Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test mutations?Kindly assist me with some answers

2013-01-22 Thread John Cooper
jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 12:31 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test mutations?Kindly assist me with some answers On 11-Jan-13 10:31

Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test mutations?Kindly assist me with some answers

2013-01-21 Thread kirannhegde
The idea is that you have a variable of type WCA_TODO that's set normally, then overridden in an #ifdef DEBUG block to whatever the mutation is. I am sorry.. can one of you explain this in detail? Where should the variable WCA_TODO be set? How would i make use of this in an #ifdef DEBUG block

Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test mutations?Kindly assist me with some answers

2013-01-19 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Jan-13 10:31, John Cooper wrote: > I generally want my immediate custom actions to behave the same in install, > reinstall or upgrade. Depends on what they do, naturally. > I generally block the running of immediate custom actions in uninstall if I > don't need them. I don't block them, bu

Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test mutations?Kindly assist me with some answers

2013-01-11 Thread kirannhegde
The idea is that you have a variable of type WCA_TODO that's set normally, then overridden in an #ifdef DEBUG block to whatever the mutation is. I am sorry.. can one of you explain this in detail? Where should this variable be set? Kindly explain. I am new to all of this.. so kindly excuse my

Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test mutations?Kindly assist me with some answers

2013-01-11 Thread John Cooper
ssion, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:43 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test

Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test mutations?Kindly assist me with some answers

2013-01-11 Thread kirannhegde
Hello Bob, Thanks for assisting me with your answers. Do you have any ideas on how i could achieve the following: -How do you test the entries in AppSearch, RegLocator etc tables i.e the data contained in standard tables in windows installer? The msi built using Lux does not contain so many s

Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test mutations?Kindly assist me with some answers

2013-01-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Jan-13 10:54, John Cooper wrote: > Conceptually, it requires carefully embedding debug code in your working > immediate custom actions that is triggered only when the mutating variable is > set to certain values. The part about embedding debugging code into my > custom actions is a little

Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test mutations?Kindly assist me with some answers

2013-01-09 Thread John Cooper
, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: kirannhegde [mailto:kirann.he...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 2:30 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of tes

Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test mutations?Kindly assist me with some answers

2013-01-09 Thread kirannhegde
Hello John, Thanks for the response. Couple of other questions though: -How do you test the entries in AppSearch, RegLocator etc tables i.e the data contained in standard tables in windows installer? The msi built using Lux does not contain so many standard actions required to process such table

Re: [WiX-users] Hello - are you aware of test mutations?Kindly assist me with some answers

2013-01-08 Thread John Cooper
I'm posting this back to the list. I prefer my Wix discussions to be shared. I am aware of them, but I have not had a scenario where I have chosen to use them, yet. Conceptually, it requires carefully embedding debug code in your working immediate custom actions that is triggered only when the