Command.Action and Command.Display -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:57 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UILevel on uninstall using "WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" bootstrapper
What parts? Some of it can be accessed via Variables. On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Christopher West C < christopher.c.w...@ericsson.com> wrote: > Sorry, my question wasn't very clear. > > I think the answer to this is no, I just want to verify. I have a > test bundle.wxs that contains the following: > > <BootstrapperApplicationRef > Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" > > > Is it possible to access the Command struct inside the Bundle.wxs itself? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:27 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UILevel on uninstall using > "WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" bootstrapper > > The wixstdba is a "custom" BA that's already written for you. It can > do whatever it can do. You can see the code in src\ext\BalExtension\wixstdba. > I'm not exactly sure what you want it to do in this case but it > definitely does access the Command struct and makes all sorts of > decisions based off of it today. <smile/> > > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Christopher West C < > christopher.c.w...@ericsson.com> wrote: > > > Thanks, had a chance to test with this last night, and inside a > > custom BA, I was able to access the BootstrapperApplication.Command > > that you referenced, which is what I was looking for. > > > > Just wanted to confirm one other thing regarding usage of the > > Command struct. While I was able to access it via a custom BA, I > > didn't see that there was a way to access it when using the > > "WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" bootstrapper in the > > Bundle.wxs. Is it correct to say that the Command struct can only > > be accessed via a custom BA, and can't be accessed using the > > "WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" bootstrapper? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:31 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UILevel on uninstall using > > "WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" bootstrapper > > > > Yes, the BootstrapperApplication is provided the Command struct that > > has all the information about the command-line. > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Christopher West C < > > christopher.c.w...@ericsson.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the information. I did some testing and did notice a > > > difference between "/passive" in Windows Installer versus Burn in > > > how the UILevel is set. In windows installer, the command > > > "msiexec /uninstall CWTestGACInstaller.msi /passive" will set the UILevel > > > to "3" > > in the msi. > > > Using the burn command "CWTestGACInstallerSetup.exe /uninstall > > > /passive", the UILevel is "2" in the chained msi. > > > > > > >From a burn perspective, two possible command line uninstall > > > >options > > > could be "CWTestGACInstallerSetup.exe /uninstall /passive" or > > > "CWTestGACInstallerSetup.exe /uninstall /quiet". For this > > > particular example, is there a way inside either the Bundle.wxs or > > > the chained .msi, to retrieve that the value "/quiet" or "/passive" > > > was entered, or more generically, to grab the burn command line > > > that > was used. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 1:56 PM > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UILevel on uninstall using > > > "WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" bootstrapper > > > > > > I don't think that first assertion is quite correct. > > > > > > What you can tell is that you are being uninstalled with /qb+ or > > > whatever exactly evaluates to UILevel = 3. Apparently ARP launches > > > with something like that instead of /qb- which is essentially what > > > "/passive" translates to (both in the Windows Installer and in Burn). > > > > > > What you've really found is that Burn doesn't support "/qb+" (plus > > > a bunch of the other crazy options that the Windows Installer > > > supports for legacy reasons). <smile/> > > > > > > Anyway, if you want to know whether your MSI is being launched in > > > the context of Burn, I think the easiest way would be to add an > > > MsiProperty element to your MsiPackage element. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Christopher West C < > > > christopher.c.w...@ericsson.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Thank you for your reply. I do have the following question. > > > > > > > > In the bare .msi package, in the .msi via a custom action I can > > > > check the UILevel to know if the user is uninstalling the .msi > > > > from ARP, versus if they are uninstalling from the command > > > > prompt in "no > > UI" mode. > > > > > > > > If the same .msi is being uninstalled via a chainer, is there a > > > > check I can make to know if the user is uninstalling the chained > > > > .msi from the ARP via the burn bootstrapper entry, versus if the > > > > user is uninstalling the chained .msi via the burn\bootstrapper > > > > from the command prompt using the "/quiet" option? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:57 PM > > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UILevel on uninstall using > > > > "WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" bootstrapper > > > > > > > > On 29-Apr-13 14:40, Christopher West C wrote: > > > > > Is the below behavior a bug with the Wix burn bootstrapper > > > functionality? > > > > No, it's a behavior difference due to running in a chainer > > > > instead of from a bare .msi package. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > sig://boB > > > > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > > -------- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting > > > > tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production > > > > application > > > > - 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