[WiX-users] looking for some clarification on conditions to use for sequencing activities to cover install | modify add feature | rollback | modify remove feature | uninstall cases

2008-12-06 Thread Robert O'Brien
Looking for some clarification on conditions to use for sequencing activities to cover install | modify add feature | rollback | modify remove feature | uninstall cases. I usually end up having one type of custom actions that are feature or component specific and intended to provision things du

Re: [WiX-users] Announcement: WiX v3.0 beta exit release available

2008-12-06 Thread Robert O'Brien
So the following sources associated with to enabling msi major upgrade support will do major upgrade processing w/o concern for whether or not the "major" number has changed in the product major.minor.build.revision number settings? NEWERVERSIONDETECTED N

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible for Installed to be set during rollback processing, e.g. rollback custom actions should always have at least a "Not Installed" not a "Installed" entry in their sequence

2008-12-06 Thread Rob Mensching
Yes, Installed could be set during rollback if you are rolling back an uninstall or a patch. -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 17:58 To: 'WiX-users' Subject: [WiX-users] is it possible for Installed to be set during rollback

Re: [WiX-users] Announcement: WiX v3.0 beta exit release available

2008-12-06 Thread Rob Mensching
The names for the portions of a version are irrelevant to MSI. As long as the first three portions of the version are higher (the common fourth part of the version is ignored) that's a newer build... and your Upgrade table determines the rest. Here is the exact logic for the WiX toolset upgrad

[WiX-users] ServiceInstall for a file not part of MSI

2008-12-06 Thread Sarva Bellan
Hi, Is there a way to install a service for a file which is not part of the component/msi. I'm trying to use the already installed Java JRE command line "[JAVAHOME]\bin\java.exe" as the file for my service. The service is actually implemented in the java class which is provided as a argument. I