Re: [WiX-users] Condition element not working

2011-03-31 Thread kim
Thanks for your suggestion Christian. I followed your adive but looks like my CA is not getting called at all. I checked the verbose log and there is no entry of my CA. Following is how I have defined and sequenced my custom action. SOLUTIONEXISTS = notexists NOT Installed NOT In

Re: [WiX-users] Condition element not working

2011-03-31 Thread cwss
The condition element is in this context used to show the message and stop the installation if the condition is false. In other words it is a condition that must be fulfilled to to start the installation. The condition you have does the opposite, it shows the message if the DB doesn't exist. Inste

Re: [WiX-users] Condition element not working

2011-03-30 Thread kim
I am sorry...following is the relavant code snippet. I hope this helps. :) (declaring properties...) (defining custom action...) SOLUTIONEXISTS = exists (sequencing custom action...) NOT Installed NOT Installed NOT INSTALLED NOT Installed CONFIGFILEPATH

Re: [WiX-users] Condition element not working

2011-03-30 Thread Christopher Painter
1:54:41 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Condition element not working My CA is scheduled before AppSearch, since I want to check first if database exists and accordingly continue or discontinue installation Code: SOLUTIONEXISTS = exists NOT Installed -- View this message in context: http://windows

Re: [WiX-users] Condition element not working

2011-03-30 Thread kim
My CA is scheduled before AppSearch, since I want to check first if database exists and accordingly continue or discontinue installation Code: SOLUTIONEXISTS = exists NOT Installed -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Check-Property

Re: [WiX-users] Condition element not working

2011-03-30 Thread Christopher Painter
When did you schedule the CA? Hopefully before CostFinalize. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368014(v=vs.85).aspx <-- read the remarks carefully   --- Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves