Re: [WiX-users] Using Remember Property pattern to remember DirectoryIds

2011-01-21 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
mensching.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 8:42 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using Remember Property pattern to remember > DirectoryIds > > Hmm, I don't remember that being necessary. I think the Windows Insta

Re: [WiX-users] Using Remember Property pattern to remember DirectoryIds

2011-01-21 Thread Rob Mensching
Oh, if you want to access it from a different MSI then you need to use AppSearch (the *Search elements in WiX). On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Umeshj wrote: > > How do we access it? > > Specifically, I would like to show the user in the UI - during upgrade - > that the previous version is inst

Re: [WiX-users] Using Remember Property pattern to remember DirectoryIds

2011-01-21 Thread Michael Urman
Just make sure you install a component to that directory - it doesn't even need to contain any files. Then Windows Installer will remember it for you, loading it back into the DirProperty. On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 06:32, Umeshj wrote: > > How do we access it? > > Specifically, I would like to show

Re: [WiX-users] Using Remember Property pattern to remember DirectoryIds

2011-01-21 Thread Umeshj
How do we access it? Specifically, I would like to show the user in the UI - during upgrade - that the previous version is installed at "" location and upgrade will take place by placing newer version in the same directory. Thanks Umesh Rob Mensching-7 wrote: > > Hmm, I don't remember

Re: [WiX-users] Using Remember Property pattern to remember DirectoryIds

2011-01-20 Thread Rob Mensching
Hmm, I don't remember that being necessary. I think the Windows Installer remembers folders correctly to handle uninstall. Have you seen it not work? On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) < edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote: > Should we use the "Remember Property" pattern to

[WiX-users] Using Remember Property pattern to remember DirectoryIds

2011-01-20 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
Should we use the "Remember Property" pattern to remember DirectoryIds like INSTALLLOCATION? http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/The-WiX-toolsets-Remember-Property-pattern Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291