[WiX-users] Handling the cancel button in a deferred custom action

I am trying to find examples that would allow me to catch and handle the event sent when a user hits the cancel button while a lengthy deferred custom action is running. For the most part I ignore this situation as most of my custom actions execute fairly quickly and the user does not see any m

[WiX-users] Data in custom table not being preserved for Server side actions

I am currently trying to use a custom table to sort information entered by the user during the UI portion of the installation. When the install moves to the execute phase the data in the table is not being preserved and the immediate custom action that need to information are failing because of

[WiX-users] Feature getting set to advertise for maintenance

I am seeing a weird behavior where a feature that was installed locally is getting set as advertised when a repair or patch is run against the product. I have never seen this behavior before and have not been able to find a solution or a cause. In the installation the features are all set as a

Re: [WiX-users] How to bypass UAC prompt?

The only way to disable UAC is to do in the system parameters which requires a reboot of the system to take effect. The best way to deal with this is to use a bootstrap EXE that handles the prompt upfront and then launches the MSI. Any changes to IIS that touch the master control file require e

[WiX-users] Patch uninstall from APR on Windows 2012 R2 going into repair mode

Everyone, I was doing patch testing on Windows 2012 R2 and noticed that my patches were not uninstalling when targeted through APR. Instead maintenance mode was launched and the user was prompted with the standard modify, Repair, or uninstall option for the product. I can remove patches just

Re: [WiX-users] Patch uninstall from APR on Windows 2012 R2 going into repair mode

Continuing Development Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS > 66214 | Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@jackhenry.com > > > > -Original Message- > From: Skildum, Mat [mailto:mathew.skil...@aspect.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 8:07 AM > To: General discussion abou

Re: [WiX-users] How to supersede a minor update in next patch.

I do not think this is possible when dealing with binary patches. This is because the binary differences are going to be specific to the base package the patch was built against. You will always have to have individual patches to "jump" over versions in this case. This is why using binary pat