You can modify feature states via the BootstrapperApplication.
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Karl Werner <karl.wer...@gmail.com> wrote: > To close the loop on this, I ended up doing the following: > > 1) Reverting to the Wix Standard Bootstrapper. (There is probably a way to > get my custom bootstrapper to work, but I exhausted enough time trying to > figure it out. Somehow the Wix Standard Bootstrapper knows what mode to go > into early in the process and I never found it in the code) > 2) Providing a name for Bundle so that it now registers in ARP. > 3) Setting the MsiPackage to Visible="no" so they no longer register in > ARP. > 4) Having different Package and Upgrade Codes for 32 vs. 64-bit MSIs so > that the various entry points (namely Repair) all work correctly. > > The functionality I lose is the ability to modify msi features after > install. I'd really like a way to have the MSI registered in ARP and not > the bundle, but any time I did that there were negative side effects when > the bootstrapper was launched a second time. > > Wish list item ;-) > > Thanks for the responses on this item! > > Karl > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Karl Werner <karl.wer...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Do basically there is no way to simulate the old bootstrapper from the > old > > vdproj setup projects? It would be nice if we could configure for this > > behavior. I would expect many other shops would want the same behavior . > . . > > > > Maybe something like an attribute on MSIPackage that is equivalent to > > "always execute if InstallCondition is true", then show the UI if > > DisplayInternalUI is "yes"... > > > > I'll log a feature request ... > > > > Karl > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> wrote: > > > >> On 29-Jan-13 16:10, Karl Werner wrote: > >> > However, still stuck on the original problem -> How can I get the > MSI's > >> UI > >> > invoked on the second run of the bootstrapper. > >> You can't. Burn needs to know the operation being performed which it > >> can't if the operation is determined during the execution of the > package. > >> > >> -- > >> sig://boB > >> http://joyofsetup.com/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > >> Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > >> Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WiX-users mailing list > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
