It isn't until MSI 4.5 that CustomActions can get enough data to work
correctly on patch uninstall. It also requires some really complicated
code. None of the WiX CustomActions support it yet. You could file a
feature request if you'd like.
troy hostetter wrote:
> I was able to successfully patch the msi .. had to pass in the transforms on
> the command line as properties .. and found out they had to be all caps in
> the WiX xml.
>
> I am now puzzled on the uninstall of the patch. I have my xmlConfig
> statements as such:
>
> <util:XmlConfig Id="XC__kCEnterprise.Search.web.config.delete.1"
> File="[KCENTERPRISE.ROOT.WEBDIR]web.config" Action="delete" On="uninstall"
> ElementPath="//configuration/appSettings" Node="element"
> VerifyPath="add[...@key='SearchDefaultConfigSection'[\]]"
> Sequence="20" />
>
> And they do not seem to be executing on uninstall. Could this be a problem
> with Custom Actions?
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> wrote:
>
>
>> troy hostetter wrote:
>>
>>> error PYRO0260 : Product '{1F6FE067-01BE-4D39-B880-0AEF3E4F84D0}': Table
>>> 'CreateFolder' has a new row 'TARGETDIR/C__Search.AppSettings' added.
>>>
>> This
>>
>>> makes the patch not uninstallable.
>>> pyro.exe : error PYRO0261 : This patch is not uninstallable. The 'Patch'
>>> element's attribute 'AllowRemoval' should be set to 'no'.
>>>
>>>
>> It's telling you that MSI doesn't support uninstalling patches that have
>> new CreateFolder table rows.
>>
>>
>>> Also, what process (torch, candle, light, pyro) should I set verbose
>>> logging?
>>>
>> Not tools: Look at the verbose log generated by installing the patch
>> with /L*vx switch to msiexec.
>>
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