Yan, I would like to overwrite the files, but keep the service start type same after installation as it was before.
--Saurabh --- On Tue, 7/7/09, Yan Sklyarenko <y...@sitecore.net> wrote: > From: Yan Sklyarenko <y...@sitecore.net> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Do not change the service start type on upgrade > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 11:38 PM > Can you try setting the Component's > attribute NeverOverwrite to 'yes'? > Didn't try it myself, though... > > -- Yan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Saurabh [mailto:sk...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:18 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Do not change the service start type > on upgrade > > > Hello, > > I am quite new to wix and stuck with an issue. > > I have a windows service which is installed as a part of an > MSI , the > service start being set to manual. The users can change > this to > automatic after installation. > > Now if we install an update, the service is deleted and > re-installed and > the service start is set to manual again. I would like to > have a way in > which the service start type should not change if the user > has set it to > automatic when an upgrade msi is being installed. > > > I tried : > > Get the current service start type > <Property Id='SERVICE_STATUS'> > <RegistrySearch > Id='ServiceStatus' Type='raw' Root='HKLM' > Key='SYSTEM\Current Control Set\Services\My Service' > Name='Start' /> > > </Property> > > ===== > Based on the Property tried suppressing the installservices > and > deleteservices elements in the InstallExecuete table > <DeleteServices Suppress="yes" >SERVICE_STATUS > </DeleteServices> > <InstallServices Suppress="yes" > >SERVICE_STATUS<InstallServices > > > This did not work. > > ==== > Then I tried to create two different component elements: > > <Component Id="My_Service" > Guid="67B3D72D-0CB9-41BA-B76A-ADEF1DF87745" > DiskId="1"> > > <!-- If the service is installed and set to automatic > --> > > <Condition><![CDATA[SERVICE_STATUS AND > (SERVICE_STATUS = > "#2")]]></Condition> > <Serviceinstall ... Start="auto"... > <File... > <servicecontrol... > > and > > > <Component Id="My_Service1" > Guid="A50691F0-5C0F-49d5-AA27-9C5280278459" DiskId="1"> > > <!--If the service is not installed or not set to > automatic and installed--> > > <Condition><![CDATA[(NOT SERVICE_STATUS) OR > (SERVICE_STATUS <> "#2")]]></Condition> > > <ServiceInstall Start="demand"... > > <File... > > <servicecontrol... > > In this case service does not install when I upgrade from > older version > of MSI > ======= > > Any other ways in which i tried setting a property and > using it as a > value in the start attribute of serviceinstall element > failed as it did > not support properties. > > Could anyone point me to the correct way of doing this? > > Thanks > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a > limited time, > > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App > World(TM) will > have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer > Challenge. See full > prize > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a > limited time, > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App > World(TM) will have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer > Challenge. See full prize > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
