I think that is a good idea - to invoke netstart/stop and not worry about
the return code. I'll give it a shot and let everyone know how it works
out...
Thanks.
On Nov 29, 2007 4:07 PM, Kelly Leahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I dont' think windows even has such a feature, so I'd be surprised if MSI
> does.
>
> I think that's the whole reason why iisreset is a program and they don't
> just rely on people having to do net start / net stop commands.
>
> By the way, if you know the dependencies, you could just do net start and
> not check the return value, couldn't you? Or does MSI also complain when
> net start throws an error?
>
> Kelly
>
>
>
> *"Dhaval Patel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*
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> [WiX-users] Dependent Windows Services
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>
>
> I never figured out a built-in way (in WIX) to start/stop dependent
> Windows services automagically. For example, the server has IIS installed
> along with SMTP & POP3. When I stop IIS (via ServiceControl), the dependent
> services also get stopped, but when I restart IIS (via ServiceControl), the
> dependent services don't get started. I can include extra ServiceControl
> elements for all the IIS dependent services, but the MSI will throw and
> exception if one these dependent services hasn't been installed.
>
> In short, is there a way to achieve the above functionality magically
> (meaning, when I start/stop a specific service, all the dependent services
> would start/stop based on which service is installed)?
>
> Thanks.
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