Removing on rollback is the easy case. The hard case is rollback of uninstall where you removed a bunch of registry keys and have to put them all back. Second hardest is repair where you write a bunch of entries and have to write the old ones back on rollback.
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Wilson, Phil <phil.wil...@invensys.com>wrote: > First, I'd look to see if the DifX framework supplies all this stuff > without you needing to do it: > > http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/install/difxtools.mspx > > It sounds like you need to understand rollback custom actions. The basic > idea is that if you create a bunch of registry entries in an install custom > action, then you also need a rollback custom action that restores the system > to its previous state, most likely by removing them. Sequence the rollback > CA before your install CA, and the MSI framework will call the rollback CA > if the install fails and rolls back. > > Phil Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bisht, Pradeep [mailto:pradeep_bi...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 8:12 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] atomic (un)install when using custom actions; > > Thanks Dave. Can you please elaborate? How can I author them to make my > installation atomic. I have 3 custom actions - each installs a driver - > creates > some registry entries. I need to make sure that if the installation of any > one > driver fails then the rest of the drivers should also not be installed. > Thanks. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: David Watson <dwat...@sdl.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Mon, November 22, 2010 3:14:20 AM > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] atomic (un)install when using custom actions; > > The windows installer is inherently transactional, your custom actions need > to > be too. > > Author them so that they install, uninstall and rollback correctly. > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bisht, Pradeep [mailto:pradeep_bi...@yahoo.com] > Sent: 22 November 2010 05:49 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] atomic (un)install when using custom actions; > > I 'm thinkin of using checkpoints. 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