Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
1 Probably not only for transforms but also for other cases in general. For example, run bundle with multiple(with different product codes) msi's more than once to remove selected msi's from machine. Can we do it now and keep a link in PF? 2 Yeah. I just wanted to ask, why we don't have this model in BA? I think it is an easy feature and people won't need to write some classes to parse and store these values. 3 Ok. 01.08.2014, 08:49, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: 1. Sounds like you want support instance transforms. There is a feature request for that. 2. The BA is provided the BootstrapperApplicationData.xml with lots of information. If more information is required, we could probably add it. 3. You should be able to affect the requested state for the packages from your BA via the PlanPackageBegin. That is the design. If it isn't working it'd be considered a bug. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 16:01 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application I'm newbie in installers and I can't say that all things I wanted to have, could be also helpful for other people. For now I can remember only a few things: For instance, a way to say to the bundle to stay in Programs and Features( PF) (probably it is possible now but I didnt find any info about it). I wanted to have possibility to run uninstall from PF for standard installation and for installations with TRANSFORMS=:Ixx. I mean I wanted to have a way to manage this process by myself. I can have a counter for installed instances and remove a bundle link from PF with the last uninstalled instance . Also, it would be great to have a little bit more info about bundle and which packages/features it contains.To get such info I used approach from this blog http://bit.ly/1s7VPPZ (Part 3). Sometimes I wanted to configure install/update/remove process by myself throught setting RequstedState in OnPlanPackageBegin event but it didn't affect Execute(parameter from logs) and it didn't run my msi. I want some methods in Engine/BA to force some things to happen. 01.08.2014, 02:13, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: What kind of control? -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 14:49 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Thanx for quick answer. I will try to do multiinstances in a different way(not through installer). One comment from my side after a few days trying to start it work. I think we need a little bit more control of installing process in BA application. If I had more control over package detect/apply/etc. proces, I could fix all problems I had. 31.07.2014, 21:28, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: There is a feature request open for Burn to support multiple instances. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:51 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sergey Kozhemyachenko Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApplication). I've read a lot of topics around InstanceTransforms in msi and it looks like I can start it work from msi with msiexec /i MultiInstance.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=:I01 but I cannot understand how to run it properly from BA. Here is some pieces from my prototype. Msi(please don't pay attention to extra actions and properties): Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; Product Id=$(var.I00) Name=$(var.ProductName32) Language=1033 Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=Me inc UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) Package InstallerVersion=200 Compressed=yes InstallScope=perMachine / MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades=no AllowSameVersionUpgrades=yes DowngradeErrorMessage=You can't downgrade this application Schedule=afterInstallExecute MigrateFeatures=yes/ MediaTemplate EmbedCab=yes / Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=SetupProjectTest Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ProductComponents / /Feature Property Id=PATHTOCOPY Secure=yes/Property Property Id=PATHTOCOPYTO Secure=yes/Property Binary Id='CustomAction' SourceFile=$(var.TestCustomAction.TargetDir)TestCustomAction.CA.dll / Property Id
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
1. The packages a bundle manages must be listed in the Chain of the Bundle element. A bundle is an identity that manages a collection of packages. It's not an arbitrary scripting engine to add and remove packages it doesn't know anything about from the machine. But if you are asking if bundle can change the state of packages in its Chain and stay in Programs/Features? Yes. 2. Because no one has enhanced the BA classes to read the file and proffer nice classes for it? ___ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 1:52 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application 1 Probably not only for transforms but also for other cases in general. For example, run bundle with multiple(with different product codes) msi's more than once to remove selected msi's from machine. Can we do it now and keep a link in PF? 2 Yeah. I just wanted to ask, why we don't have this model in BA? I think it is an easy feature and people won't need to write some classes to parse and store these values. 3 Ok. 01.08.2014, 08:49, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: 1. Sounds like you want support instance transforms. There is a feature request for that. 2. The BA is provided the BootstrapperApplicationData.xml with lots of information. If more information is required, we could probably add it. 3. You should be able to affect the requested state for the packages from your BA via the PlanPackageBegin. That is the design. If it isn't working it'd be considered a bug. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 16:01 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application I'm newbie in installers and I can't say that all things I wanted to have, could be also helpful for other people. For now I can remember only a few things: For instance, a way to say to the bundle to stay in Programs and Features( PF) (probably it is possible now but I didnt find any info about it). I wanted to have possibility to run uninstall from PF for standard installation and for installations with TRANSFORMS=:Ixx. I mean I wanted to have a way to manage this process by myself. I can have a counter for installed instances and remove a bundle link from PF with the last uninstalled instance . Also, it would be great to have a little bit more info about bundle and which packages/features it contains.To get such info I used approach from this blog http://bit.ly/1s7VPPZ (Part 3). Sometimes I wanted to configure install/update/remove process by myself throught setting RequstedState in OnPlanPackageBegin event but it didn't affect Execute(parameter from logs) and it didn't run my msi. I want some methods in Engine/BA to force some things to happen. 01.08.2014, 02:13, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: What kind of control? -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 14:49 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Thanx for quick answer. I will try to do multiinstances in a different way(not through installer). One comment from my side after a few days trying to start it work. I think we need a little bit more control of installing process in BA application. If I had more control over package detect/apply/etc. proces, I could fix all problems I had. 31.07.2014, 21:28, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: There is a feature request open for Burn to support multiple instances. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:51 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sergey Kozhemyachenko Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApplication). I've read a lot of topics around InstanceTransforms in msi and it looks like I can start it work from msi with msiexec /i MultiInstance.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=:I01 but I cannot understand how to run it properly from BA. Here is some pieces from my prototype. Msi(please don't pay attention to extra actions and properties): Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; Product Id=$(var.I00) Name
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
Thanx Jacob for the hint about multiple msi's with only one cab. I tried this approach today and it works fine. After a few days of googling the solution I understand that it wasn't good idea to use transformations :( 31.07.2014, 22:43, Hoover, Jacob jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com: Instances are ugly... And to do them right would be very difficult. There aren't many restrictions to what a transform can do, so all the assumptions that are made at compile time of the bundle would have to be re-evaluated. My preference would be to have multiple predefined MSI's, and use a single external CAB that's common among all of them. -Original Message- From: Wesley Manning [mailto:wmann...@dynagen.ca] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:50 PM To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.' Cc: 'Sergey Kozhemyachenko' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application I think you're the third or fourth person to ask on this mailing list in the last year. It's not supported. There was a discussion on this mailing list some time ago if I recall. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: July-31-14 5:51 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sergey Kozhemyachenko Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApp lication). I've read a lot of topics around InstanceTransforms in msi and it looks like I can start it work from msi with msiexec /i MultiInstance.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=:I01 but I cannot understand how to run it properly from BA. Here is some pieces from my prototype. Msi(please don't pay attention to extra actions and properties): Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; Product Id=$(var.I00) Name=$(var.ProductName32) Language=1033 Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=Me inc UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) Package InstallerVersion=200 Compressed=yes InstallScope=perMachine / MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades=no AllowSameVersionUpgrades=yes DowngradeErrorMessage=You can't downgrade this application Schedule=afterInstallExecute MigrateFeatures=yes/ MediaTemplate EmbedCab=yes / Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=SetupProjectTest Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ProductComponents / /Feature Property Id=PATHTOCOPY Secure=yes/Property Property Id=PATHTOCOPYTO Secure=yes/Property Binary Id='CustomAction' SourceFile=$(var.TestCustomAction.TargetDir)TestCustomAction.CA.dll / Property Id=PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Secure=yes / Property Id='REINSTALLMODE' Value='amus'/ Property Id='ServiceName' Value='Test Service Name 2'/ Property Id='INSTANCEID' Value='I01' RegistrySearch Id=InstanceIdSearch Root=HKLM Key=Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductCode]\$(var.ProductName32) Name=InstanceId Type=raw / /Property InstanceTransforms Property='INSTANCEID' Instance Id='I01' ProductCode='$(var.I01)' ProductName='I01'/ Instance Id='I02' ProductCode='$(var.I02)' ProductName='I02'/ Instance Id='I03' ProductCode='$(var.I03)' ProductName='I03'/ /InstanceTransforms /Product Bundle: Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; xmlns:bal=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension; Bundle