I'd see this as a +1 vote for WixStdBA to support a declarative feature tree dialog. Not a trivial task, but something that would be useful.
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:05 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Redisplay MSI's UI when Bootstrapper is run a second time 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
