Thanks Christopher, that is very helpful. I will certainly look into Feature and Components conditions...
Since I posted this I have for the first time turned on verbose logging, and that is giving me a much better feel for these execution sequences. I mention that here because with verbose logging turned on, you can see what executes and in what order, so I could have used that logging data to determine the sequence things run in in the different modes. -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6:11 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Execute Sequence In "Change" Mode Yes, it's still the same installation ui / execute sequence. It's just the UI will be different because conditional expressions on dialogs evaluate differently. For example you might get a MaintenanceWelcome dialog install of an InstallWelcome dialog. It's also important to understand the concept of feature and component installation and action states. It's possible to do a first install and install Feature A but then during a subsequent "maintenance" install to leave feature A alone and install feature B. In the former features A and B have are not installed but A is transitioning to installed and in the latter A has a state of installed and B is transitioning to installed. ( Not the technicial terms, simplified for discussion ) This is one of the reasons why I suggest using Feature and Components in your conditions and not generic conditions such as Not Installed and REMOVE="ALL". These tend to not scale/behave well when your design goes beyond a simple install. --- 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 From: Bradley Ward <bradley.w...@turnpoint-solutions.com> To: "Wix-Users List (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net)" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 4:49 PM Subject: [WiX-users] Execute Sequence In "Change" Mode As I understand it, the sequence in which actions are executed is determined by the rows in the InstallExecuteSequence installer database table and will proceed in ascending order based on the value of the Sequence column, of course depending on whether or not the Boolean expression in the Condition column evaluates to true. My question is what is the execute sequence for the "Change", "Repair", and "Remove" modes of operation? As there is no table named "ChangeExecuteSequence", etc., does that mean that this same sequence is followed? Thanks, Brad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
