Very well, I was afraid something like that would be the case. I'll just continue with my bootstrapper and look forward to Burn. Thanks much, Kevin
On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 15:27 -0800, Blair wrote: > 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. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Garman [mailto:gar...@scadaware.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:35 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode > > Hi, > > Thanks for your interest guys, I'll try to explain a bit better... > > @Blair: "Do the transforms change UpgradeCode?"...no. > > So my msi installs application 'Foo'. I want be able to have up to 5 > instances (for example) of Foo on one machine (these should all be in > the context of the machine, not per user and this requirement is beyond > my control). > > Currently I can specify at the command line the following (apologies if > the exact syntax is off, I typing from memory): > To install a new instance... msiexec /i foo.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 > TRANSFORMS=:foo_inst1 > To modify an existing instance... msiexec /i foo.msi > TRANSFORMS=:foo_inst1 > To upgrade an existing instance... msiexec /i foo.msi > TRANSFORMS=:foo_inst1 REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus > > This is all great, and works with a bootstrapper I have created. > However, my ideal situation is to eliminate the bootstrapper but also > not have to type in all the extra command line arguements. So my > question is, can something like the following sequence be made to work > with a CA (vb.net) that executes as early as possible. > > 1) msiexec /i foo.msi (or just double click foo.msi) > 2) CA checks registry (custom bookkeeping entries) to see what > instances are installed and shows a list to the user (popup) > 3) if the user clicks the 'install new instance' button, TRANSFORMS is > set to the next available id, MSINEWINSTANCE is set to 1, and install > happens > 3) if the user selects an existing instance from the list and clicks > the 'modify instance' button, TRANSFORMS is set to the appropriate id > and the installer goes into maintenance (modify/repair/uninstall) mode > 3) if the user selects an existing instance that is an older version > and clicks the 'upgrade instance' button, TRANSFORMS is set, REINSTALL > is set, REINSTALLMODE is set, and the upgrade happens > > So far, the only part that I can make work as described is the > installation of a new instance. If a bootstrapper is the only way to > accomplish what I'm after, then so be it, but it seems like some of > described nature might be possible. I just don't know the inner > workings well enough to whether it's possible. > > Thanks, > Kevin > > > > On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 00:25 -0800, Blair wrote: > > > Your transforms change your UpgradeCode? > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 18:16 -0700, Richard wrote: > > In article <1264193852.10007.0.ca...@garman-linux>, > > Kevin Garman <gar...@scadaware.com> writes: > > > > > I have a multi-instance (transforms) installer and [...] > > > > What exactly do you mean by this? What do the transforms do? > > > > Its my experience that if you want to manipulate a base MSI with > > transforms that you have to do this with a bootstrapper. By the time > > the MSI is executing, its already too late. > > > > This is how InstallSUCK provides localization of the MSI using their > > language transforms. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Garman [mailto:gar...@scadaware.com] > > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:10 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode > > > > Well, what I tried was a CA that ran before FindRelatedProducts. This > > CA prompted for and set the TRANSFORMS variable in hopes that when the > > FindRelatedProducts executed it would find the instance already > > installed and go into maintenance mode. In my test however (maybe it > > was flawed), it seemed that the new value for TRANSFORMS wasn't being > > used for the product lookup. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 14:49 -0800, Blair wrote: > > > > > You would need some sort of action that runs after the selection that > will > > > determine if the selected instance is installed. Whether that is > > > FindRelatedProducts or some CA you write... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kevin Garman [mailto:gar...@scadaware.com] > > > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:58 PM > > > To: wix-users > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > >From my testing, it seems this may not be possible, but I thought I'd > > > see if anyone can give me a definitive answer. > > > > > > I have a multi-instance (transforms) installer and when I double-click > > > the msi, I want to have a custom action pop a window up prompting for a > > > transform id. After I type a valid id in and click ok, the installer > > > would then install that instance---this much seems to work. However, if > > > the instance already is installed, I would like to go (after the prompt) > > > to the 'Modify/Maintenance' mode of the installer > > > (Modify/Reinstall/Uninstall) to modify the chosen instance. > > > > > > Is this possible? 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