Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-16 Thread Blair
: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value Windows Installer doesn't support running multiple installations concurrently as it's a transaction based system. Not sure how burn works as I've not upgra

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-16 Thread Pally Sandher
Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com] Sent: 16 September 2009 09:46 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value I had never really thought about bootstrapping WI v4.5 with Installer. Does WiX 3.0 support

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-16 Thread Dominique Louis
...@iesve.com] Sent: 15 September 2009 16:03 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value In that case are you bootstrapping the Windows Installer 4.5 redistributable before your installer runs so all your users

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-15 Thread Wilson, Phil
toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value I find it weird that the WI would reject VBS but accept a C/C++ dll? There is nothing stopping someone from writing dodgy code in C/C++ and shipping it with an installer. Just because it is compiled it's safer

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-15 Thread Dominique Louis
que Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:53 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value I'm using v4.5.6001.22159 if that is any help to anyone. Is putting my Custo

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-15 Thread Blair
, September 15, 2009 6:53 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value I'm using v4.5.6001.22159 if that is any help to anyone. Is putting my CustomAction before LaunchConditions the best place to run m

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-15 Thread Pally Sandher
G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Dominique Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com] Sent: 15 September 2009 14:53 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value I'm using v4.5.600

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-15 Thread Dominique Louis
t: 15 September 2009 10:23 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value No but you could attribute it to a bug in whichever version of Windows Installer you're using to test the MSI (v3.1 or v4.0 whether you'

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-15 Thread Pally Sandher
..@amxeurope.com] Sent: 15 September 2009 09:42 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value Hi Blair, Can we attribute this to a bug in WiX 3.0 then? If I need to write a work around, does WiX provide any

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-15 Thread Dominique Louis
September 2009 17:34 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value In my tests using a simple installation package, it would appear that the conditional comparison routines for strings stop looking through

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-14 Thread Dominique Louis
ptember 2009 15:54 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value Nope, Changing it to a Property does not work either. I'm guessing that changing it to a property just makes it the equivalent of writing SQLS

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-14 Thread Dominique Louis
I'm walking through the woods, blind folded. Dominique. -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: 14 September 2009 14:47 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ valu

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-14 Thread Dominique Louis
Ooops I didn't see that earlier. -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: 14 September 2009 15:59 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value <> is &q

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-14 Thread Blair
[mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com] Sent: 14 September 2009 15:54 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value Nope, Changing it to a Property does not work either. I'm guessing that changing it to a p

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-14 Thread Pally Sandher
.com] Sent: 14 September 2009 15:54 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value Nope, Changing it to a Property does not work either. I'm guessing that changing it to a property just makes it the equi

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-14 Thread Pally Sandher
cussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value Hi Pally, Thanks for taking the time to answer my query. I should have mentioned that I had already tried putting quotes around MSSQLSERVER, but that does not work either. What

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-14 Thread Dominique Louis
ntain* MSSQLSERVER" Dominique. -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: 14 September 2009 13:15 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value That says to

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-14 Thread Pally Sandher
oolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value MSSQLSERVER Is not a property, it is a literal string that should exist within the Registry. I'm essentially trying to check if 'MSSQLSERVER' exists within the multi-string SQLSERVER. -Origina

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-14 Thread Dominique Louis
mber 2009 12:36 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value What is the property MSSQLSERVER set to? You appear to have omitted this from your code fragment. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT A

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-14 Thread Pally Sandher
sers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value Hi WiX gurus, I'm using the "supposed" standard way of detecting multiple SQLServer instances... But the Condition... Does not evaluate correctly. For instance if the

[WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value

2009-09-14 Thread Dominique Louis
Hi WiX gurus, I'm using the "supposed" standard way of detecting multiple SQLServer instances... But the Condition... Does not evaluate correctly. For instance if the Property SQLSERVER only contains "[~]SQLEXPRESS[~]" ( according to the log ) It still allows the instal