Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-21 Thread fom Forstner Michael
ssion about the WiX toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade The issue to beware of is about per user/per machine. Your search is for a per machine install, which is fine if you know that the previous was per machine and this one is not per user, and cross context

Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-19 Thread Phil Wilson
--- >> Phil Wilson >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Neil Sleightholm >> wrote: >> > Does that persist across an upgrade? (Last time I checked, admittedly >> in v3.6, it didn't.) >> > >> > Neil >> > >> > -Ori

Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-18 Thread Jeremy Farrell
45 AM, Neil Sleightholm > wrote: > > Does that persist across an upgrade? (Last time I checked, admittedly > in v3.6, it didn't.) > > > > Neil > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] > > Sent: 18

Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-18 Thread Phill Hogland
>>Does that persist across an upgrade? (Last time I checked, admittedly in v3.6, it didn't.) I had thought the upgrade scenario was working using wix 3.8, but I switched all of my projects to use the remember property pattern' some time ago. I don't recall if there were upgrade issues using the

Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-18 Thread Phil Wilson
checked, admittedly in > v3.6, it didn't.) > > Neil > > -Original Message- > From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] > Sent: 18 April 2014 17:16 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrad

Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-18 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Does that persist across an upgrade? (Last time I checked, admittedly in v3.6, it didn't.) Neil -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: 18 April 2014 17:16 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directo

Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-18 Thread Phill Hogland
If your msi package will always be launched by a burn bundle, then you could initialize and set Persisted=yes" on the burn string variable, which is then passed as a MsiProperty to the package. But if the msi package will be launched by on-demand msiexec install due to advertising or a repair issu

Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-18 Thread fom Forstner Michael
Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 18. April 2014 14:58 An: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade You would need to save it somewhere and read it on upgrade, Rob has an example here http://robmensching.com

Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-18 Thread Neil Sleightholm
discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade Hi, I recently detected a problem within my installer package (No UI). I implemented it with major upgrade capability to easily install new versions. What I have realized now is, that during major

[WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-18 Thread fom Forstner Michael
Hi, I recently detected a problem within my installer package (No UI). I implemented it with major upgrade capability to easily install new versions. What I have realized now is, that during major upgrade I loose my previousely set install directory: This is my directory structure: http://sch