Name=$(var.ProductName) Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=$(var.Manufacturer) UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)BootstrapperCore.con fig/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)TestBootstrapperAppl ication.dll/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)GalaSoft.MvvmLight.W PF4.dll/ Payload SourceFile=c:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\SDK\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll/ /BootstrapperApplicationRef Variable Name=DIR_EXISTS Value=NO Persisted=yes Type=string / Variable Name=PATHTOAPP Value=c:\program files (x86)\SetupProjectTest\ Persisted=yes Type=string / Chain PackageGroupRef Id=NetFx40Web / PackageGroupRef Id=pkgMsi/ /Chain /Bundle /Wix another bundle file: Fragment .. Variable Name='TRANSFORMS' bal:Overridable=yes/ Variable Name='MSINEWINSTANCE' bal:Overridable=yes/ .. PackageGroup Id
[WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApplication). I've read a lot of topics around InstanceTransforms in msi and it looks like I can start it work from msi with msiexec /i MultiInstance.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=:I01 but I cannot understand how to run it properly from BA. Here is some pieces from my prototype. Msi(please don't pay attention to extra actions and properties): Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; Product Id=$(var.I00) Name=$(var.ProductName32) Language=1033 Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=Me inc UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) Package InstallerVersion=200 Compressed=yes InstallScope=perMachine / MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades=no AllowSameVersionUpgrades=yes DowngradeErrorMessage=You can't downgrade this application Schedule=afterInstallExecute MigrateFeatures=yes/ MediaTemplate EmbedCab=yes / Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=SetupProjectTest Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ProductComponents / /Feature Property Id=PATHTOCOPY Secure=yes/Property Property Id=PATHTOCOPYTO Secure=yes/Property Binary Id='CustomAction' SourceFile=$(var.TestCustomAction.TargetDir)TestCustomAction.CA.dll / Property Id=PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Secure=yes / Property Id='REINSTALLMODE' Value='amus'/ Property Id='ServiceName' Value='Test Service Name 2'/ Property Id='INSTANCEID' Value='I01' RegistrySearch Id=InstanceIdSearch Root=HKLM Key=Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductCode]\$(var.ProductName32) Name=InstanceId Type=raw / /Property InstanceTransforms Property='INSTANCEID' Instance Id='I01' ProductCode='$(var.I01)' ProductName='I01'/ Instance Id='I02' ProductCode='$(var.I02)' ProductName='I02'/ Instance Id='I03' ProductCode='$(var.I03)' ProductName='I03'/ /InstanceTransforms /Product Bundle: Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; xmlns:bal=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension; Bundle Name=$(var.ProductName) Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=$(var.Manufacturer) UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)BootstrapperCore.config/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)TestBootstrapperApplication.dll/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)GalaSoft.MvvmLight.WPF4.dll/ Payload SourceFile=c:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\SDK\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll/ /BootstrapperApplicationRef Variable Name=DIR_EXISTS Value=NO Persisted=yes Type=string / Variable Name=PATHTOAPP Value=c:\program files (x86)\SetupProjectTest\ Persisted=yes Type=string / Chain PackageGroupRef Id=NetFx40Web / PackageGroupRef Id=pkgMsi/ /Chain /Bundle /Wix another bundle file: Fragment .. Variable Name='TRANSFORMS' bal:Overridable=yes/ Variable Name='MSINEWINSTANCE' bal:Overridable=yes/ .. PackageGroup Id=pkgMsi MsiPackage Id=package32 SourceFile=$(var.SetupProjectTest.TargetDir)\SetupProjectTest.msi Vital=yes LogPathVariable=WixBundleLog_package32 DisplayInternalUI=yes EnableFeatureSelection=no SuppressSignatureVerification=yes ForcePerMachine=yes InstallCondition=NOT TRANSFORMS MsiProperty Name=INSTALLFOLDER Value=[INSTALLFOLDER]/ /MsiPackage MsiPackage Id=package32Multiple SourceFile=$(var.SetupProjectTest.TargetDir)\SetupProjectTest.msi Vital=yes LogPathVariable=WixBundleLog_package32 DisplayInternalUI=yes EnableFeatureSelection=no SuppressSignatureVerification=yes ForcePerMachine=yes InstallCondition=TRANSFORMS MsiProperty Name=TRANSFORMS Value=:I01/ MsiProperty Name=MSINEWINSTANCE Value=[MSINEWINSTANCE]/ MsiProperty Name=INSTALLFOLDER Value=[INSTALLFOLDER]/ /MsiPackage /PackageGroup I'm using the same msi but with different set of properties depends on some settings in BA. In BA code
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
There is a feature request open for Burn to support multiple instances. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:51 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sergey Kozhemyachenko Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApplication). I've read a lot of topics around InstanceTransforms in msi and it looks like I can start it work from msi with msiexec /i MultiInstance.