I had never really thought about bootstrapping WI v4.5 with Installer.
Does WiX 3.0 support
<BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Windows.Installer.4.5">
<ProductName>Windows Installer 4.5</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
Or alternatively how can I check if v4.5 is installed so I can throw up
an conditional message.
Dominique.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
Sent: 15 September 2009 16:03
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
In that case are you bootstrapping the Windows Installer 4.5
redistributable before your installer runs so all your users/customers
will be able to successfully install your product or are you also
testing it on 3.1 & 4.0 to make sure they don't have problems?
According to the docs
(http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/read_a_registry_entry.htm)
before LaunchConditions should be fine but I would double check a
verbose log just to make sure your RegistrySearch is populating the
SQLSERVER Property before your CustomAction attempts to parse it.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dominique Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com]
Sent: 15 September 2009 14:53
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
I'm using v4.5.6001.22159 if that is any help to anyone.
Is putting my CustomAction before LaunchConditions the best place to run
my vbs, or would there be another more appropriate place?
Dominique.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
Sent: 15 September 2009 10:23
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
No but you could attribute it to a bug in whichever version of Windows
Installer you're using to test the MSI (v3.1 or v4.0 whether you're on
XP/2k3 or Vista/2k8 respectively I'm guessing).
People on this list really need to learn the difference between WiX &
Windows Installer. They are *not* the same thing & should never be used
interchangeably as if far too often the case.
You'll have to write your own Custom Action to parse the registry value
before you compare it as far as I know. Would be nice if there was some
sort of Standard Custom Action in WiX for manipulating regex but then
there's already plenty of features which existed in WiX v2.0 which we
have to live without in WiX v3.0 so I wouldn't hold my breath.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dominique Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com]
Sent: 15 September 2009 09:42
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
Hi Blair,
Can we attribute this to a bug in WiX 3.0 then?
If I need to write a work around, does WiX provide any parsing
capabilities, or should I look at using VBScript or similar to get this
working?
Dominique.
-----Original Message-----
From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: 14 September 2009 17:34
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
In my tests using a simple installation package, it would appear that
the conditional comparison routines for strings stop looking through the
string at the first NUL character. Since REG_MULTI_SZ strings start with
a NUL, then terminate each value with an additional NUL (remember that
the conditional is evaluated AFTER the string is parsed replacing all
"[whatever]" property references) means that the conditional syntax
can't "see" any values after the first [~] value (which would include
all values retrieved using RegistrySearch involving REG_MULTI_SZ
strings.
You can check for presence of the property, however. (If the property
were truly empty, it would be removed).
To see what I am talking about, compare these three lines from my log:
AppSearch: Property: MYMULTIVALUE, Signature: MyMultiValue MSI (c)
(38:98) [09:26:38:902]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding MYMULTIVALUE property.
Its value is ''.
Property(C): MYMULTIVALUE =
[~]SysClass.Dll,StorageCoInstaller[~]WmiProp.dll,WmiPropCoInstaller[~]
Those are the only references to that property in the entire debug
verbose log.
You would need some custom action to parse or otherwise "escape" the
property values in the property before using the condition syntax to
search them.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dominique Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com]
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 8:53 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
OK based on Pally's earlier post, it would seem that
SQLSERVER><"MSSQLSERVER" or the property equivalent should work, but
neither works for me.
Do they work for anyone else?
-----Original Message-----
From: Dominique Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com]
Sent: 14 September 2009 15:54
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
Nope, Changing it to a Property does not work either.
I'm guessing that changing it to a property just makes it the equivalent
of writing SQLSERVER><"MSSQLSERVER"
Which would be incorrect as well.
Is the >< the correct conditional operator for what I'm trying to
achieve?
What is the difference between >< and <> if any?
As I mentioned in my original post, some kind of website or official
documentation showing exactly how each operator is used in a conditional
situation would be really, really useful at this point. At the moment I
feel like I'm walking through the woods, blind folded.
Dominique.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
Sent: 14 September 2009 14:47
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
Have you tried using a Property with its value set to "MSSQLSERVER" as I
first assumed you were doing? Even something as simple as <Property
Id="MSSQLSERVER" Value="MSSQLSERVER" /> added to your first code
fragment might cause this to work.
Essentially your code is doing exactly what you're trying to achieve
from how I understand it but a quirk of Windows Installer could be
fooling both of us and the above might be the solution.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dominique Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com]
Sent: 14 September 2009 14:23
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
Hi Pally,
Thanks for taking the time to answer my query. I should have mentioned
that I had already tried putting quotes around MSSQLSERVER, but that
does not work either.
What I need is some kind of conditional code the does the equivalent of
a "Does this SQLSERVER property *contain* MSSQLSERVER"
Dominique.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
Sent: 14 September 2009 13:15
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
<Condition Message="This application requires Microsoft SQL Server.
Please install Microsoft SQL Server then run this installer again.">
<![CDATA[Installed OR (SQLSERVER><MSSQLSERVER)]]>
</Condition>
That says to throw the condition 'If the Property SQLSERVER does not
contain the Property MSSQLSERVER or the product is not already
Installed'
Try putting quotes around MSSQLSERVER if you want it to be a string
rather than a Property.
I may be wrong but that's how I understand it. See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368012.aspx
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dominique Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com]
Sent: 14 September 2009 12:48
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
MSSQLSERVER Is not a property, it is a literal string that should exist
within the Registry.
I'm essentially trying to check if 'MSSQLSERVER' exists within the
multi-string SQLSERVER.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
Sent: 14 September 2009 12:36
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
What is the property MSSQLSERVER set to? You appear to have omitted this
from your code fragment.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dominique Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com]
Sent: 14 September 2009 11:29
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ value
Hi WiX gurus,
I'm using the "supposed" standard way of detecting multiple SQLServer
instances...
<Property Id="SQLSERVER">
<RegistrySearch Id="SQLServer" Root="HKLM"
Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server" Type="raw"
Name="InstalledInstances"/>
</Property>
<Condition Message="This application requires Microsoft SQL Server.
Please install Microsoft SQL Server then run this installer again.">
<![CDATA[Installed OR (SQLSERVER><MSSQLSERVER)]]>
</Condition>
But the Condition...
<![CDATA[Installed OR (SQLSERVER><MSSQLSERVER)]]>
Does not evaluate correctly.
For instance if the Property SQLSERVER only contains "[~]SQLEXPRESS[~]"
( according to the log )
It still allows the installation to proceed when it should not, so I'm
not convinced that using the >< is the correct way to check if 1 value
exists within a REG_MULTI_SZ variable.
Can anyone enlighten me as to what I may be doing wrong.
Also where can I find the correct documentation/list to find out what
are the correct conditional operatives I can use within a Condition
statement in WiX, preferably with examples. I Googled various sites, but
nothing definitive or helpful.
Thanks.
Dominique.
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