Re: [WiX-users] database drop during uninstallation

2009-04-28 Thread greenaj
The problems: 1) You need collect database SQL login creditentials. 2) The uninstall from Add/Remove programs (ARP) displays no gui. The solution I used was to disable the uninstall from ARP, only allowing "modify". From modify, there is a "Uninstall" or "Remove All" choice.

Re: [WiX-users] database drop during uninstallation

2009-04-28 Thread Bob Arnson
Mark Sinnathamby wrote: > Where can I save the credentials in order to use them for dropping the > database during uninstallation? > You need to use DPAPI or some other secure storage approach. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

[WiX-users] database drop during uninstallation

2009-04-28 Thread Mark Sinnathamby
Hi, In my Wix installation, I've got a couple of executables, some windows services and a database. For creating the database, I use a custom dialog which gets the username, password and database name into properties, and these properties are used during the database component installation. But