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=:I01 but I cannot understand how to run it properly from BA. Here is some pieces from my prototype. Msi(please don't pay attention to extra actions and properties): Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; Product Id=$(var.I00) Name=$(var.ProductName32) Language=1033 Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=Me inc UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) Package InstallerVersion=200 Compressed=yes InstallScope=perMachine / MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades=no AllowSameVersionUpgrades=yes DowngradeErrorMessage=You can't downgrade this application Schedule=afterInstallExecute MigrateFeatures=yes/ MediaTemplate EmbedCab=yes / Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=SetupProjectTest Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ProductComponents / /Feature Property Id=PATHTOCOPY Secure=yes/Property Property Id=PATHTOCOPYTO Secure=yes/Property Binary Id='CustomAction' SourceFile=$(var.TestCustomAction.TargetDir)TestCustomAction.CA.dll / Property Id=PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Secure=yes / Property Id='REINSTALLMODE' Value='amus'/ Property Id='ServiceName' Value='Test Service Name 2'/ Property Id='INSTANCEID' Value='I01' RegistrySearch Id=InstanceIdSearch Root=HKLM Key=Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductCode]\$(var.ProductName32) Name=InstanceId Type=raw / /Property InstanceTransforms Property='INSTANCEID' Instance Id='I01' ProductCode='$(var.I01)' ProductName='I01'/ Instance Id='I02' ProductCode='$(var.I02)' ProductName='I02'/ Instance Id='I03' ProductCode='$(var.I03)' ProductName='I03'/ /InstanceTransforms /Product Bundle: Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; xmlns:bal=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension; Bundle Name=$(var.ProductName) Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=$(var.Manufacturer) UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)BootstrapperCore.config/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)TestBootstrapperApplication.dll/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)GalaSoft.MvvmLight.WPF4.dll/ Payload SourceFile=c:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\SDK\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll/ /BootstrapperApplicationRef Variable Name=DIR_EXISTS Value=NO Persisted=yes Type=string / Variable Name=PATHTOAPP Value=c:\program files (x86)\SetupProjectTest\ Persisted=yes Type=string / Chain PackageGroupRef Id=NetFx40Web / PackageGroupRef Id=pkgMsi/ /Chain /Bundle /Wix another bundle file: Fragment .. Variable Name='TRANSFORMS' bal:Overridable=yes/ Variable Name='MSINEWINSTANCE' bal:Overridable=yes/ .. PackageGroup Id=pkgMsi MsiPackage Id=package32 SourceFile=$(var.SetupProjectTest.TargetDir)\SetupProjectTest.msi Vital=yes LogPathVariable=WixBundleLog_package32 DisplayInternalUI=yes EnableFeatureSelection=no SuppressSignatureVerification=yes ForcePerMachine=yes InstallCondition=NOT TRANSFORMS MsiProperty Name=INSTALLFOLDER Value=[INSTALLFOLDER]/ /MsiPackage MsiPackage Id=package32Multiple SourceFile=$(var.SetupProjectTest.TargetDir)\SetupProjectTest.msi Vital=yes LogPathVariable=WixBundleLog_package32 DisplayInternalUI=yes EnableFeatureSelection=no SuppressSignatureVerification=yes ForcePerMachine=yes InstallCondition=TRANSFORMS MsiProperty
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
I think you're the third or fourth person to ask on this mailing list in the last year. It's not supported. There was a discussion on this mailing list some time ago if I recall. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: July-31-14 5:51 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sergey Kozhemyachenko Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApp lication). I've read a lot of topics around InstanceTransforms in msi and it looks like I can start it work from msi with msiexec /i MultiInstance.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=:I01 but I cannot understand how to run it properly from BA. Here is some pieces from my prototype. Msi(please don't pay attention to extra actions and properties): Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; Product Id=$(var.I00) Name=$(var.ProductName32) Language=1033 Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=Me inc UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) Package InstallerVersion=200 Compressed=yes InstallScope=perMachine / MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades=no AllowSameVersionUpgrades=yes DowngradeErrorMessage=You can't downgrade this application Schedule=afterInstallExecute MigrateFeatures=yes/ MediaTemplate EmbedCab=yes / Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=SetupProjectTest Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ProductComponents / /Feature Property Id=PATHTOCOPY Secure=yes/Property Property Id=PATHTOCOPYTO Secure=yes/Property Binary Id='CustomAction' SourceFile=$(var.TestCustomAction.TargetDir)TestCustomAction.CA.dll / Property Id=PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Secure=yes / Property Id='REINSTALLMODE' Value='amus'/ Property Id='ServiceName' Value='Test Service Name 2'/ Property Id='INSTANCEID' Value='I01' RegistrySearch Id=InstanceIdSearch Root=HKLM Key=Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductCode]\$(var.ProductName32) Name=InstanceId Type=raw / /Property InstanceTransforms Property='INSTANCEID' Instance Id='I01' ProductCode='$(var.I01)' ProductName='I01'/ Instance Id='I02' ProductCode='$(var.I02)' ProductName='I02'/ Instance Id='I03' ProductCode='$(var.I03)' ProductName='I03'/ /InstanceTransforms /Product Bundle: Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; xmlns:bal=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension; Bundle Name=$(var.ProductName) Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=$(var.Manufacturer) UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)BootstrapperCore.con fig/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)TestBootstrapperAppl ication.dll/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)GalaSoft.MvvmLight.W PF4.dll/ Payload SourceFile=c:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\SDK\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll/ /BootstrapperApplicationRef Variable Name=DIR_EXISTS Value=NO Persisted=yes Type=string / Variable Name=PATHTOAPP Value=c:\program files (x86)\SetupProjectTest\ Persisted=yes Type=string / Chain PackageGroupRef Id=NetFx40Web / PackageGroupRef Id=pkgMsi/ /Chain /Bundle /Wix another bundle file: Fragment .. Variable Name='TRANSFORMS' bal:Overridable=yes/ Variable Name='MSINEWINSTANCE' bal:Overridable=yes/ .. PackageGroup Id=pkgMsi MsiPackage Id=package32 SourceFile=$(var.SetupProjectTest.TargetDir)\SetupProjectTest.msi Vital=yes LogPathVariable=WixBundleLog_package32 DisplayInternalUI=yes EnableFeatureSelection=no SuppressSignatureVerification=yes ForcePerMachine=yes InstallCondition=NOT TRANSFORMS MsiProperty Name=INSTALLFOLDER Value=[INSTALLFOLDER]/ /MsiPackage MsiPackage Id=package32Multiple SourceFile=$(var.SetupProjectTest.TargetDir)\SetupProjectTest.msi Vital=yes LogPathVariable=WixBundleLog_package32 DisplayInternalUI=yes EnableFeatureSelection=no SuppressSignatureVerification=yes ForcePerMachine=yes InstallCondition=TRANSFORMS
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
Instances are ugly... And to do them right would be very difficult. There aren't many restrictions to what a transform can do, so all the assumptions that are made at compile time of the bundle would have to be re-evaluated. My preference would be to have multiple predefined MSI's, and use a single external CAB that's common among all of them. -Original Message- From: Wesley Manning [mailto:wmann...@dynagen.ca] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:50 PM To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.' Cc: 'Sergey Kozhemyachenko' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application I think you're the third or fourth person to ask on this mailing list in the last year. It's not supported. There was a discussion on this mailing list some time ago if I recall. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: July-31-14 5:51 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sergey Kozhemyachenko Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApp lication). I've read a lot of topics around InstanceTransforms in msi and it looks like I can start it work from msi with msiexec /i MultiInstance.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=:I01 but I cannot understand how to run it properly from BA. Here is some pieces from my prototype. Msi(please don't pay attention to extra actions and properties): Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; Product Id=$(var.I00) Name=$(var.ProductName32) Language=1033 Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=Me inc UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) Package InstallerVersion=200 Compressed=yes InstallScope=perMachine / MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades=no AllowSameVersionUpgrades=yes DowngradeErrorMessage=You can't downgrade this application Schedule=afterInstallExecute MigrateFeatures=yes/ MediaTemplate EmbedCab=yes / Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=SetupProjectTest Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ProductComponents / /Feature Property Id=PATHTOCOPY Secure=yes/Property Property Id=PATHTOCOPYTO Secure=yes/Property Binary Id='CustomAction' SourceFile=$(var.TestCustomAction.TargetDir)TestCustomAction.CA.dll / Property Id=PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Secure=yes / Property Id='REINSTALLMODE' Value='amus'/ Property Id='ServiceName' Value='Test Service Name 2'/ Property Id='INSTANCEID' Value='I01' RegistrySearch Id=InstanceIdSearch Root=HKLM Key=Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductCode]\$(var.ProductName32) Name=InstanceId Type=raw / /Property InstanceTransforms Property='INSTANCEID' Instance Id='I01' ProductCode='$(var.I01)' ProductName='I01'/ Instance Id='I02' ProductCode='$(var.I02)' ProductName='I02'/ Instance Id='I03' ProductCode='$(var.I03)' ProductName='I03'/ /InstanceTransforms /Product Bundle: Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; xmlns:bal=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension; Bundle Name=$(var.ProductName) Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=$(var.Manufacturer) UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)BootstrapperCore.con fig/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)TestBootstrapperAppl ication.dll/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)GalaSoft.MvvmLight.W PF4.dll/ Payload SourceFile=c:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\SDK\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll/ /BootstrapperApplicationRef Variable Name=DIR_EXISTS Value=NO Persisted=yes Type=string / Variable Name=PATHTOAPP Value=c:\program files (x86)\SetupProjectTest\ Persisted=yes Type=string / Chain PackageGroupRef Id=NetFx40Web / PackageGroupRef Id=pkgMsi/ /Chain /Bundle /Wix another bundle file: Fragment .. Variable Name='TRANSFORMS' bal:Overridable=yes/ Variable Name='MSINEWINSTANCE' bal:Overridable=yes/ .. PackageGroup Id=pkgMsi MsiPackage Id=package32 SourceFile=$(var.SetupProjectTest.TargetDir)\SetupProjectTest.msi Vital=yes LogPathVariable=WixBundleLog_package32 DisplayInternalUI=yes EnableFeatureSelection=no SuppressSignatureVerification=yes
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
My preference would be to have multiple predefined MSI's, and use a single external CAB that's common among all of them. For what it is worth that is how SQL 2005 worked. -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: 31 July 2014 19:44 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Cc: 'Sergey Kozhemyachenko' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Instances are ugly... And to do them right would be very difficult. There aren't many restrictions to what a transform can do, so all the assumptions that are made at compile time of the bundle would have to be re-evaluated. My preference would be to have multiple predefined MSI's, and use a single external CAB that's common among all of them. -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
Thanx for quick answer. I will try to do multiinstances in a different way(not through installer). One comment from my side after a few days trying to start it work. I think we need a little bit more control of installing process in BA application. If I had more control over package detect/apply/etc. proces, I could fix all problems I had. 31.07.2014, 21:28, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: There is a feature request open for Burn to support multiple instances. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:51 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sergey Kozhemyachenko Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApplication). I've read a lot of topics around InstanceTransforms in msi and it looks like I can start it work from msi with msiexec /i MultiInstance.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=:I01 but I cannot understand how to run it properly from BA. Here is some pieces from my prototype. Msi(please don't pay attention to extra actions and properties): Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; Product Id=$(var.I00) Name=$(var.ProductName32) Language=1033 Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=Me inc UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) Package InstallerVersion=200 Compressed=yes InstallScope=perMachine / MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades=no AllowSameVersionUpgrades=yes DowngradeErrorMessage=You can't downgrade this application Schedule=afterInstallExecute MigrateFeatures=yes/ MediaTemplate EmbedCab=yes / Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=SetupProjectTest Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ProductComponents / /Feature Property Id=PATHTOCOPY Secure=yes/Property Property Id=PATHTOCOPYTO Secure=yes/Property Binary Id='CustomAction' SourceFile=$(var.TestCustomAction.TargetDir)TestCustomAction.CA.dll / Property Id=PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Secure=yes / Property Id='REINSTALLMODE' Value='amus'/ Property Id='ServiceName' Value='Test Service Name 2'/ Property Id='INSTANCEID' Value='I01' RegistrySearch Id=InstanceIdSearch Root=HKLM Key=Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductCode]\$(var.ProductName32) Name=InstanceId Type=raw / /Property InstanceTransforms Property='INSTANCEID' Instance Id='I01' ProductCode='$(var.I01)' ProductName='I01'/ Instance Id='I02' ProductCode='$(var.I02)' ProductName='I02'/ Instance Id='I03' ProductCode='$(var.I03)' ProductName='I03'/ /InstanceTransforms /Product Bundle: Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; xmlns:bal=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension; Bundle Name=$(var.ProductName) Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=$(var.Manufacturer) UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)BootstrapperCore.config/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)TestBootstrapperApplication.dll/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)GalaSoft.MvvmLight.WPF4.dll/ Payload SourceFile=c:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\SDK\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll/ /BootstrapperApplicationRef Variable Name=DIR_EXISTS Value=NO Persisted=yes Type=string / Variable Name=PATHTOAPP Value=c:\program files (x86)\SetupProjectTest\ Persisted=yes Type=string / Chain PackageGroupRef Id=NetFx40Web / PackageGroupRef Id=pkgMsi/ /Chain /Bundle /Wix another bundle file: Fragment .. Variable Name='TRANSFORMS' bal:Overridable=yes/ Variable Name='MSINEWINSTANCE' bal:Overridable=yes/ .. PackageGroup Id=pkgMsi MsiPackage Id=package32 SourceFile=$(var.SetupProjectTest.TargetDir)\SetupProjectTest.msi Vital=yes LogPathVariable=WixBundleLog_package32 DisplayInternalUI=yes EnableFeatureSelection=no SuppressSignatureVerification=yes ForcePerMachine=yes InstallCondition=NOT TRANSFORMS MsiProperty Name=INSTALLFOLDER Value=[INSTALLFOLDER]/ /MsiPackage MsiPackage Id=package32Multiple SourceFile
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
Thanx guys for for some hints. After a few days of playing with Transformations I don't want to make this process more complicated. I think I will do all work I need just with custom utility for now. 01.08.2014, 00:58, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com: My preference would be to have multiple predefined MSI's, and use a single external CAB that's common among all of them. For what it is worth that is how SQL 2005 worked. -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: 31 July 2014 19:44 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Cc: 'Sergey Kozhemyachenko' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Instances are ugly... And to do them right would be very difficult. There aren't many restrictions to what a transform can do, so all the assumptions that are made at compile time of the bundle would have to be re-evaluated. My preference would be to have multiple predefined MSI's, and use a single external CAB that's common among all of them. -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
