Gonzalo Diethelm wrote:
2. Should I expect the uninstaller to gracefully stop my service
without this long pause? The service stops very quickly (it takes not
more than 1 or 2 seconds to stop), and if I stop it manually there is
no pause during uninstallation.
The pause isn't coming from MSI
Ok, I am recanting from my past sins and turning to ServiceInstall and
ServiceControl and away from my CustomActions to install / uninstall my
service. However, I get the exact same symptom as before: when
uninstalling the service, there is a long pause. Since it's been some
time, allow me to resta
Gonzalo Diethelm wrote:
I guess that's arguable. I already had to provide all those details
(service name, startup information, etc.) in the EXE itself, in order
to support the /install, /remove, /start and /stop switches. Why would
I want to repeat that in the installer, instead of just callin
October 2007 17:24
To: Bob Arnson
Cc: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] [WiX-commits] Wix 2 and service
I guess that's arguable. I already had to provide all those details (service
name, startup information, etc.) in the EXE itself, in order to
I guess that's arguable. I already had to provide all those details
(service name, startup information, etc.) in the EXE itself, in order to
support the /install, /remove, /start and /stop switches. Why would I
want to repeat that in the installer, instead of just calling the EXE?
Thanks and best
Gonzalo Diethelm wrote:
The only reason not to use ServiceInstall and ServiceControl is the
DRY principle (Don't Repeat Yourself).Since I MUST provide a way for
users to start/stop/install/delete the service from the console, I
don't want to replicate that mechanism anywhere else, hence the ver
Oops, sorry. I intended to post on wix-users, I must have clicked on the
wrong link.
The only reason not to use ServiceInstall and ServiceControl is the DRY
principle (Don't Repeat Yourself). Since I MUST provide a way for users
to start/stop/install/delete the service from the console, I don't wa
Wix-users is the correct place to ask this…
Why don’t you just use the ServiceInstall and ServiceControl elements? That’s
what they are for.
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