I can sort of see the point of that but that list doesn't even mention FindRelatedProducts. Putting FindRelatedProducts after LaunchConditions actually breaks installs if you run a downgrade silently.
Neil -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: 13 February 2009 20:54 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] LaunchConditions and FindRelatedProducts For some reason that I don't understand, the MSI SDK suggests that LaunchConditions be before AppSearch: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372038(VS.85).aspx Personally I've always done it the other way around so I can use the results of AppSearch in my LaunchConditions. In fact, at my day job, I've dumped LaunchConditions entirely and rolloed my own pattern that uses additional data that isn't available until after costing. http://blog.deploymentengineering.com/2006/07/short-comings-of-launchcon ditions.html Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Fri, 2/13/09, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> wrote: > From: Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> > Subject: [WiX-users] LaunchConditions and FindRelatedProducts > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 12:42 PM > I have noticed that to get launch conditions to handle and > related > products properly it is necessary to schedule > FindRelatedProducts before > LaunchConditions. This is not a problem but wouldn't it > make sense for > this to be the default? I have looked at the VS generated > MSIs and they > are scheduled with FindRelatedProducts before > LaunchConditions and most > other MSIs I have checked do the same. > > Neil > > Neil Sleightholm > X2 Systems Limited > n...@x2systems.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, > San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open > Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open > source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the > source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
