text: I have no idea.
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Could you check the msi.dll file in both computers and see if they are the
same version?

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Hi Blair !
thx for your answer, i tried they same .msi file on my laptop and the text
didnt disappear... but it is the same OS WIN XP Professional but not the
same Service Pack oO
i cant believe this will make something


The error when building from the commandline means you must add "-ext
WixIIsExtension" to the commandlines of both candle and light.

The disappearing text: I have no idea.
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I was just curious if there was an easier way of installing PDBs?  What I have works, but it seems cumbersome.

        <Component Id='c_AppServer.DTO' Guid='...'>
          <File Id='f.AppServer.DTO'
                  Name='$(var.Application.ApplicationServer.DTO.TargetFileName)'
                  Source='$(var.Application.ApplicationServer.DTO.TargetPath)' />
          <File Id='f.AppServer.DTO.pdb'
                  Name='XPedient.Application.ApplicationServer.DTO.pdb'
                  Source='$(var.Application.ApplicationServer.DTO.TargetDir)XPedient.Application.ApplicationServer.DTO.pdb' />
        </Component>

It seems to me that must be an easier way, but I have not been able to locate anything related to installing PDBs.  PDB deployment makes live debugging and error tracking MUCH  easier.

Anyone have any thoughts?

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John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote:
> I was just curious if there was an easier way of installing PDBs?  What I have works, but it seems cumbersome.
>  

How so? They're just files. Try dropping the Id and Name attributes; WiX
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Ok, that's much better.

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John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote:
> I was just curious if there was an easier way of installing PDBs?  What I have works, but it seems cumbersome.
>  

How so? They're just files. Try dropping the Id and Name attributes; WiX
provides defaults for them.

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Hi Blair!

Thx for your tip!
my NetBook/Laptop msi.dll has version 4.5.6001.22159 and the PC i am working with it has 3.1.4001.5512, now it works fine :)
thx!

Blair-2 wrote:
Could you check the msi.dll file in both computers and see if they are the
same version?

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Hi Blair !
thx for your answer, i tried they same .msi file on my laptop and the text
didnt disappear... but it is the same OS WIN XP Professional but not the
same Service Pack oO
i cant believe this will make something


The error when building from the commandline means you must add "-ext
WixIIsExtension" to the commandlines of both candle and light.

The disappearing text: I have no idea.
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