Re: [WiX-users] Burn conditions

2012-09-26 Thread Nick Ramirez
I tried setting a condition: /Bundle Name=My Software Condition=VersionNT = 500 .../ But it always evaluates as false. /Condition 'VersionNT = 500' evaluates to false. Bundle global condition check didn't succeed - aborting without loading application./ A Windows 7 machine

Re: [WiX-users] Burn conditions

2012-09-26 Thread Hoover, Jacob
is an integer. For example, to use this variable in a Bundle condition try: VersionNT v6.1 -Original Message- From: Nick Ramirez [mailto:nickra...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:51 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn conditions I tried

Re: [WiX-users] Burn conditions

2012-09-26 Thread Nick Ramirez
Based on Neil Sleightholm's blog, http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2012/05/wix-burn-tipstricks.html, it seems that the VersionNT is a value like v6.1. Strange that it's not the same format as the Windows Installer property, but now the condition evaluates as expected. /Condition=VersionNT =

Re: [WiX-users] Burn conditions

2012-09-26 Thread Nick Ramirez
Thanks Jacob. Looks like I did gloss over that part in the documentation. Interesting that the VersionNT value was changed though. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-conditions-tp7580784p7580875.html Sent from the wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Burn conditions

2012-09-26 Thread Rob Mensching
Burn has native support for versions. It works immensely better than the MSI string based versions. That's why we chose to use it. It works so much better. The doc explicitly calls out the differences. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Nick Ramirez nickra...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks Jacob.

[WiX-users] Burn conditions

2012-09-24 Thread Nick Ramirez
I noticed that there's Bundle/@Condition and there's also bal:Condition Message=some message /bal:Condition Is the element Condition preferred over the attribute since it can have a descriptive message? Also, are the only properties we can use here the ones that are available at this early

Re: [WiX-users] Burn conditions

2012-09-24 Thread Rob Mensching
The Bundle/@Condition is intended to be used when the Bundle cannot run at all. You'll get the This operating system is not supported error message or something similar. The BA really should put up it's own message. wixstdba supports the bal:Condition. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Nick