I have several apps which need to set the same DWORD registry flag. The apps
can be installed together (independently) on the same machine, so the flag must
not be unset if one app is uninstalled while another is in place. Unfortunately
the only permissible values for the flag are zero (or unset) and one.
I coded a C dll to be called from two custom actions to manage a "reference
count" (in the registry, separate from the flag). When an app is installed one
CA increments the refcount, and when uninstalled the other CA decrements the
refcount. When the refcount is zero, the flag is cleared. This code will be in
a merge module, to be included in all relevant apps.
But I'm having a problem conditioning the CAs so this actually works. I'm
using the component states of a binary file thus
for install:
$C_bin = 3 (i.e. action state = local)
and for uninstall
$C_bin = 2 AND ?C_bin = 3 (action state = absent & installed state =
present)
That works for simple install & uninstall, but upgrade and repair are problems.
- unless the binary component version is different in the upgrading package,
only the increment CA executes.
- during repair the CA executes, but I don't want it to
Are there conditions which would work? Or is there some other approach which
would be reliable?
A sudden thought ... perhaps the cleanest solution would be simply to have a
merge module that sets the flag, as a normal 'Registry' component , and use
that in all appropriate apps. Then Windows Installer will automagically manage
the reference count. Can anyone see flaws in that idea? (I'll experiment
tomorrow.)
Thanks for any suggestions
Alan
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