If you are setting ARPINSTALLLOCATION with a custom action (type 51 usually), you might need a condition on it if it's unconditionally setting ARPINSTALLLOCATION to a value that is not recomputed at patch time. You'd only set it if "Not Installed". I've also seen people write a small custom action to get the install location using the Msi APIs and set the source (TARGETDIR?) when the product is already installed. Sometimes that's necessary for other custom actions that need to know the install directory during a patch as well as during a fresh install.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Alex Ivanoff [mailto:alex.ivan...@shavlik.com] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 11:40 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] ARPINSTALLLOCATION and patch We use ARPINSTALLLOCATION to set InstallLocation in uninstall key. We just ran into an issue where applying a patch clears out InstallLocation. Is there something special we need to do? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail inet.hqhelpd...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
