Y a, that's the direction I'm going now, glad to hear that it's working well for you. The thing I don't like about it is that overhead required but so be it. Thanks much for your input.
-- Thanks, Kevin Garman, Project Engineer SCADAware, Inc. www.scadaware.com Kevin On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 16:02 -0800, Uma Harano wrote: > You have to create unique components for each transform. > These components will contain the non file data (registry keys). > This is what I am doing and it works great. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Garman [mailto:gar...@scadaware.com] > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 2:18 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instances and Component IDs > > Hi, > > Ya, that part works fine. It's the bit about 'non-file' components that > I'm working through right now (services and registry entries). At the > moment these components do not have unique guids so they don't behave as > desired. The link I posted presents a solution to that, but since that > post kind of old I thought I'd see if anyone had since come up with any > better solutions. > > Thanks, > Kevin > > > > On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 09:02 +0100, Yan Sklyarenko wrote: > > > Kevin, > > > > What's the problem with uninstalling? Each instance you install is > > reflected by an entry in Add/Remove Programs console (ARP), unless you > > disabled it explicitly > > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367750(VS.85).aspx). Hence, > > you can uninstall it directly from ARP. Or, otherwise, use the following > > command line: > > msiexec /x {INSTANCE-PRODUCT-CODE} > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > -- Yan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Garman [mailto:gar...@scadaware.com] > > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 18:38 > > To: wix-users > > Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instances and Component IDs > > > > Hi, > > > > I am building an installer that creates a service and registry entries > > (among other things) and I need to be able to install multiple > > instances. It works almost in it's entirety, but I'm still stuck on the > > un-installation of instances. The information I've found so far is a > > couple of posts here > > http://n2.nabble.com/Multiple-Instance-Transforms-Walkthrough-Proposed-S > > imple-Addition-to-WiX-to-Make-Them-Easier-td708828.html > > where a custom extension was involved. > > > > Some time has pasted since these posts. Is this the best way to solve > > my problem or is there something better/more standard that will make > > this work? > > > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------ > > Return on Information: > > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > > Get the facts. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Return on Information: > > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > > Get the facts. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
