It's a custom bootstrapper written internally but by another part of the company. I thought I'd investigate what was happening with the MSI before passing it along. I got a log of the install and found that it was doing an install but in maintenance mode since the product was already installed. I found from my own tinkering I could reproduce the problem by running "msiexec /i product.msi /qb". I'll ask how they run it exactly, but it doesn't seem right passing the buck completely given that I can cause the error without their bootstrapper.
Rob On 06/04/2010 16:51, Pally Sandher wrote: > That sounds pretty bizarre. Which bootstrapper are you using which is > causing that? A bootstrapper should either simply ShellExecute your MSI > or call msiexec.exe /i (which amount to the same thing essentially). I > don't think you can set something like "Installed" on the command line, > AFAIK only public properties can be passed to msiexec.exe so I've no > idea how that's even possible. Does your original code work properly > when you run the MSI without the bootstrapper? Are you sure the > bootstrapper isn't setting REINSTALL when it launches your MSI? > > Your conditions look fine if you're never going to use MSPs. You need to > set REINSTALL when applying an MSP so it'd thoroughly break those > conditions but as long as you're happy to live without them they should > be OK. I don't think they'll interfere with major upgrades but I would > test it first. > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Deployment& IT Administrator > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > > http://www.iesve.com > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the<Virtual Environment>** > Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, > Glasgow G20 0SP > Email Disclaimer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Hamflett [mailto:r...@snsys.com] > Sent: 06 April 2010 10:43 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Problem using 'Installed' as a condition > > I have discovered an issue with using 'Installed' as a condition for > InstallExecuteSequence entries. > I have some actions that generally go as follows: > > <...> > <MyRemoveAction>REINSTALL OR Installed</MyRemoveAction> <RemoveFiles /> > <...> <InstallFiles /> <MyInstallAction>REINSTALL OR NOT > Installed</MyInstallAction> <...> > > > The problem is that my installer is being run by a bootstrapper that > isn't checking if the product is already installed, so it is going > through some kind of maintenance mode where Installed is set but > REINSTALL isn't. This results in MyRemoveAction being performed, but > not MyInstallAction, which leaves me with a broken installation. I can > reproduce this by reinstalling it myself and passing the /qb flag to > msiexec. I'm going to talk to the people who make the bootstrapper, but > I was wondering if the following conditions would be usable, and if > anyone could see anything obvious that will bite me. All upgrades we do > are major, no patches. > > For MyRemoveAction: REINSTALL OR REMOVE="ALL" > For MyInstallAction: REINSTALL OR NOT REMOVE > > Thanks, > Rob > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
