On 27 Feb 2008, at 20:12, Alexander Shevchuk wrote:
> Sorry, I don't have neither enough time to come up with the sample
> nor ready sample.
> One of the possible solutions for your problem is Qualified
> components (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370947.aspx)
> and PublishComponent table
> (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370921(VS.85).aspx
> ).
> In WiX, look for Category
> (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_category.htm
> ) and Component (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_component.htm
> ) elements.
> With qualified components you don't have to use any custom actions.
> If I will have time this weekend, I'll try to make a sample.
This sounds like a great solution, but I couldn't get repair to work
the way I wanted. I was using the following structure:
<Component Id="App_JRE15" Guid="...">
<Condition>JRE15HOME and NOT JDK15HOME</Condition>
<Category Id="guid-1" Qualifier="JRE15"/>
<Shortcut Target="[JRE15HOME]\bin\javaw.exe" .../>
</Component>
<Component Id="App_JDK15" Guid="...">
<Condition>JDK15HOME</Condition>
<Category Id="guid-1" Qualifier="JDK15"/>
<Shortcut Target="[JDK15HOME]\bin\javaw.exe" .../>
</Component>
[similar components for other combinations here]
If I have JDK 1.5 and JRE 1.5 installed, installing my package results
in Component App_JDK15 being installed as per the conditions.
If I then remove JDK 1.5 and "repair" (REINSTALL=ALL,
REINSTALLMODE=pecms) my package, I want Component App_JDK15 to be
removed (its condition will not be true any more) and App_JRE15 to be
created (its condition will now be true).
Instead, App_JDK15 just gets updated with a broken Target :-(
It isn't clear how [EMAIL PROTECTED] gets used in a reinstall, but
setting them all to the same string (eg "App") didn't change what
happened.
Cheers,
Chris
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