If I had to guess, this is a feature missing from the WixNetfxExtension extension. If you were calling out the Exe installer yourself and assuming the .Net installer is returning a unique exit code for installed but needs a reboot then you could add an ExitCode element to the ExePackage.
-----Original Message----- From: Gonçalo Lopes [mailto:goncaloclo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 1:05 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Force reboot after NetFx40Web install Is it possible to extend the current BA in any way, or does it require to reimplement everything from scratch? I have to say I was kind of imagining that a scenario of mid-installation reboot was frequent enough to be included in the default bootstrapper... Thanks, On 27 November 2012 08:11, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > The wixstdba doesn't do anything like that but a custom BA could. > > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Gonçalo Lopes > <goncaloclo...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I've been trying out WiX with great success so far, but now I'm > > stuck in > a > > specific issue using Burn bootstrapper. I'm using WixNetFxExtension > > and PackageGroup "NetFx40Web" to install .NET framework 4.0 as a > prerequisite. > > This seems to work out well. > > > > However, I'm also installing IronPython later in the chain, and this > > MSI requires the .NET framework to already be installed when it is launched. > > For some reason, this package does not seem to be able to detect > > .NET, although it only executes later in the chain. This condition > > then causes the whole bootstrapper package to fail. > > > > Now, because .NET framework presumably requested a reboot, when the > > installer fails it asks the user to reboot to conclude the rollback > > procedure. After the reboot, if you run the bootstrapper again, .NET > > is correctly detected and IronPython install proceeds accordingly. > > > > The question then is: how to make sure this reboot is performed > immediately > > after the .NET install package is executed? I couldn't find any > > options > in > > the PackageGroupRef and searching this mailing list and other forums > > yielded no further hints. By the way, I tried this with both WiX > > v3.6 and > > v3.7 with the same results. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > > Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a > > single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, > > databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free > > Trial. > > Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > -- > virtually, > > Rob Mensching > http://RobMensching.com LLC > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from > a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, > databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day > Free Trial. > Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: VERIFY Test and improve your parallel project with help from experts and peers. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: VERIFY Test and improve your parallel project with help from experts and peers. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
