Did this ever get resolved? On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Sharat Janapareddy < sharat.janapare...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> We made some changes to the MSI installer that was released this year and > we are releasing the SP soon. One of those changes include adding support to > uninstall the patches. For this, we modified some Custom elements in > InstallExecuteSequence table of the MSI generating WXS file. (I am not sure > if these are the same as CustomActions though!) > > Anyway, how do we specify in the Patch.wxs that these Custom elements need > to be patched? > > For instance, here's the change which says that we should not run this > action when uninstalling the patch - > <Custom Action='_GetServiceState' After='_SetADName'><![CDATA[Installed And > REMOVE<>"ALL" And Not MSIPATCHREMOVE ]]></Custom> > > And here's how I listed it in the Patch.wxs - > <PatchFamily Id="AgentPatchFamily" Version="1.0.0.1" Supersede="yes"> > <!-- Nothing here as of now --> > <CustomActionRef Id="_GetServiceState "/> > </PatchFamily> > > I have also tried this way - > <Fragment> > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="_GetServiceState" After="_SetADName" /> > <InstallServices Sequence="5800" /> > <DeleteServices Sequence="2000" /> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > </Fragment> > > However in both the cases, when I generated the patch and applied it to the > release MSI through ORCA, I don't see this change at all! Another similar > issue is with InstallServices and DeleteServices elements of the same > InstallExecuteSequence table. > > Can someone tell me if this is the right way to do this? > > Thanks, > > Sharat Janapareddy > ~ 40269 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
