[WiX-users] Conditional Components based on OS ?
I have four components XP, XP64, Vista32+ and Vista64+ How can I create conditions for these components? -- Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model of a cloud services business. Read Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Conditional Components based on OS ?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370556(v=vs.85 ).aspx Would probably look about like this. You don't have to use CDATA blocks, but my example used the symbol so I just went with it. Component Id=XP Guid=[yourguid] Condition![CDATA[(VersionNT = 501)]]/Condition /Component Component Id=XP64 Guid=[yourguid] Condition![CDATA[(VersionNT64 = 501)]]/Condition /Component Component Id=Vista32+ Guid=[yourguid] Condition![CDATA[(VersionNT = 600)]]/Condition /Component Component Id= Vista64+ Guid=[yourguid] Condition![CDATA[(VersionNT64 = 600)]]/Condition /Component -Original Message- From: Michael Tissington [mailto:michael_tissing...@ciqual.com] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 7:04 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Conditional Components based on OS ? I have four components XP, XP64, Vista32+ and Vista64+ How can I create conditions for these components? -- Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model of a cloud services business. Read Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model of a cloud services business. Read Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] conditional components
Hi all.
I want to write a certain registry key during an installation
and the same key with a different value during uninstall.
So I thought I could have something like
Component Id='install_reques' Guid='x'
RegistryValue Id='InstallNetlmCommand' Root='HKLM'
Key='$(var.InstallerHKLM)\Netlm'
Name='InstallCommand' Action='write' Type='string' Value='msiexec /i
[SourceDir] netlm.msi' /
Condition (Netlm = 3) AND NOT (!Netlm = 3) /Condition
/Component
Component Id='uninstall_request' Guid='x'
RegistryValue Id='InstallNetlmCommand' Root='HKLM'
Key='$(var.InstallerHKLM)\Netlm'
Name='InstallCommand' Action='write' Type='string' Value='msiexec /qb
/x {x}'/
Condition (Netlm = 2) AND (!Netlm = 3) /Condition
/Component
under the main Feature ('Netlm' is a sub-feature)
but I get:
u:\src\fesetup\wix\setup.wxs(562) : error CNDL0104 : Not a valid source file;
detail: Beim Analysieren von 'EntityName' ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Zeile
562, Position 22.
[When analizing 'EntityName' an error occured].
It compiles when I replace the condition with, say, '1'.
What am I doing wrong here?
Andre'
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Re: [WiX-users] conditional components
Hi André, Hi Stefan. I realy don't know what is wrong. Maybe you should try to use the ![CDATA[Condition]] to avoid conflicts with XML. Well, you did know what was wrong after all. CDATA helps indeed, Netlm is no valid XML... But I know that you cannot write to the registry during uninstallation using standard action WriteRegistryValues. Urm, that's bad. Do you know why? If you need during uninstallation to write something to registry you should write the CustomAction for it. I already tried to do so but failed to figure out how to write a registry key from a custom action. I found all kind of fancy stuff for executings a function in a dll or an script or such, but no registry access. Would I have to use an embedded script in the custom action? Regards, Andre' - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] conditional components
Hi again... André Pönitz wrote: But I know that you cannot write to the registry during uninstallation using standard action WriteRegistryValues. Urm, that's bad. Do you know why? The Registry Table of Windows installer does not support such action. see MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/registry_table.asp If you need during uninstallation to write something to registry you should write the CustomAction for it. I already tried to do so but failed to figure out how to write a registry key from a custom action. I would prefer to use C++ Custom Action DLL. You should use the RegSetValueEx() function to write the values to registry. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724923.aspx Hope it wil help you. Stefan -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | SK-81103 Bratislava | Slovak Republic Tel +421(2)5930-0735 | Fax +421(2)5443-5512 - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] conditional components
Stefan Pavlik wrote: The Registry Table of Windows installer does not support such action. see MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/registry_table.asp Too bad... If you need during uninstallation to write something to registry you should write the CustomAction for it. I already tried to do so but failed to figure out how to write a registry key from a custom action. I would prefer to use C++ Custom Action DLL. You should use the RegSetValueEx() function to write the values to registry. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724923.aspx Hope it wil help you. Ok, done that and it sort-of-works (or not). The problem right now is that the uninstall custom action is not called because 'the condition is false'. At least that's what the log file says. So my current workaround is to call the uninstall ca unconditionally and the install ca during install (this one _is_ called), un-doing the effect of the first ca. This will, of course, horribly break if the user is modifying the installation. Do you (or anybody else for that matter) where (i.e. in what sequence) and when (i.e. what sequence number or after which standard item) the uninstall ca should be called such that !Feature and Feature contain 'proper' values? Regards (and of course thanks for the help) Andre' -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/conditional-components-tf2635711.html#a7360841 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] conditional components
Stefan Pavlik wrote: I would prefer to use C++ Custom Action DLL. You should use the RegSetValueEx() function to write the values to registry. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724923.aspx Just for the record: I just found out why the uninstall CA was not called: The feature on which they were conditioned did not contain any components anymore, so it was not considered as 'installed' when the installer run. Puttting a dummy component in the feature 'helps'. Andre', wondering what the clean solution might be... - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