What kind of control? -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 14:49 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Thanx for quick answer. I will try to do multiinstances in a different way(not through installer). One comment from my side after a few days trying to start it work. I think we need a little bit more control of installing process in BA application. If I had more control over package detect/apply/etc. proces, I could fix all problems I had. 31.07.2014, 21:28, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: There is a feature request open for Burn to support multiple instances. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:51 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sergey Kozhemyachenko Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApplication). I've read a lot of topics around InstanceTransforms in msi and it looks like I can start it work from msi with msiexec /i MultiInstance.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=:I01 but I cannot understand how to run it properly from BA. Here is some pieces from my prototype. Msi(please don't pay attention to extra actions and properties): Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; Product Id=$(var.I00) Name=$(var.ProductName32) Language=1033 Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=Me inc UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) Package InstallerVersion=200 Compressed=yes InstallScope=perMachine / MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades=no AllowSameVersionUpgrades=yes DowngradeErrorMessage=You can't downgrade this application Schedule=afterInstallExecute MigrateFeatures=yes/ MediaTemplate EmbedCab=yes / Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=SetupProjectTest Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ProductComponents / /Feature Property Id=PATHTOCOPY Secure=yes/Property Property Id=PATHTOCOPYTO Secure=yes/Property Binary Id='CustomAction' SourceFile=$(var.TestCustomAction.TargetDir)TestCustomAction.CA.dll / Property Id=PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Secure=yes / Property Id='REINSTALLMODE' Value='amus'/ Property Id='ServiceName' Value='Test Service Name 2'/ Property Id='INSTANCEID' Value='I01' RegistrySearch Id=InstanceIdSearch Root=HKLM Key=Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductCode]\$(var.ProductName32) Name=InstanceId Type=raw / /Property InstanceTransforms Property='INSTANCEID' Instance Id='I01' ProductCode='$(var.I01)' ProductName='I01'/ Instance Id='I02' ProductCode='$(var.I02)' ProductName='I02'/ Instance Id='I03' ProductCode='$(var.I03)' ProductName='I03'/ /InstanceTransforms /Product Bundle: Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; xmlns:bal=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension; Bundle Name=$(var.ProductName) Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=$(var.Manufacturer) UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)BootstrapperCo re.config/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)TestBootstrapp erApplication.dll/ Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)GalaSoft.MvvmL ight.WPF4.dll/ Payload SourceFile=c:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\SDK\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll/ /BootstrapperApplicationRef Variable Name=DIR_EXISTS Value=NO Persisted=yes Type=string / Variable Name=PATHTOAPP Value=c:\program files (x86)\SetupProjectTest\ Persisted=yes Type=string / Chain PackageGroupRef Id=NetFx40Web / PackageGroupRef Id=pkgMsi/ /Chain /Bundle /Wix another bundle file: Fragment .. Variable Name='TRANSFORMS' bal:Overridable=yes/ Variable Name='MSINEWINSTANCE' bal:Overridable=yes/ .. PackageGroup Id=pkgMsi MsiPackage Id=package32 SourceFile=$(var.SetupProjectTest.TargetDir)\SetupProjectTest.msi Vital=yes LogPathVariable=WixBundleLog_package32 DisplayInternalUI=yes EnableFeatureSelection
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
I'm newbie in installers and I can't say that all things I wanted to have, could be also helpful for other people. For now I can remember only a few things: For instance, a way to say to the bundle to stay in Programs and Features( PF) (probably it is possible now but I didnt find any info about it). I wanted to have possibility to run uninstall from PF for standard installation and for installations with TRANSFORMS=:Ixx. I mean I wanted to have a way to manage this process by myself. I can have a counter for installed instances and remove a bundle link from PF with the last uninstalled instance . Also, it would be great to have a little bit more info about bundle and which packages/features it contains.To get such info I used approach from this blog http://bit.ly/1s7VPPZ (Part 3). Sometimes I wanted to configure install/update/remove process by myself throught setting RequstedState in OnPlanPackageBegin event but it didn't affect Execute(parameter from logs) and it didn't run my msi. I want some methods in Engine/BA to force some things to happen. 01.08.2014, 02:13, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: What kind of control? -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 14:49 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Thanx for quick answer. I will try to do multiinstances in a different way(not through installer). One comment from my side after a few days trying to start it work. I think we need a little bit more control of installing process in BA application. If I had more control over package detect/apply/etc. proces, I could fix all problems I had. 31.07.2014, 21:28, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: There is a feature request open for Burn to support multiple instances. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:51 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sergey Kozhemyachenko Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApplication). I've read a lot of topics around InstanceTransforms in msi and it looks like I can start it work from msi with msiexec /i MultiInstance.