Sure, take a look at the concept of a "change" operation in Add/Remove Programs and the properties ADDLOCAL and REMOVE. An uninstall is REMOVE=ALL but it can also be REMOVE=SOMEFEATURE.
Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Mon, 8/24/09, Greg Silin <greg.si...@microsoft.com> wrote: > From: Greg Silin <greg.si...@microsoft.com> > Subject: [WiX-users] Partial uninstall > To: "wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 6:08 PM > Hi, > > We have several Feature elements (flat feature tree) that > comprise one Product element, which build into one > MSI. See the rough idea below > > If the product is installed, is it possible to uninstall > some, but not all features? Any pointers on how/if > this can be achieved would be great. > > If the product is partially installed (some but not all > features) is it possible to "add" the remaining features > without reinstalling the features that are already > installed? Same here, pointers or suggestions would be > appreciated. > > Thank you! > -greg > > Very rough example of wix source (modified from alexshev's > MSDN blog :)): > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi";> > <Product > Id="{73116928-CD06-4E5C-A78F-7854AADE0E4B}" > Name="My > Product" > > Language="1033" > > Version="1.0.0.0" > > Manufacturer="Your Company"> > <Package > Id="{A38753E1-46CA-49E5-B5A5-7B4740FFCC8A}" > > Description="Description of your product" > > Comments="This will appear in the file > summary stream." > > InstallerVersion="200" > > Compressed="yes" /> > > <Media Id="1" Cabinet="Product.cab" > EmbedCab="yes" /> > > <Feature Id="Feature1" Title="My Feature > 1" Level="1"> > </Feature> > > <Feature Id="Feature2" Title=" My Feature > 2" Level="1"> > </Feature> > > <Feature Id="Feature3" Title=" My Feature > 3" Level="1"> > </Feature> > ... <more features here>... > > <UIRef Id="WixUI_Mondo" /> > > </Product> > </Wix> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and > deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's > new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
