Re: [WiX-users] Setting a registry key based on a checkbox on the Exit dialog

2009-05-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Michael Bednarek wrote: > Thanks for your reply. For usability reasons I would like to present the > checkbox to the user on the last dialog (i.e. when we know that the install > has completed successfully). > Given that, what would be the best way to achieve what I'm after? You can't write to

Re: [WiX-users] How to uninstall previous version before install current?

2009-05-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Tom Kazimiers wrote: > my MSI installer is made with WiX 3 and I wonder if there is a > possibility to uninstall the current installation (if any) of the > product and then installing the new one? > I am asking since I don't want to do a major upgrade every time I do a > What you describe *is*

Re: [WiX-users] Setting a registry key based on a checkbox on the Exit dialog

2009-05-03 Thread Michael Bednarek
Hi Bob, Thanks for your reply. For usability reasons I would like to present the checkbox to the user on the last dialog (i.e. when we know that the install has completed successfully). Given that, what would be the best way to achieve what I'm after? Thanks! Mike Bednarek -Original Mes

[WiX-users] How to uninstall previous version before install current?

2009-05-03 Thread Tom Kazimiers
Hi there, my MSI installer is made with WiX 3 and I wonder if there is a possibility to uninstall the current installation (if any) of the product and then installing the new one? I am asking since I don't want to do a major upgrade every time I do a little change, but I want the use to have the p

Re: [WiX-users] help, custom action preventing uninstall

2009-05-03 Thread Christopher Painter
The fastest way out of this predicament is to roll your test virtual macihne back to the lastest snapshot. Oh, you're not testing on a VM? Sorry. Use orca to modify the custom action table of the MSI that you installed. Find the custom action in the sequence table that you authored it in and

[WiX-users] help, custom action preventing uninstall

2009-05-03 Thread Ben Axelrod
I created a custom action that runs an exe on some of the installed files. (WiX 3 code below). Now I can't uninstall my product because the custom action fails because the files are not found. Does anyone know how I can force the uninstall, or get out of this mess some other way? How can I p