[WiX-users] Passing parameters to upgrade uninstalls

2013-04-17 Thread Simon Stevenson
Is it possible to pass parameters to the msi being uninstalled during an upgrade? I am using the Upgrade tag to do my upgrades. -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-struct

Re: [WiX-users] Passing parameters to upgrade uninstalls

2013-04-17 Thread Simon Stevenson
That is sufficient for my needs (not removing a registry key when upgrading), thanks Rob! On 17 April 2013 23:35, Rob Mensching wrote: > Unfortunately, no. The child MSI just gets `UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE`. > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Simon Stevenson > wrote: > >

[WiX-users] "Asia" error

2013-06-12 Thread Simon Stevenson
We are getting an error in some cases where we are installing .net 4, and the user is presented with the message "Asia". After some investigation it seems that the .net installer is returning exit code 5100, but it is somehow being interpreted as a HRESULT which happens to be the string "Asia". Ha

Re: [WiX-users] "Asia" error

2013-06-13 Thread Simon Stevenson
gt; An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] "Asia" error > > IIRC, 5100 was their return code for restart required or something? They > had some very strange return codes for a while. They are documented > somewhere on MSDN, IIRC... b

Re: [WiX-users] "Asia" error

2013-06-15 Thread Simon Stevenson
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] "Asia" error The wixstdba doesn't provide such a mechanism today. You could write a custom BA to do it, or work with wix-devs to enhance the wixstdba to handle the scen

Re: [WiX-users] "Asia" error

2013-06-15 Thread Simon Stevenson
toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] "Asia" error The wixstdba doesn't provide such a mechanism today. You could write a custom BA to do it, or work with wix-devs to enhance the wixstdba to handle the scenario. On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Simon Stevenson wrote: > 5100