Hello, I created an MSI and transform for it that uses the AppSearch action. All the AppSearch related data (AppSearch, DrLocator, RegLocator and Signature tables) is in the transform. What I wanted to do is find a path in the registry and than check that a file exists in that path. So it was vital for the RegLocator to be executed first and than the DrLocator/Signature tables. The MSDK says:
"The AppSearch action searches for file signatures using the CompLocator table first, the RegLocator table next, then the IniLocator table, and finally the DrLocator table." So in theory everything should be OK, but in practice it is not. After turning on verbose logging I discovered that for whatever reason the DrLocator/Signature tables were parsed first and only after that the RegLocator table. Because of that the DrLocator had no valid path in which to search for the file. Of course the LaunchConditions were never met. If I moved the RegLocator data into the MSI than what the SDK said became true. But not when I had everything in the transform. To be more clear: the row from AppSearch relating to the RegLocator record was defined in the MSI, the AppSearch relating to the DrLocator and Signature records were defined in the transform. I did not experiment to find out what happened if all the AppSearch records were defined in the MSI. Does anyone know where could I find an explanation to this behavior? I mean why is the order of parsing the AppSearch related tables not kept when applied from the transform and it is when read from the tables? Is there a way to explicitly enforce the order? -- Szentpáli János ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
