Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode
i feel that the log is useless over here. I think I might be missing out something. My normal log when I install the complete product shows that a file has been moved but I can not find even the name of the file anywhere when I try to install using Change option. Also note that this thing works if I install the file first on Target Dir and then Copy it but if I directly try to move it from the Source, without installing it, nothing happens on Change. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-write-conditions-for-Change-mode-tp5822126p7304293.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode
Hi I am stuck in a similar situation. However my problem is related to the execution of CopyFile on change/repair. I have a feature which has a component which copies/moves a file from the source folder to a folder already present somwhere inside a users system. It is not the folder of my application. I am only moving this file and not installing it to the the target. This feature works fine if I install it using a complete setup. But when on initial install I chose not to install this feature and then try to install it during a change all other custom actions/components inside the feature are executed/installed except for the CopyFile component. This is critical to my setup and if it does not get copied my setup will fail. Just wondering if anyone found a solution to the problem in this thread or came across a similar issue? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-write-conditions-for-Change-mode-tp5822126p7301287.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode
A verbose log file should explain. On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 5:37 AM, sttaq tt...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi I am stuck in a similar situation. However my problem is related to the execution of CopyFile on change/repair. I have a feature which has a component which copies/moves a file from the source folder to a folder already present somwhere inside a users system. It is not the folder of my application. I am only moving this file and not installing it to the the target. This feature works fine if I install it using a complete setup. But when on initial install I chose not to install this feature and then try to install it during a change all other custom actions/components inside the feature are executed/installed except for the CopyFile component. This is critical to my setup and if it does not get copied my setup will fail. Just wondering if anyone found a solution to the problem in this thread or came across a similar issue? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-write-conditions-for-Change-mode-tp5822126p7301287.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode
I'm not sure if the email was sent correctly or not. Just resend it. ~~ Thanks Blair. It's in InstallExecuteSequence. And it's before InstallFinalize. Here's the code: CustomAction Id=DoDllRegistration FileKey=FileRegistrator ExeCommand=/r Execute=deferred Return=ignore HideTarget=no Impersonate=no / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence Thanks. From: little.forest little.for...@ymail.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 3:24:19 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode Thanks Blair. It's in InstallExecuteSequence. And it's before InstallFinalize. Here's the code: CustomAction Id=DoDllRegistration FileKey=FileRegistrator ExeCommand=/r Execute=deferred Return=ignore HideTarget=no Impersonate=no / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence Thanks. From: Blair os...@live.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 11:57:29 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode In what sequence is your custom action (execute, or ui)? Where in that sequence is it scheduled (before CostInitialize, after CostFinalize, before or after InstallInitialize, before or after InstallFinalize)? -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:00 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode Hi Blair, Thanks for your reply. We'd like to detect whenever the user adds the feature XYZ. Basically, we have a component which is an Outlook plugin. During installation, the user can choose install it or not. If the user doesn't install it in initial install, then she can add it in Change mode. There is an old post about this(http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Feature-h ow-to-reinstall-it-or-uninstall-it-alone-td5608464.html#a5608786 ). After enabling the Change button, the user can install the feature by hitting the Change button. But after that, the dll wasn't registered. From log, I learnt the CA is skipped. So I thought the condition wasn't correct. So I'd like to do the registration CA in Change mode, and of course, this happens only if the user really install the component. I thought there is some condition like (NOT Installed) OR (InstallMode = 'Change'). But there is no such thing. So is this correct? Or there should be some other decent solution? Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom Thanks. From: Blair os...@live.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 9:57:26 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode What are you trying to do in change mode? Detect whenever the user adds Feature_XYZ? Or detect anytime it is either added or stays? It's hard to write conditions when you don't know the scenario. -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:25 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode Hi all, We have a customaction: Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (Not Installed) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom This works in initial install, but not in 'Change' mode. From here(http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/InstallMo de-Conditions-DON-T-work-td707286.html ), I learnt that there is no such standard property, and See Examples of Conditional Statement Syntax for how you should do it. So I googled and found this: http://wix.mindcapers.com/wiki/Conditional_Inner_Text. !-- Run on initial install, repair and minor upgrade -- Condition Message='Blah'COMPANYDIR AND NOT REMOVE ~= ALL/Condition Even if it doesn't say 'Change' mode, I still gave it a try. This statement seems working in 'Change' mode: Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom So the question is, is this the right thing to do? Is there any potential risk that could blow our current stuff? How to write the correct condition for initial install and 'Change' mode? Thanks! -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https
Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode
Thanks Blair. It's in InstallExecuteSequence. And it's before InstallFinalize. Here's the code: CustomAction Id=DoDllRegistration FileKey=FileRegistrator ExeCommand=/r Execute=deferred Return=ignore HideTarget=no Impersonate=no / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence Thanks. From: Blair os...@live.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 11:57:29 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode In what sequence is your custom action (execute, or ui)? Where in that sequence is it scheduled (before CostInitialize, after CostFinalize, before or after InstallInitialize, before or after InstallFinalize)? -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:00 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode Hi Blair, Thanks for your reply. We'd like to detect whenever the user adds the feature XYZ. Basically, we have a component which is an Outlook plugin. During installation, the user can choose install it or not. If the user doesn't install it in initial install, then she can add it in Change mode. There is an old post about this(http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Feature-h ow-to-reinstall-it-or-uninstall-it-alone-td5608464.html#a5608786 ). After enabling the Change button, the user can install the feature by hitting the Change button. But after that, the dll wasn't registered. From log, I learnt the CA is skipped. So I thought the condition wasn't correct. So I'd like to do the registration CA in Change mode, and of course, this happens only if the user really install the component. I thought there is some condition like (NOT Installed) OR (InstallMode = 'Change'). But there is no such thing. So is this correct? Or there should be some other decent solution? Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom Thanks. From: Blair os...@live.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 9:57:26 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode What are you trying to do in change mode? Detect whenever the user adds Feature_XYZ? Or detect anytime it is either added or stays? It's hard to write conditions when you don't know the scenario. -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:25 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode Hi all, We have a customaction: Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (Not Installed) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom This works in initial install, but not in 'Change' mode. From here(http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/InstallMo de-Conditions-DON-T-work-td707286.html ), I learnt that there is no such standard property, and See Examples of Conditional Statement Syntax for how you should do it. So I googled and found this: http://wix.mindcapers.com/wiki/Conditional_Inner_Text. !-- Run on initial install, repair and minor upgrade -- Condition Message='Blah'COMPANYDIR AND NOT REMOVE ~= ALL/Condition Even if it doesn't say 'Change' mode, I still gave it a try. This statement seems working in 'Change' mode: Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom So the question is, is this the right thing to do? Is there any potential risk that could blow our current stuff? How to write the correct condition for initial install and 'Change' mode? Thanks! -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built
Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode
In what sequence is your custom action (execute, or ui)? Where in that sequence is it scheduled (before CostInitialize, after CostFinalize, before or after InstallInitialize, before or after InstallFinalize)? -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:00 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode Hi Blair, Thanks for your reply. We'd like to detect whenever the user adds the feature XYZ. Basically, we have a component which is an Outlook plugin. During installation, the user can choose install it or not. If the user doesn't install it in initial install, then she can add it in Change mode. There is an old post about this(http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Feature-h ow-to-reinstall-it-or-uninstall-it-alone-td5608464.html#a5608786 ). After enabling the Change button, the user can install the feature by hitting the Change button. But after that, the dll wasn't registered. From log, I learnt the CA is skipped. So I thought the condition wasn't correct. So I'd like to do the registration CA in Change mode, and of course, this happens only if the user really install the component. I thought there is some condition like (NOT Installed) OR (InstallMode = 'Change'). But there is no such thing. So is this correct? Or there should be some other decent solution? Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom Thanks. From: Blair os...@live.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 9:57:26 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode What are you trying to do in change mode? Detect whenever the user adds Feature_XYZ? Or detect anytime it is either added or stays? It's hard to write conditions when you don't know the scenario. -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:25 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode Hi all, We have a customaction: Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (Not Installed) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom This works in initial install, but not in 'Change' mode. From here(http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/InstallMo de-Conditions-DON-T-work-td707286.html ), I learnt that there is no such standard property, and See Examples of Conditional Statement Syntax for how you should do it. So I googled and found this: http://wix.mindcapers.com/wiki/Conditional_Inner_Text. !-- Run on initial install, repair and minor upgrade -- Condition Message='Blah'COMPANYDIR AND NOT REMOVE ~= ALL/Condition Even if it doesn't say 'Change' mode, I still gave it a try. This statement seems working in 'Change' mode: Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom So the question is, is this the right thing to do? Is there any potential risk that could blow our current stuff? How to write the correct condition for initial install and 'Change' mode? Thanks! -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing
Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode
What are you trying to do in change mode? Detect whenever the user adds Feature_XYZ? Or detect anytime it is either added or stays? It's hard to write conditions when you don't know the scenario. -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:25 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode Hi all, We have a customaction: Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (Not Installed) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom This works in initial install, but not in 'Change' mode. From here(http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/InstallMo de-Conditions-DON-T-work-td707286.html ), I learnt that there is no such standard property, and See Examples of Conditional Statement Syntax for how you should do it. So I googled and found this: http://wix.mindcapers.com/wiki/Conditional_Inner_Text. !-- Run on initial install, repair and minor upgrade -- Condition Message='Blah'COMPANYDIR AND NOT REMOVE ~= ALL/Condition Even if it doesn't say 'Change' mode, I still gave it a try. This statement seems working in 'Change' mode: Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom So the question is, is this the right thing to do? Is there any potential risk that could blow our current stuff? How to write the correct condition for initial install and 'Change' mode? Thanks! -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode
Hi Blair, Thanks for your reply. We'd like to detect whenever the user adds the feature XYZ. Basically, we have a component which is an Outlook plugin. During installation, the user can choose install it or not. If the user doesn't install it in initial install, then she can add it in Change mode. There is an old post about this(http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Feature-how-to-reinstall-it-or-uninstall-it-alone-td5608464.html#a5608786 ). After enabling the Change button, the user can install the feature by hitting the Change button. But after that, the dll wasn't registered. From log, I learnt the CA is skipped. So I thought the condition wasn't correct. So I'd like to do the registration CA in Change mode, and of course, this happens only if the user really install the component. I thought there is some condition like (NOT Installed) OR (InstallMode = 'Change'). But there is no such thing. So is this correct? Or there should be some other decent solution? Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom Thanks. From: Blair os...@live.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 9:57:26 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode What are you trying to do in change mode? Detect whenever the user adds Feature_XYZ? Or detect anytime it is either added or stays? It's hard to write conditions when you don't know the scenario. -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:25 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode Hi all, We have a customaction: Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (Not Installed) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom This works in initial install, but not in 'Change' mode. From here(http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/InstallMo de-Conditions-DON-T-work-td707286.html ), I learnt that there is no such standard property, and See Examples of Conditional Statement Syntax for how you should do it. So I googled and found this: http://wix.mindcapers.com/wiki/Conditional_Inner_Text. !-- Run on initial install, repair and minor upgrade -- Condition Message='Blah'COMPANYDIR AND NOT REMOVE ~= ALL/Condition Even if it doesn't say 'Change' mode, I still gave it a try. This statement seems working in 'Change' mode: Custom Action=DoDllRegistration Before=InstallFinalize (NOT REMOVE ~= ALL) AND (amp;Feature_XYZ = 3)/Custom So the question is, is this the right thing to do? Is there any potential risk that could blow our current stuff? How to write the correct condition for initial install and 'Change' mode? Thanks! -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
