Yes, the BootstrapperApplication is provided the Command struct that has all the information about the command-line.
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Christopher West C < christopher.c.w...@ericsson.com> wrote: > Thanks for the information. I did some testing and did notice a > difference between "/passive" in Windows Installer versus Burn in how the > UILevel is set. In windows installer, the command "msiexec /uninstall > CWTestGACInstaller.msi /passive" will set the UILevel to "3" in the msi. > Using the burn command "CWTestGACInstallerSetup.exe /uninstall /passive", > the UILevel is "2" in the chained msi. > > >From a burn perspective, two possible command line uninstall options > could be "CWTestGACInstallerSetup.exe /uninstall /passive" or > "CWTestGACInstallerSetup.exe /uninstall /quiet". For this particular > example, is there a way inside either the Bundle.wxs or the chained .msi, > to retrieve that the value "/quiet" or "/passive" was entered, or more > generically, to grab the burn command line that was used. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 1:56 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UILevel on uninstall using > "WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" bootstrapper > > I don't think that first assertion is quite correct. > > What you can tell is that you are being uninstalled with /qb+ or whatever > exactly evaluates to UILevel = 3. Apparently ARP launches with something > like that instead of /qb- which is essentially what "/passive" translates > to (both in the Windows Installer and in Burn). > > What you've really found is that Burn doesn't support "/qb+" (plus a bunch > of the other crazy options that the Windows Installer supports for legacy > reasons). <smile/> > > Anyway, if you want to know whether your MSI is being launched in the > context of Burn, I think the easiest way would be to add an MsiProperty > element to your MsiPackage element. > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Christopher West C < > christopher.c.w...@ericsson.com> wrote: > > > Thank you for your reply. I do have the following question. > > > > In the bare .msi package, in the .msi via a custom action I can check > > the UILevel to know if the user is uninstalling the .msi from ARP, > > versus if they are uninstalling from the command prompt in "no UI" mode. > > > > If the same .msi is being uninstalled via a chainer, is there a check > > I can make to know if the user is uninstalling the chained .msi from > > the ARP via the burn bootstrapper entry, versus if the user is > > uninstalling the chained .msi via the burn\bootstrapper from the > > command prompt using the "/quiet" option? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:57 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UILevel on uninstall using > > "WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" bootstrapper > > > > On 29-Apr-13 14:40, Christopher West C wrote: > > > Is the below behavior a bug with the Wix burn bootstrapper > functionality? > > No, it's a behavior difference due to running in a chainer instead of > > from a bare .msi package. > > > > -- > > sig://boB > > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for > > Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no > > cost. > > Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead > > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for > > Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no > > cost. > > Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead > > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET > Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. > Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET > Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. > Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. 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