Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread David Connet
> if i provide install and a rollback, who will revert the system changes, > that were made during install, while un-installing? When I've had to do this, usually only 2 CAs are needed: install and uninstall. Rollback during an install is an uninstall. Similarly, rollback during uninstall is an

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread Rob Mensching
: http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: ssmsam [mailto:ssmcs...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 9:49 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of Hi John, A small confusion here again. if i provide install and a

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread Phil Wilson
When installing the MSI Windows keeps track of everything being done that is in the MSI - it's basically a single transaction with a rollback script to undo everything. Windows has no idea what *your* code did during an install so it's up to you to provide code to undo what your CA did, and yes, it

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread ssmsam
Hi John, A small confusion here again. if i provide install and a rollback, who will revert the system changes, that were made during install, while un-installing? How will WiX come to know to about system changes, made by a specific CA, during un-install. ? (Un-install C.A is nothing but the R

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread John Cooper
.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of Ha ha ha. I have already converted all of our Client Tools which have got very less files and CAs , from InstallShield to WiX, along the learning path. But,today what made me sick is the 150+ CAs ,all are horrible VBScript, JavaScr

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread ssmsam
Ha ha ha. I have already converted all of our Client Tools which have got very less files and CAs , from InstallShield to WiX, along the learning path. But,today what made me sick is the 150+ CAs ,all are horrible VBScript, JavaScripts ,present in the Main Product installers. I heard like these

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread Hoover, Jacob
ll in all 3. I do wonder why you have so many CA's. -Original Message- From: ssmsam [mailto:ssmcs...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 11:08 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of Yeah!! its very clear now!! If

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread ssmsam
Yeah!! its very clear now!! If we have 10 CAs(if all are defered, then 10 install C.As, then 10 un-install CAs and then 10 RollBack C.A ) so it comes to 30 C.As in total. So if i keep each C.A in separate .wxs (Eg. *VC2010SP1InstalledCA.wxs* in ur case) then i have to include *3 * N * into the p

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread Hoover, Jacob
NOT Installed NOT Installed And then in the product: -Original Message- From: ssmsam [mailto:ssmcs...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 1:15 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of Ah!! Than

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread John Cooper
6214 | Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: ssmsam [mailto:ssmcs...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 9:39 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of okay. John, From your suggestion, what i understan

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread ssmsam
okay. John, From your suggestion, what i understand is, i may have not to use heat in pre-build events. It has to be used only once to harvest a file through cmd . So, I have to harvest each dll (could be registering what regsvr32 does or GACing wat regasm does) seperately first, then include the

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread John Cooper
14 9:23 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of Okay. Thanks John and Phill. I am new to WiX. So i will start looking at the WixLib now. Thanks for the "Dummy Property and PropertyRef" Phill. I will try it today. Could you please have a look at my

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread ssmsam
Okay. Thanks John and Phill. I am new to WiX. So i will start looking at the WixLib now. Thanks for the "Dummy Property and PropertyRef" Phill. I will try it today. Could you please have a look at my other post on "Harvesting all dll files in a folder using heat". I am really confused. Your sugg

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-17 Thread John Cooper
Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: ssmsam [mailto:ssmcs...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 1:15 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of Ah!! Thanks Phill. I figured out that we have got 300 CA

Re: [WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-16 Thread ssmsam
Ah!! Thanks Phill. I figured out that we have got 300 CAs in our product. So, the Product.wxs file looks horribly huge bcoz of these .. Can i keep all s in other file's fragment? Regards, Sampat -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/I

[WiX-users] not working when kept out of

2014-11-16 Thread ssmsam
Hi All, I have a CA(Vb Script just display a text via msgbox) sequenced after Launch Conditions in UI mode. 1)If i include following in it triggers and displays text. <.. /> <...> ... ... Not Installed 2) I have created a folder Custom Actions->Install UI Seq