Re: [WiX-users] Detecting if a feature is marked for install

2008-12-31 Thread Frank Cohen
lled to run from source. > If you want to cover both cases in your condition for custom action, then > condition should look like: > > &Firebird=3 Or &Firebird=4 > > > Regards, > Alex > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Frank Cohen [mailto:fran

[WiX-users] Detecting if a feature is marked for install

2008-12-31 Thread Frank Cohen
The name of my feature is called "Firebird". I want the action to run if the component has been selected and not installed. Here is what I have: This is what I get: DEBUG: Error 2753: The File 'Firebird_Installer' is not marked for installation. What is the syntax I am supposed to be usin

[WiX-users] Documentation

2008-12-30 Thread Frank Cohen
All, Continuing the thread on Rob's request for documentation. Rob gave two places to add documentation. If I wanted to add something to the CHM, what and where do I need to go to commit this? Also looks like there is some good documentation online, but no easy way to edit it as I mentioned. W

Re: [WiX-users] Running an Installer from MSI: Part II

2008-12-30 Thread Frank Cohen
In case anyone else is a WIX/MSI beginner like me and didn't really understand the response to the question, here is what you need to know: With Microsoft installer, properties are used to create boolean conditions that can be used to change the behavior of the installer. There are some propertie

[WiX-users] Running an Installer from MSI: Part II

2008-12-29 Thread Frank Cohen
So I dug a little deeper into this. The problem didn't have to do with using the temp directory as another user had mentioned on the list. The problem is that the custom action is run again on the uninstall. In my scenario, the custom actions should only run in the install not the uninstall. Wha