In essence yes but I know my code works as I use it in a product we released last week & if he's using WiXUI_Mondo (or a custom UI that sets the InstallLevel >= 100), your code would cause that feature to always be installed regardless of the condition if a user selects Complete in the SetupTypeDlg for the reason(s) I described.
Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad Miles Sent: 01 September 2008 18:18 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem with conditional install You basically just offered up the inverse of what I suggested. On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Pally Sandher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Modify your Feature as follows: > > <Feature Id="SH4" Title="SH4" Description=" SH4" Level="9999" > AllowAdvertise="no" Display="hidden"> > <ComponentGroupRef Id="SH4_components"/> <Condition Level="1"> > <![CDATA[SH4EXISTS]]> > </Condition> > </Feature> > > That should work as you expect it to. > > ComponentGroupRef's are no different to ComponentRef's inside Feature > tags. Your use of Fragments is also fine. > > The problem is that your Condition was setting the Level of the > Feature to 0 when the condition evaluated to true which as far a I > know would never install your feature regardless of what the > InstallLevel is set to. Setting it to 1 will ensure it installs when > the directory exists as the Windows Installer will install all > Features which have a Level equal to or lower than the current > InstallLevel. In WiXUI_Mondo, Typical sets InstallLevel to 3, Complete > sets InstallLevel = 1000 IIRC & it defaults to 1 in everything else if > you don't use a SetInstallLevel ControlEvent as WiXUI_Mondo does on > it's SetupTypeDlg (see > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369536(VS.85).aspx & > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371688(VS.85).aspx). I set > Features to Level "9999" as it's suitably high to not be installed by > accident but as one of those MSDN links says you can set it as high as > 32767 if you wish although unless you have written your own UI you > would only really need to set it to 1001 at most since the Complete > option in WiXUI_Mondo is the only stock UI which modifies the > InstallLevel to the best of my knowledge. > > Let us know if this fixes your issue Scott. > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Deployment and IT Administrator > > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > http://www.iesve.com > > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** > > Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, > Glasgow G20 0SP > > Email Disclaimer > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of scott b > harris > Sent: 30 August 2008 02:36 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem with conditional install > > Thanks for the ideas but unfortunately, I can't seem to get them to > work. With the line suggested below (and several variations of it), > the files will not install regardless of if the '[OSINSTALLDIR]\PUBLIC\SH4' > is there or not. > > I've used /l*v with msiexec but there doesn't seem to be any logging > that shows the condition statement being tested. Is there another way > of seeing this? > > What does level="101" indicate about the Feature? Could it indicate > that I should be putting he condition at another level other than > Feature? > > Could the fact that the feature is pointing to a ComponentGroupRef > mean that I need to do something different with my condition? What > about a fragment? > > I may be grasping at straws but those are the main differences between > the sample code that works and what the code I'm trying to integrate > this into. > > Again, thanks for any help y'all can provide. > > Scott > > > Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:51:09 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem with > conditional install> > Change 101 to just 1.> > And I think on the the > condition tag might need to be parsed...> > <Condition > Level="100"><![CDATA[NOT SH4EXISTS <> ""]]></Condition>> > On Fri, Aug > 29, 2008 at 12:39 PM, scott b harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > > Howdy,> >> > I'm having an issue getting a condition to work. I'm new > to this whole> > thing so hopefully I'm just missing something simple. > I'm trying to get> > files installed only if there is an SH4 folder. > With the following, SH4> > will not install regardless of if the > folder exists. If I remove the> > condition the files will be laid > down. What have I done wrong?> >> > <?xml version="1.0" > encoding="utf-8"?>> > <Wix > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi";>> > <Fragment>> > > <Feature Id="SH4" Title="SH4" Description=" SH4" Level="101"> > AllowAdvertise="no" > Display="hidden" Absent="disallow"> > InstallDefault="followParent">> > > <ComponentGroupRef Id="SH4_components"/>> > <Condition Level="0">NOT > SH4EXISTS</Condition>> > </Feature>> > </Fragment>> >> >> > > <Fragment>> > > <Property Id="SH4EXISTS">> > <DirectorySearch Id="CheckFileDir" > Path='[OSINSTALLDIR]\PUBLIC\SH4'> > Depth="0">> > </DirectorySearch>> > > </Property>> > </Fragment>> >> > </Wix>> >> > I've run logging > (/l*v) but that only seems to indicate the Components that> > make up > the ComponentGroup are Null for Request and Action.> >> > I am > confident that the directory path does exist. I am curious if the> > > condition being in a fragment or the Feature Level being 101 has > anything to> > do with it.> >> > Thanks for any assistance.> >> > > Scott> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > -> > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move > -> > Developer's> > > challenge> > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin > SDK & win great> > > prizes> > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > anywhere in the world> > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> > > _______________________________________________> > WiX-users mailing > list> > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > -> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK > challenge> & > win great prizes> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source > event anywhere in the world> > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> > _______________________________________________> WiX-users mailing > list> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > - > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & > win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move > Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with > Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open > Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
