Indeed - this is pretty much the conclusion we've come to - managing features felt like a rabbit hole down which we didn't want to disappear!
Thanks for you comments. Tom On 17 July 2014 00:05, Rob Mensching <r...@firegiant.com> wrote: > I should also note that manipulating Feature states is way more > challenging than it should be with the Windows Installer. At FireGiant, we > generally encourage our clients to avoid Features and try breaking their > installation down into smaller packages. > > Free advice, do with it as you wish. <smile/> > > _______________________________________________________________ > FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@firegiant.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:54 PM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Determining default features for installation in > a bundle from custom BA > > Since the BA must take over the installation states for features, > INSTALLLEVEL in the Packages is now essentially irrelevant. You'd need to > define a concept like INSTALLLEVEL in your BA if that's what you want . > > _______________________________________________________________ > FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Glastonbury [mailto:t...@zanyants.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 9:09 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Determining default features for installation in > a bundle from custom BA > > Hi Rob, > > Thanks for the comment. I understand that I'd need to manage all feature > states, but isn't that precisely why I'd need to know whether each feature > should be installed by default or not? Surely without knowing INSTALLLEVEL, > I must assume that all features should by default be installed, ie a > 'complete' install. Wouldn't a 'typical' install would be the desired > starting point, rather than 'complete', notably for non-interactive > installs? The user could then meaningfully make use of command line > properties like ADDLOCAL=ALL (which would be handled by the BA). > > Thanks, > > Tom > > > On 15 July 2014 16:31, Rob Mensching <r...@firegiant.com> wrote: > > > When you manage feature states, you need to manage all feature states. > > Thus the defaults aren't terribly relevant, thus INSTALLLEVEL can for > > all intents and purposes be ignored. > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | > > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Glastonbury [mailto:t...@zanyants.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 2:34 AM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] Determining default features for installation in > > a bundle from custom BA > > > > Dear Wix Users, > > > > I'm working on the feature selection GUI of a custom (managed) BA. > > When running for installation, I need to determine which features of > > each package in the bundle should be installed by default: unless I'm > > missing something, this depends on comparing the INSTALLLEVEL property > > of the package to which a feature belongs and the @Level attribute for > > the feature which can be found in BootstrapperApplicationData.xml. > > > > My questions are: > > > > 1. Am I correct about how to determine which features should be > > selected for installation by default? If not, what is the right way? > > > > 2. If I am correct, how should I obtain the INSTALLLEVEL property of > > the package? Will the suggested method work if the package binary is > > not distributed with the bundle (ie, it must be downloaded if required). > > > > 3. Why isn't it the INSTALLLEVEL property of each package stashed as > > an attribute of WixPackageProperties in > > BootstrapperApplicationData.xml? This would seem to make sense to me, > > and be consistent with the existing stashing the Level field from the > > Feature table as an attribute in WixPackageFeatureInfo elements. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Tom > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? > > Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black > > Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest > > code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! 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