But if they run the downloaded bundle a second time it would, I believe. -----Original Message----- From: Karl Werner [mailto:karl.wer...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 1:38 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Redisplay MSI's UI when Bootstrapper is run a second time
Since the bootstrapper isn't registering itself in ARP, that shouldn't matter, right? On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Hoover, Jacob <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>wrote: > But if the same component is used in both the 32 bit and 64 bit MSI, a > repair or removal is going to find InstallCondition=true for both packages. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karl Werner [mailto:karl.wer...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:12 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Redisplay MSI's UI when Bootstrapper is run a > second time > > While I'm still stuck on the core issue here of not being able to > redisplay the UI from the bootstrapper, I thought I'd document another > way around the ancillary uninstall issue: > > Add a ComponentSearch for a component that the msi's will install: > > <util:ComponentSearch Guid="YOURGUID-9609-4907-83FB-234DA4753C9F" > Variable="ProductInstalled"/> > > Then set the InstallConditions similar to this: > > <MsiPackage Name='msi\$(var.WixBootstrapperTestInstaller.TargetFileName)' > SourceFile="$(var.WixBootstrapperTestInstaller.TargetPath)" > DisplayInternalUI="yes" > InstallCondition="ProductInstalled OR NOT VersionNT64" > EnableFeatureSelection="yes" Visible="yes"/> > <MsiPackage > Name='msi\$(var.WixBootstrapperTestInstaller64.TargetFileName)' > SourceFile="$(var.WixBootstrapperTestInstaller.TargetPath)" > DisplayInternalUI="yes" > InstallCondition="ProductInstalled OR VersionNT64" > EnableFeatureSelection="yes" Visible="yes"/> > > Karl > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Karl Werner <karl.wer...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > So I populated the UpgradeCode using a pre-processor variable and > > use a different code in the build properties for the x86 vs. x64 projects. > > This seems to fix the uninstall issue. > > > > Now back to how to re-display the MSI's UI on subsequent runs of the > > bootstrapper? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Karl > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Karl Werner <karl.wer...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> Ah, that makes sense and may be what is causing the 32-bit msi to > >> be executed with uninstall. I'll look into how to fix that. Any ideas? > >> > >> It does not however explain why the MSI's UI is never displayed . . . > >> Even if I take the InstallCondition out along with the second > >> MsiPackage, I still don't get the UI on the second run of the > bootstrapper. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Karl > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Hoover, Jacob < > >> jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com> wrote: > >> > >>> My guess would be because you are sharing UpgradeCode. When burn > >>> runs a second time, the 32bit MsiPackage is going to detect based > >>> on > upgrade code. > >>> Because your InstallCondition evaluates to false, it schedules > >>> the removal of it. > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Karl Werner [mailto:karl.wer...@gmail.com] > >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 9:32 AM > >>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Redisplay MSI's UI when Bootstrapper is > >>> run a second time > >>> > >>> There appear to be 2 distinct problems here: > >>> 1) MSI's UI is not redisplayed on subsequent bootstrapper execution. > >>> 2) Install Conditions are not behaving as I expect. > >>> > >>> I've discovered that the uninstall is happening because I have two > >>> msi packages, one for 64-bit, and another for 32-bit. These msi's > >>> actually share the same wxs files, but have pre-processors > >>> variables > to drop stuff > >>> in the correct locations depending upon the bit level of the machine. > I > >>> have Install conditions on MSIPackage as such: > >>> > >>> <!-- 32-bit --> > >>> <MsiPackage Name="MSI\Our Product_x86.msi" > >>> SourceFile="$(var.PkgLocation)Our Product_x86.msi" > >>> InstallCondition="NOT VersionNT64" > >>> DisplayInternalUI="yes" EnableFeatureSelection="yes" Visible="yes"> > >>> <MsiProperty Name="INSTALLLOCATION" > >>> Value="[InstallFolder]Our Product" /> > >>> </MsiPackage> > >>> > >>> <!-- 64-bit --> > >>> <MsiPackage Name="MSI\Our Product_x64.msi" > >>> SourceFile="$(var.PkgLocation)Our Product_x64.msi" > >>> InstallCondition="VersionNT64" > DisplayInternalUI="yes" > >>> EnableFeatureSelection="yes" Visible="yes" > > >>> <MsiProperty Name="INSTALLLOCATION" > >>> Value="[InstallFolder]Our Product" /> > >>> </MsiPackage> > >>> > >>> What seems to happen is: > >>> 1) On first bootstrapper run, the install conditions are evaluated > >>> properly on my x64 machine and only the 64-bit msi is executed. > >>> 2) On the second bootstrapper run, for some reason the 32-bit msi > >>> is executed with an uninstall action, which actually uninstalls > >>> the product even though it had been installed via the x64 msi, > >>> since they share product ids and upgrade codes. > >>> > >>> So the driving questions are: > >>> 1) Why is the x86 msi ignoring the install condition on the second > >>> run of the bootstrapper? > >>> 2) How do I get the x64 msi executed and have the msi's UI > >>> displayed as if I had launched the msi itself from the command line? > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> Karl > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Karl Werner > >>> <karl.wer...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > Currently we have a Wix Bundle that provides minimal interaction > >>> > through a custom .Net UI. We don't have the Bundle name set so > >>> > the bootstrapper won't get registered in ARP (by design). It > >>> > then chains some pre-rquisites and our product. Our product is > >>> > an MsiPackage, > >>> something like this: > >>> > > >>> > <MsiPackage Name="MSI\Our Product.msi" > >>> > SourceFile="$(var.PkgLocation)Our Product.msi" > >>> > DisplayInternalUI="yes" > EnableFeatureSelection="yes" > >>> > Visible="yes"> > >>> > <MsiProperty Name="INSTALLLOCATION" > >>> > Value="[InstallFolder]Our Product" /> > >>> > </MsiPackage> > >>> > > >>> > This all works great to install the product from the first > >>> > launch of the bootstrapper exe. The MSI's UI gets displayed as > >>> > desired, and the MSI shows up in ARP and not the bootstrapper. All > >>> > good. > >>> > > >>> > However, when the bootstrapper exe is launched a second time, it > >>> > silently uninstalls our product. It looks like the Plan > >>> > generates an uninstall action when executing the MSI. > >>> > > >>> > The desired behavior is to redisplay the MSI's UI, which will > >>> > then detect that the product is installed and give the users the > >>> > options to Repair, Reinstall, etc. > >>> > > >>> > How can I do this? > >>> > > >>> > Thanks! > >>> > > >>> > Karl > >>> > > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> -- > >>> ---------- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# > >>> 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. > >>> Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step > >>> video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. 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