I'm sorry, I meant to type AppSearch. Of course, we also use FindRelatedProducts as part of our search patterns. ( DetectOnly flag )
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: RE: [WiX-users] LaunchConditions and FindRelatedProducts > To: chr...@deploymentengineering.com, "General discussion for Windows > Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 4:25 PM > 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
