How does it handle the case where a user could select per user or per
machine?
Does it cache and install or does it install then cache and update sourcelists?
( or any other interesting questions that didn't occur to me to ask. )
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From: Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com>
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
<wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Wed, December 1, 2010 9:59:05 AM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file
Burn uses LocalAppDataFolder and picks the correct one (per-machine or
per-user) depending if the package is per-machine or per-user.
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Christopher Painter <
chr...@deploymentengineering.com> wrote:
> Yes. Althought I believe it's better to use PackageCode rather then
> ProductCode
> to make sure that it's unique.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Quinton Tormanen <quint...@deltamotion.com>
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 5:28:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file
>
> If I understand correctly, I could change my bootstrapper to extract the
> MSI
> file (which is embedded as a resource) into [LocalAppDataFolder]\Downloaded
> Installations\{productid} instead of [TMP] like I do currently, and then
> run
> MsiInstallProduct directly on that copy?
>
> --Quinton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 2:37 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file
>
> Well, that could happen no matter where you put it. InstallShield puts it
> in [LocalAppDataFolder]\Downloaded Installations by default but I'm not
> sure I
> agree with that. They do this ( as I recall ) so that a setup.exe
> manifested
> as Invoker could cache the file for a standard user. Problem (IMO) is that
> if
> this then elevates and gets installed for all-users it becomes a managed
> installation and that user who cached it could then tamper with the MSI and
> do a
>
> repair to inject untrusted code into the installer. Remote, but possible.
>
> The used to cache it in [WindowsFolder]Downloaded Installations but that
> required Admin privs. I think personally I've
> used [CommonAppDataFolder]Downloaded Installations before. When I need a
> setup.exe I typically manifest it as requireAdmin so that each of my
> prereqs
> don't require elevation. I've read that this isn't the best practice but I
> really don't like the alternatives.
>
> I've also written some code that's used during major upgrades to delete the
> previous versions of the MSI that way they don't pile up into something
> huge.
> I usually just leave the final MSI behind on uninstall as the size is
> typically
> quite small.
>
> I'd look at WiX 3.6 and see what approaches Rob is taking with Burn.
>
> Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog
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>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Quinton Tormanen <quint...@deltamotion.com>
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 4:10:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file
>
> Where do you cache it to? Everywhere else I thought of won't get cleaned up
> and/or might get erased prematurely (e.g. TMP folder).
>
> --Quinton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 2:03 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file
>
> I usually just let my bootstrapper handle the caching for me before
> invoking the
>
>
> MSI.
>
> Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog
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>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Quinton Tormanen <quint...@deltamotion.com>
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 3:46:28 PM
> Subject: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file
>
> This issue must have discussed dozens of times, but I couldn't find
> anything. Quite simply, I want to ensure that our full MSI file is
> available for repairs later (there's a issue currently out of our
> control that makes this necessary related to the DifxApp toolkit). Our
> MSI is only 12MB and the benefit of having it available seems to
> outweigh this teensy amount of storage space.
>
>
>
> Here is an approach that I was going to look into but, wanted to hear if
> I'm all wet before I go too far with it:
>
> 1. Copy the MSI being used for the install from the source given
> by the DATABASE public property to a file in my install file. This
> assumes I can copy the file while it is open.
>
> 2. Ensure that the DATABASE public property is updated to hold the
> location I copied it to, so that it can get put into the ARP for use by
> later installs.
>
> 3. Ensure that this MSI copy is deleted on an uninstall.
>
> 4. See if I can include the MSI size in the file size cost
> estimate.
>
>
>
> Does this approach seem at all viable? Is there a better way to do it?
> What do I need to watch out for? Should I try to get the local copy in
> the LocalPackage or InstallSource entries in the ARP?
>
>
>
> --Quinton
>
>
>
>
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