ARPINSTALLLOCATION is stored in the resitry, so you can do something like this:
<UpgradeVersion Minimum=" your_min_version "
IncludeMinimum="yes"
Maximum="your_max_version"
IncludeMaximum="no"
Property="OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED" />
...
<Property Id="INSTALLDIR">
<RegistrySearch Id="InstallDir" Root="HKLM"
Key="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED]"
Name="InstallLocation" Type="raw" />
</Property>
-----Original Message-----
From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 14:53
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Save and reuse previous InstallDir
The good thing about ARPINSTALLLOCATION is that you anybody can call
MsiGetProductInfo (,.....INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLLOCATION..) or equivalent to
get the location.
The bad thing about ARPINSTALLLOCATION is that you have to call
MsiGetProductInfo (,.....INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLLOCATION..) or equivalent to
get the location.
It can be easier to use a registry item to store the install location
([TARGETDIR] or [INSTALLDIR]) because then you can do an AppSearch for it and
not need to write any code.
Phil Wilson
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Kehl [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 12:39 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Save and reuse previous InstallDir
Hi Pally
Thank you for your help. I have this now in my wix-script and the
InstallLocation will be set in the registry. But I don't know, what I have to
do, that it will be reused when I do an update.
Can you help me about this one more time? - Thanks.
Thomas
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Pally Sandher [mailto:[email protected]]
Gesendet: Montag, 29. März 2010 18:22
An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Save and reuse previous InstallDir
What Alex means is you can set the ARPINSTALLLOCATION property
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367589.aspx) to do that for
you using a type 51 custom action. The following code should work for
you Thomas:
<CustomAction Id="SetARPInstallLoc" Property="ARPINSTALLLOCATION"
Value="[INSTALLDIR]" />
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="SetARPInstallLoc" Before="RegisterProduct" />
</InstallExecuteSequence>
That will (should) set the "InstallLocation" value under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{
YOUR-PRODUCT-GUID}
Good Luck.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Ivanoff [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 29 March 2010 17:00
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Save and reuse previous InstallDir
ARPINSTALLLOCATION.
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Kehl [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:45
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WiX-users] Save and reuse previous InstallDir
Hi.
What does I have to do, that my installer savest he InstallDir which the
user has browse and installed to and reuse it for an update?
Thank you.
Thomas
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