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=:I01 but I cannot understand how to run it properly from BA. Here is some pieces from my prototype. Msi(please don't pay attention to extra actions and properties): Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; Product Id=$(var.I00) Name=$(var.ProductName32) Language=1033 Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=Me inc UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) Package InstallerVersion=200 Compressed=yes InstallScope=perMachine / MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades=no AllowSameVersionUpgrades=yes DowngradeErrorMessage=You can't downgrade this application Schedule=afterInstallExecute MigrateFeatures=yes/ MediaTemplate EmbedCab=yes / Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=SetupProjectTest Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ProductComponents / /Feature Property Id=PATHTOCOPY Secure=yes/Property Property Id=PATHTOCOPYTO Secure=yes/Property Binary Id='CustomAction' SourceFile=$(var.TestCustomAction.TargetDir)TestCustomAction.CA.dll / Property Id=PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Secure=yes / Property Id='REINSTALLMODE' Value='amus'/ Property Id='ServiceName' Value='Test Service Name 2'/ Property Id='INSTANCEID' Value='I01' RegistrySearch Id=InstanceIdSearch Root=HKLM Key=Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductCode]\$(var.ProductName32) Name=InstanceId Type=raw / /Property InstanceTransforms Property='INSTANCEID' Instance Id='I01' ProductCode='$(var.I01)' ProductName='I01'/ Instance Id='I02' ProductCode='$(var.I02)' ProductName='I02'/ Instance Id='I03' ProductCode='$(var.I03)' ProductName='I03'/ /InstanceTransforms /Product Bundle: Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; xmlns:bal=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension; Bundle Name=$(var.ProductName) Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=$(var.Manufacturer) UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost Payload SourceFile=$(var.TestBootstrapperApplication.TargetDir)BootstrapperCo re.config
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application
1. Sounds like you want support instance transforms. There is a feature request for that. 2. The BA is provided the BootstrapperApplicationData.xml with lots of information. If more information is required, we could probably add it. 3. You should be able to affect the requested state for the packages from your BA via the PlanPackageBegin. That is the design. If it isn't working it'd be considered a bug. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 16:01 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application I'm newbie in installers and I can't say that all things I wanted to have, could be also helpful for other people. For now I can remember only a few things: For instance, a way to say to the bundle to stay in Programs and Features( PF) (probably it is possible now but I didnt find any info about it). I wanted to have possibility to run uninstall from PF for standard installation and for installations with TRANSFORMS=:Ixx. I mean I wanted to have a way to manage this process by myself. I can have a counter for installed instances and remove a bundle link from PF with the last uninstalled instance . Also, it would be great to have a little bit more info about bundle and which packages/features it contains.To get such info I used approach from this blog http://bit.ly/1s7VPPZ (Part 3). Sometimes I wanted to configure install/update/remove process by myself throught setting RequstedState in OnPlanPackageBegin event but it didn't affect Execute(parameter from logs) and it didn't run my msi. I want some methods in Engine/BA to force some things to happen. 01.08.2014, 02:13, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: What kind of control? -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 14:49 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Thanx for quick answer. I will try to do multiinstances in a different way(not through installer). One comment from my side after a few days trying to start it work. I think we need a little bit more control of installing process in BA application. If I had more control over package detect/apply/etc. proces, I could fix all problems I had. 31.07.2014, 21:28, Rob Mensching r...@firegiant.com: There is a feature request open for Burn to support multiple instances. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:51 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sergey Kozhemyachenko Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApplication). I've read a lot of topics around InstanceTransforms in msi and it looks like I can start it work from msi with msiexec /i MultiInstance.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=:I01 but I cannot understand how to run it properly from BA. Here is some pieces from my prototype. Msi(please don't pay attention to extra actions and properties): Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension; Product Id=$(var.I00) Name=$(var.ProductName32) Language=1033 Version=$(var.CurrentVersion) Manufacturer=Me inc UpgradeCode=$(var.UpgradeGuid) Package InstallerVersion=200 Compressed=yes InstallScope=perMachine / MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades=no AllowSameVersionUpgrades=yes DowngradeErrorMessage=You can't downgrade this application Schedule=afterInstallExecute MigrateFeatures=yes/ MediaTemplate EmbedCab=yes / Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=SetupProjectTest Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ProductComponents / /Feature Property Id=PATHTOCOPY Secure=yes/Property Property Id=PATHTOCOPYTO Secure=yes/Property Binary Id='CustomAction' SourceFile=$(var.TestCustomAction.TargetDir)TestCustomAction.CA.dll / Property Id=PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Secure=yes / Property Id='REINSTALLMODE' Value='amus'/ Property Id='ServiceName' Value='Test Service Name 2'/ Property Id='INSTANCEID' Value='I01' RegistrySearch Id=InstanceIdSearch Root=HKLM Key=Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductCode]\$(var.ProductName32) Name=InstanceId Type=raw / /Property InstanceTransforms Property='INSTANCEID' Instance Id='I01' ProductCode='$(var.I01)' ProductName='I01'/ Instance Id='I02' ProductCode='$(var.I02)' ProductName='I02
