In article <blu111-ds5f00f8c0c0830bc25ae63cd...@phx.gbl>,
    "Blair" <os...@live.com>  writes:

> If the non-transformed instance of the product is installed, the Upgrade
> table will never be evaluated because the FindRelatedProducts action skips
> itself for maintenance mode operations. To some degree I'm surprised that
> what you are doing for installation even works. That isn't the way it is
> advertised (or advised) to be used and I doubt it would be supported if some
> change in a future version of MSI breaks it.
> 
> The supported approach is to use a custom bootstrapper always. If I were
> you, the bootsrapper would start by checking the installation status of the
> ProductCodes associated with the 5 instances you support and would then show
> the dialog. It would then put together the properties for Windows Installer
> based on the user's instance selection.

I agree with all of that.
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