Re: [WiX-users] prevent installation of bundle a bundle specific version is not installed

2013-06-18 Thread Jakobz
Hi you're right, thanks. I used this: (SampleMsiInstalledState = 5) AND (SampleMsiInstalledVersion >= v$(var.BaselineVersion)) do determine whether the previous servicePacked version of the msi in the bundle was already installed. the SampleMsiInstalledState variable pr

Re: [WiX-users] prevent installation of bundle a bundle specific version is not installed

2013-06-17 Thread Jakobz
I hoped that i didn't have to use a custom BA for things like that, because like preventing the install of SP1FP1 without SP1 installed seemed to be such a fundamental concept. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Blair Murri wrote: > would work? A custom BA can always do whatever it wants > in t

Re: [WiX-users] Burn log location

2013-06-17 Thread Jakobz
Hi Run the bundle.exe like this from a command line: $ bundle.exe /log your_logfile_location.log The msi log files will be placed next to it. When the bundle is executed without this parameter, you can find the log files in %localappdata%\temp Cheers Jakob On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Adki

[WiX-users] prevent installation of bundle a bundle specific version is not installed

2013-06-17 Thread Jakobz
Hi all When we provide patch bundles for deployed service packs, the fixpacks only contain the difference to the bundle ServicePack1. Currently, the SP1 FixPack1 bundle installs also on systems where SP1 doesn not exist, leading to the msp patch not being installed (SP1 missing), but the bundle be

[WiX-users] a patch bundle uninstall doesn't remove superseded msp patches

2013-06-15 Thread Jakobz
Hi all I'm trying to set up a patching system using burn. We do cumulative patching and previously had the msp patches set up to supersede one another. After installing the main bundle, followed by the patch bundles in sequence v1.1 => v1.2, I can either keep v1.1 displayed in ARPs updates (new up