Re: [WiX-users] Problems Executing a Custom Action on uninstall for a major upgrade.

2008-10-14 Thread Ryan O'Neill
33 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems Executing a Custom Action on uninstall for a major upgrade. There is good info on major upgrades here: http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/15/from-msi-to-wix-part-8- major-upgrade.aspx There

Re: [WiX-users] Problems Executing a Custom Action on uninstall for a major upgrade.

2008-10-14 Thread Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation)
o: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems Executing a Custom Action on uninstall for a major upgrade. Take a look at the MSI SDK about Major Upgrades. There are a few different ways to schedule Major Upgrades and there are Properties set based on you

Re: [WiX-users] Problems Executing a Custom Action on uninstall for a major upgrade.

2008-10-14 Thread Ryan O'Neill
Thanks Rob, those docs helped a little. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 October 2008 16:31 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems Executing a Custom Action on uninstall for a major upgrade

Re: [WiX-users] Problems Executing a Custom Action on uninstall for a major upgrade.

2008-10-14 Thread Rob Mensching
27;General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Problems Executing a Custom Action on uninstall for a major upgrade. Hi all, I know this has been asked numerous time and I just saw another variant of it, but I'm scratching my head here. Can someone exp

[WiX-users] Problems Executing a Custom Action on uninstall for a major upgrade.

2008-10-14 Thread Ryan O'Neill
Hi all, I know this has been asked numerous time and I just saw another variant of it, but I'm scratching my head here. Can someone explain the steps for a major upgrade? Is it a complete uninstall and reinstall (as I suspect). Does this mean I can't really detect when I am being properly u