Re: [WiX-users] Can Patch Uninstall from Programs & Features be given a UI?

2013-03-21 Thread robe070
Thanks for your clear replies. I thought that was the case but had to check. @Phil I don't think the Custom Action gives me anything I can't already do. When the patch uninstall is run from the command line I can achieve what I need to - displaying a dialog to undo the schema changes. Just conditi

Re: [WiX-users] Can Patch Uninstall from Programs & Features be given a UI?

2013-03-21 Thread Phil Wilson
neral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can Patch Uninstall from Programs & Features be given a UI? No, the Windows Installer doesn't support UI (beyond a progress bar) during uninstall. On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Rob Goodridge wrote: > Hi, > &g

Re: [WiX-users] Can Patch Uninstall from Programs & Features be given a UI?

2013-03-21 Thread Rob Mensching
No, the Windows Installer doesn't support UI (beyond a progress bar) during uninstall. On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Rob Goodridge wrote: > Hi, > > Our product may ship database changes in a Patch. > > The database may be shared between users. > > We are not recording the current state of the

[WiX-users] Can Patch Uninstall from Programs & Features be given a UI?

2013-03-20 Thread Rob Goodridge
Hi, Our product may ship database changes in a Patch. The database may be shared between users. We are not recording the current state of the database - like save the Upgrade Code, Product Code and Patch Code in a table in the database, so we can't derive whether the database has already been ro