Re: [WiX-users] Retriving msiexec command-line options

2009-04-30 Thread slmnow
100% agree. I should have put more thought into your last point. While this code has worked in my testing, I seriously doubt I could get away with using it in a final build. Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > slmnow wrote: >> Maybe I didn't explain this well. Anyway I found a solution. >> >> Afte

Re: [WiX-users] Retriving msiexec command-line options

2009-04-29 Thread Bob Arnson
slmnow wrote: > Maybe I didn't explain this well. Anyway I found a solution. > > After searching my install log I found a very handy property: > CLIENTPROCESSID. > Your approach relies on functionality that: * Is undocumented. * Is unsupported. * Doesn't support programmatic i

Re: [WiX-users] Retriving msiexec command-line options

2009-04-29 Thread slmnow
Maybe I didn't explain this well. Anyway I found a solution. After searching my install log I found a very handy property: CLIENTPROCESSID. CLIENTPROCESSID is the process ID of the msiexec.exe that is working with the loaded msi database. I added this property to the wix project: Added

Re: [WiX-users] Retriving msiexec command-line options

2009-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
slmnow wrote: > So how can i differentiate between the user doing "msiexec /passive /x > {xxx-xxx}" vs a normal uninstall. You can't. There's no difference between how ARP runs your uninstall and how someone might run it programmatically or via the command line. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup

Re: [WiX-users] Retriving msiexec command-line options

2009-04-23 Thread Pally Sandher
From: slmnow [mailto:slm...@hotmail.com] Sent: 23 April 2009 16:03 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Retriving msiexec command-line options thanks, but I specifically need to know when the user supplies the /passive command-line switch. By default my uninstall i

Re: [WiX-users] Retriving msiexec command-line options

2009-04-23 Thread slmnow
thanks, but I specifically need to know when the user supplies the /passive command-line switch. By default my uninstall is done at UIlevel=3 (or INSTALLUILEVEL_BASIC) witch is the same as using the /passive switch. So how can i differentiate between the user doing "msiexec /passive /x {xxx-xx

Re: [WiX-users] Retriving msiexec command-line options

2009-04-23 Thread Pally Sandher
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