Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode

2010-01-27 Thread Kevin Garman
..] > > > > What exactly do you mean by this? What do the transforms do? > > > > Its my experience that if you want to manipulate a base MSI with > > transforms that you have to do this with a bootstrapper. By the time > > the MSI is executing, its already too late. >

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode

2010-01-26 Thread Richard
In article , "Blair" writes: > If the non-transformed instance of the product is installed, the Upgrade > table will never be evaluated because the FindRelatedProducts action skips > itself for maintenance mode operations. To some degree I'm surprised that > what you are doing for installat

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode

2010-01-26 Thread Blair
AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode Hi, Thanks for your interest guys, I'll try to explain a bit better... @Blair: "Do the transforms change UpgradeCode?"...no. So my msi installs application 'Fo

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode

2010-01-26 Thread Kevin Garman
ge- > From: Kevin Garman [mailto:gar...@scadaware.com] > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:10 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode > > Well, what I tried was a CA that ran before FindRelatedProd

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode

2010-01-26 Thread Blair
Your transforms change your UpgradeCode? -Original Message- From: Kevin Garman [mailto:gar...@scadaware.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:10 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode Well, what I tried

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode

2010-01-25 Thread Richard
In article <1264193852.10007.0.ca...@garman-linux>, Kevin Garman writes: > I have a multi-instance (transforms) installer and [...] What exactly do you mean by this? What do the transforms do? Its my experience that if you want to manipulate a base MSI with transforms that you have to do

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode

2010-01-25 Thread Kevin Garman
hether that is > FindRelatedProducts or some CA you write... > > -Original Message- > From: Kevin Garman [mailto:gar...@scadaware.com] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:58 PM > To: wix-users > Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode > > Hi, &g

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode

2010-01-22 Thread Blair
PM To: wix-users Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode Hi, >From my testing, it seems this may not be possible, but I thought I'd see if anyone can give me a definitive answer. I have a multi-instance (transforms) installer and when I double-click the msi, I want t

[WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode

2010-01-22 Thread Kevin Garman
Hi, >From my testing, it seems this may not be possible, but I thought I'd see if anyone can give me a definitive answer. I have a multi-instance (transforms) installer and when I double-click the msi, I want to have a custom action pop a window up prompting for a transform id. After I type a v