Re: [WiX-users] Start service based on user choice.

2009-09-18 Thread Lewis99
e them that way. > > Phil Wilson > > > > -Original Message- > From: Wendell Joost [mailto:wende...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:02 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Start service bas

Re: [WiX-users] Start service based on user choice.

2009-09-17 Thread Wilson, Phil
cated the short answer is that sometimes we go out of our way to make them that way. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Wendell Joost [mailto:wende...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:02 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-user

Re: [WiX-users] Start service based on user choice.

2009-09-17 Thread Wendell Joost
st whether > you need to add some other keypath to that component as well, so it doesn't > get ignored during upgrades/patches (since installer may think that it is > already up-to-date). > > This builds, but I haven't tested it yet. > > -Blair > > -Origina

Re: [WiX-users] Start service based on user choice.

2009-09-17 Thread Wendell Joost
Please bear with me - it's been a while since I've dealt with this issue and the solution may be hopelessly old school. The tribal elders will likely have a better solution for this, but this should get you past the block. Create one Component with Start="install" and one without the Start propert

Re: [WiX-users] Start service based on user choice.

2009-09-17 Thread Blair
ists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Start service based on user choice. Can someone tell me the best way to conditionally determine whether a service is started based on user input. I have added a checkbox 'Start Service' to the VerifyReadyDialog and want to use that selection to co

[WiX-users] Start service based on user choice.

2009-09-17 Thread Lewis99
Can someone tell me the best way to conditionally determine whether a service is started based on user input. I have added a checkbox 'Start Service' to the VerifyReadyDialog and want to use that selection to condition whether the service is started or not. My ServiceControl element looks like th