Hi Jeff, Youcan run the msi with log option /l*v logfile.txt and check why the feature is not installed.
Regards, Eitan On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:58 AM, Jeff Eldridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > The original install is InstallScript based (and was called out as such in > the original email). > > The search: > > <!-- Is Rainbow 3 server installed? --> > <Property Id='RB3SERVER' Value='N'> > <DirectorySearch Id='RBServerDirectory' Path='c:\Program > Files\Rainbow'> > <FileSearch Id='RBServicesExe' Name='rbfta.exe' /> > </DirectorySearch> > </Property> > > does find the file rbfta.exe, but the feature never gets installed. > > ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson, Phil [ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 August 2008 22:31 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional install of feature > > What about whether the very old InstallShield is an MSI-based install or > not? If it's MSI based you're doing an upgrade in an unsupported manner, > one MSI install with some set of product and component guids directly on top > of another. > > If you do the install taking a MSI log it will say something about what's > being installed (or not) and whether your search is finding anything. > > Phil Wilson > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Eldridge > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:02 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional install of feature > > Ok, all valid points and need to be looked at. But, what about my original > question? > > ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson, Phil [ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 August 2008 18:13 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional install of feature > > That sounds a bit odd if I understand correctly. There's already an > installed product and you're installing on top of it, but it's apparently > not an upgrade. Don't you end up with two entries in Add/Remove Programs and > the possibility that uninstalling the older one will remove your files? > > Old InstallShield still might be MSI-based, if so you just need the > installed product's UpgradeCode and version to do a major upgrade. If you > don't know them the cached MSI in Windows\installer can be opened with Orca > to get the values. > > If old InstallShield means non-MSI it's usual to either ask the user to > uninstall it first (you can detect its presence with a registry search) and > I think there have been recent posts here that deal with automatically > uninstalling by locating the uninstallstring in the registry and running it. > > Phil Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Eldridge > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:14 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional install of feature > > Hi Phil, > > Neither. Because the original install was a done in a very old version of > InstallShield, I'm just using <File> elements and letting the Installer > Server just do a straight copy over the existing files. ProductCode and > UpgradeCode are in effect, brand new. > > > > Thanks, > Jeff > > ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson, Phil [ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 August 2008 17:43 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional install of feature > > What kind of upgrade are we looking at here? A major upgrade with > ProductCode changes and Upgrade table entries? Or is the ProductCode the > same as the original product? > > Phil Wilson > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Eldridge > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 6:36 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Conditional install of feature > > Hi All, > > I have a Wix2 setup that is designed to "upgrade" a product installation to > a known level. The original installation was InstallShield/InstallScript > based. > > The product is essentially made up of a Client component and a Server > component. The install has a couple of FileSearch-es to set properties: > > <!-- Is Rainbow 3 client installed? --> > <Property Id='RB3CLIENT' Value='N'> > <DirectorySearch Id='RBClientDirectory' Path='c:\Program > Files\Rainbow'> > <FileSearch Id='RainbowExe' Name='rainbow.exe' /> > </DirectorySearch> > </Property> > > <!-- Is Rainbow 3 server installed? --> > <Property Id='RB3SERVER' Value='N'> > <DirectorySearch Id='RBServerDirectory' Path='c:\Program > Files\Rainbow'> > <FileSearch Id='RBServicesExe' Name='rbfta.exe' /> > </DirectorySearch> > </Property> > > The RB3CLIENT and RB3SERVER properties are then used in Conditions on > Features: > > <Feature Id="Client" Title="Rainbow Client" Level="0"> > > <Condition Level="1"><![CDATA[RB3CLIENT <> "N"]]></Condition> > > <ComponentRef Id="RainbowClientComponent" /> > <ComponentRef Id="RainbowSharedComponent" /> > <ComponentRef Id="RainbowHelpComponent" /> > <ComponentRef Id="VC80ATLComponent" /> > <ComponentRef Id="VC80CRTComponent" /> > <ComponentRef Id="VC80MFCComponent" /> > > </Feature> > > <Feature Id="Server" Title="Rainbow Server" Level="0"> > > <Condition Level="1"><![CDATA[[RB3SERVER <> "N"]]></Condition> > > <ComponentRef Id="RainbowServerComponent" /> > <ComponentRef Id="RainbowSharedComponent" /> > <ComponentRef Id="RainbowHelpComponent" /> > <ComponentRef Id="StoreProviderComponent" /> > <ComponentRef Id="VC80ATLComponent" /> > <ComponentRef Id="VC80CRTComponent" /> > <ComponentRef Id="VC80MFCComponent" /> > > </Feature> > > My problem is that the Server component is never installed. 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