Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

2007-07-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Man, Shirley wrote: I see. I notice the temporary file (which was originally the running exe) gets deleted on next reboot, but the problem is, its parent directory (in my case, the INSTALLDIR) is not. Is this a known MSI issue? I don't know; I've never seen that before. -- sig://boB http://j

Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

2007-07-05 Thread Man, Shirley
: Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:45 AM To: Man, Shirley Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use Man, Shirley wrote: That means I will need to set some property to force a reboot then? The default behavior doesn't prompt user about the r

Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

2007-07-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Man, Shirley wrote: That means I will need to set some property to force a reboot then? The default behavior doesn't prompt user about the reboot. If MSI can't replace a file that's in use, it schedules the replacement to happen at next boot. See the MSI SDK doc for the ReplacedInUseFiles Pro

Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

2007-07-04 Thread Man, Shirley
ilto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 8:02 PM To: Man, Shirley Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use Man, Shirley wrote: Is there a way to disallow uninstall (i.e., by throwing an error message) if any of the installed

Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Man, Shirley wrote: Is there a way to disallow uninstall (i.e., by throwing an error message) if any of the installed files is in use? Any property I can check in ? The default behavior allows users to choose Ignore and proceed with the uninstall process. There's no built-in method to detec

[WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

2007-07-04 Thread Man, Shirley
Is there a way to disallow uninstall (i.e., by throwing an error message) if any of the installed files is in use? Any property I can check in ? The default behavior allows users to choose Ignore and proceed with the uninstall process. Thanks for your help. Shirley ---