Re: [WiX-users] what happens during a repair

2010-12-28 Thread Rob Mensching
Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: 28 December 2010 16:27 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] what happens during a repair > > The custom action will run again. For data driven custom actions that > modify machine state,

Re: [WiX-users] what happens during a repair

2010-12-28 Thread Sean Farrow
happens during a repair The custom action will run again. For data driven custom actions that modify machine state, the custom action should decide what to do (create, delete, update) based on the action state of a Component. This is important because in repair you could have Components in all action

Re: [WiX-users] what happens during a repair

2010-12-28 Thread Rob Mensching
The custom action will run again. For data driven custom actions that modify machine state, the custom action should decide what to do (create, delete, update) based on the action state of a Component. This is important because in repair you could have Components in all action states: none, install

[WiX-users] what happens during a repair

2010-12-27 Thread Sean Farrow
Hi: I am currently in the process of writing custom actions. When the user installs a package, a custom action is run to compile a source file to binary. What I'm wondering is what happens when the customer repairs the install, what actions does windows installer perfvorm to determine what need t