Yes windows installer is detecting that the keypath is still there and deciding that no action is required for the component.
What I want to do is cause the component to be reinstalled even if the keypath registry value still exists. I can think of a couple of hacks: * Delete the keypath registry value before InstallInitialize * Treat any change as a major upgrade and run "RemoveExistingProducts" to silently uninstall first. I have been trying to get this working using conditions and/or keypaths as that seems like the "right" thing to do. What am I missing? Thanks, Gavin :) -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:49 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Always Reinstall a Component The KeyPath of the Component controls whether it is installed or not. The MSI SDK talks about KeyPaths in detail. A verbose log file should give you a pretty good idea what the Windows Installer has decided to do with your Component. -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Bee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 20:08 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Always Reinstall a Component We have a WIX v3 installer and are trying to force a component that contains only registry values to reinstall when the user presses “change” in Add/Remove programs. The registry values are populated from properties that are set by our installer UI and can be changed when running the installer again. (See details below) The UI correctly prompts for new values but they are not saved to the registry. This appears to be because the component is not reinstalled. Among other things, I have tried making the component transitive with various conditions similar to: NOT Installed OR $component <> 2 NOT Installed OR REINSTALL NOT Installed OR $component = 3 It seems like there should be a way to force a component or a feature to reinstall. Have I missed something? How is this supposed to work? We really just want the property values set in our installer UI to be saved to the registry. It seems like this should be easy, but I have been unable to find a good example of how to do this. Thanks, Gavin ☺ <Feature Id="Client" Title="Base Install" Level="1"> <ComponentRef Id="ClientRegistryKeys" /> </Feature> … <Component Id="ClientRegistryKeys" Guid="{aguid}"> <RegistryKey Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" > <RegistryValue Id="AutoStart" Type="string" Name="AutoStart" Value="[INSTALLLOCATION]\app.exe [VALUEFROMUI]" /> </RegistryKey> </Component> … <UI Id="WixUI_ClientDialogs"> … <Publish Dialog="ClientParametersDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="VerifyReadyDlg">1</Publish> … <Publish Dialog="MaintenanceTypeDlg" Control="ChangeButton" Event="NewDialog" Value="ClientParametersDlg">1</Publish> … <Dialog Id="ClientParametersDlg" Title="[ProductName] Setup"> … <Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" Height="17" Text="Next" /> … <Control Id="ValueFromUIEdit" Type="Edit" Property="VALUEFROMUI" /> … </Dialog> </UI> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
