Re: [WiX-users] merge module that conditionally installs a component

2007-03-03 Thread Bob Arnson
John Lalande wrote: Since no other product will use this component, this is exactly what I want. Is there any other gotchas you know of that I should be aware of? No, that's the odd behavior that makes it unsuitable for some cases. If it doesn't apply, you should be good to go. --

Re: [WiX-users] merge module that conditionally installs a component

2007-03-02 Thread Bob Arnson
John Lalande wrote: I would like to further enhance this merge module such that if a user later installs Act, then they run a Repair, it will install this component. I suspect that this isn't possible as a Repair is simply repairing the components that are already installed. Or is there

Re: [WiX-users] merge module that conditionally installs a component

2007-03-02 Thread John Lalande
Setting the Transitive attribute to 'yes' gives me a merge module that does exactly what I need. Nonetheless, you advised me to read the SDK docs for this attribute and I found the following: If this bit is set, the installer reevaluates the value of the statement in the Condition column upon a

Re: [WiX-users] merge module that conditionally installs a component

2007-03-01 Thread Bob Arnson
John Lalande wrote: Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir' Directory Id='ACTPATH' Name='ActDir' Directory Id='PluginsDir' Name='Plugins' Component Id='Plugin' Guid='31A99920-6E0A-4e31-B569-180D46439930' File Id='NHPlugindll' Name='NHPlugin.dll'

Re: [WiX-users] merge module that conditionally installs a component

2007-03-01 Thread John Lalande
Updating the merge module code as you explained works perfectly. Thanks for that! I would like to further enhance this merge module such that if a user later installs Act, then they run a Repair, it will install this component. I suspect that this isn't possible as a Repair is simply repairing

[WiX-users] merge module that conditionally installs a component

2007-02-28 Thread John Lalande
I have created a plugin for the PIM Act! This plugin dll must be installed in a subfolder of the Act! installation directory only if Act! is installed. I would like to package the plugin in a merge module so that different teams at our company can use it by simply including it in their

Re: [WiX-users] merge module that conditionally installs a Component

2007-02-28 Thread Balakrishna.BK
2007 14:21:41 -0600 From: John Lalande Subject: [WiX-users] merge module that conditionally installs a component To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I have created a plugin for the PIM Act! This plugin dll must