Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade solved!

2011-05-06 Thread Sam Morris
On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 10:13:19AM -0400, Chris Lord wrote: > Hi Sam, > > One thing to noteThe manual page states the custom action for > DirectX runs after InstallFinalize which is right at the end of an > installation. You have yours running a lot earlier than that. I don't > know the c

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade solved!

2011-05-06 Thread Chris Lord
Hi Sam, One thing to noteThe manual page states the custom action for DirectX runs after InstallFinalize which is right at the end of an installation. You have yours running a lot earlier than that. I don't know the consequences of moving it but you might try just doing as the manual sta

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade solved!

2011-05-06 Thread Sam Morris
On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 12:58:09PM -0400, Chris Lord wrote: > Chaining installers is a general no-no and Microsoft recommend you don't > do it. Second, trying to install software in the Cost Finalise stage is > also not a good idea. Installing something using a custom action makes > it very di

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade

2011-05-04 Thread Wilson, Phil
ogram ISN'T actually being installed. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Sam Morris [mailto:s...@red-redemption.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 8:38 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade I am running into diffi

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade

2011-05-04 Thread Chris Lord
Sam, Chaining installers is a general no-no and Microsoft recommend you don't do it. Second, trying to install software in the Cost Finalise stage is also not a good idea. Installing something using a custom action makes it very difficult to roll back should the installation fail or be cance

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade

2011-05-04 Thread Chris Lord
Sam, Chaining installers is a general no-no and Microsoft recommend you don't do it. Second, trying to install software in the Cost Finalise stage is also not a good idea. Installing something using a custom action makes it very difficult to roll back should the installation fail or be cance

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade

2011-05-04 Thread Pally Sandher
- From: Sam Morris [mailto:s...@red-redemption.com] Sent: 04 May 2011 16:38 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade I am running into difficulty making an installer support major upgrades. My installer has a CustomAction that installs

[WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade

2011-05-04 Thread Sam Morris
I am running into difficulty making an installer support major upgrades. My installer has a CustomAction that installs DirectX. When installing a newer version of the product, during CostFinalize(!), Windows Installer decides not to install the components that contain DXSETUP.EXE and dsetup32.dll: