Take a look at the ADDLOCAL property i the MSI SDK.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:38 PM, JKLists <jkli...@ifm-services.com> wrote:
> Summary:
> I'm struggling to figure out the WiX code and MSI parameters to alter
> installed features from the command line.
>
> Details:
> I have a WiX-generated MSI with two features, let's call them FeatureA
> and FeatureB. I install from a bootstrapper which passes a command-line
> parameter indicating which product(s) to install. For example, the WiX
> code for FeatureA might be:
>
> <Feature Id="FeatureA" Title="Blah Blah Blah" Level="1">
> <Condition Level="0">NOT INSTALLFEATUREA</Condition>
> <ComponentGroupRef Id="...
>
> and the C# code to launch the MIS might be:
>
> Process lExe = new Process();
> try
> {
> lExe.StartInfo.FileName = "foo.msi";
> lExe.StartInfo.Arguments = "INSTALLFEATUREA=1 /passive";
> lExe.StartInfo.Verb = "Open";
> lExe.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
> lExe.Start();
> }
>
> (The argument string here is hardcoded, but in actuality the arguments
> are built up in the bootstrapper. Arguments is hardcoded here for
> simplicity.)
>
> What I want to do now is allow the user to change which feature(s) are
> installed, but I'm not sure how (for example) to tell WiX/MSI to remove
> FeatureA from the command line, and add FeatureB.
>
> Sorry if the answer is obvious, but I've been barking up the wrong tree
> for the past hours and am crying "Uncle" on this one.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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