Re: [WiX-users] HOWTO:avoid changing the Registry when patching

2008-08-10 Thread Tony Juricic
lit my Registry tree into patchable and un-patched (since they would simply not be referenced) components. -Original Message- From: John Nannenga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:32 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] HOWTO:avoid changing the Registry when patching

2008-08-08 Thread John Nannenga
s would be encountered within your install should one want to slipstream it, someday. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Juricic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 5:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] HOWTO:avoid changing the Registry when patching

2008-08-08 Thread Tony Juricic
I tried adding Transitive attribute to the registry component and that deleted the component when patch was applied. Thus 'NOT PATCH' is a correct condition since transitive components are removed when condition changes from true to false. However, for some reason that I would really love explaine

[WiX-users] HOWTO:avoid changing the Registry when patching

2008-08-08 Thread Tony Juricic
I am using condition "NOT PATCH" to change the text in UI to say "Patch" instead of "Repair" when patch is applied. That works just fine. Now I want to avoid installing one Registry component during patch application but not during the repair. I used the same condition (i.e. NOT PATCH rather than