Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Installing a Component while Repair Or Reinstall

2012-02-09 Thread Farrukhw
Thanks a bunch I will definitely give it a try. Best regards -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Wix-Installing-a-Component-while-Repair-Or-Reinstall-tp7269151p7270180.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -

Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Installing a Component while Repair Or Reinstall

2012-02-09 Thread jhennessey
>But what if the component is not installed at first installation? Would Component/@Transitive=yes make it to install during reinstall? Yes, as long as the component condition evaluates to true during reinstall. Take a look at the WiX help file. It describes the attribute very well. -- View this

Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Installing a Component while Repair Or Reinstall

2012-02-09 Thread Farrukhw
Hi jhennessey Thanks for the reply. Yes, there is a condition on the component which is defined by a vbscript custom action scheduled in Execute Sequence after CostFinalize, so that is running during reinstall. *But what if the component is not installed at first installation? Would Component/@T

Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Installing a Component while Repair Or Reinstall

2012-02-09 Thread jhennessey
If you are using a condition on your component then you set Component/@Transitive to "yes". That should force Windows Installer to reevaluate the condition during reinstall. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Wix-Installing-a-Component-w

[WiX-users] Wix: Installing a Component while Repair Or Reinstall

2012-02-09 Thread Farrukhw
*Problem:* I have a User Requirement in which a file would not be installed if a Prerequisite application is absent on users machine. But after installing my product, when user would install that Prerequisite application, he would run my installer and choose repair to install that missing file and