Hmm, not my strong area but you might check to see that MigrateFeatureStates
is run before your check runs.
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Loofsr <steve.l...@hp.com> wrote:
>
> G'day All,
>
> I am trying to display a MessageBox only if a feature has been selected and
> only if IIS 6 Compatability is NOT turned on on a machine with IIS 7
> enabled
> (as the Feature needs IIS 6). This MesageBox should be displayed if the
> conditions are met for it to be displayed when the Next button on the
> Select
> Feature dialogue is clicked.
>
> I do AppSearch in registry to populate IIS6METABASEINSTALLED if it is
> installed and to determine IISMAJOR (which is #7 if IIS 7 installed).
>
> The code below is what determines if the message box will be shown. It may
> seem a little weird but the message box is used all over the place with
> various messages depending on conditions used etc, none of which have
> anything to do with this feature. MessageBoxDlgText is {} by default.
>
> <Publish Dialog="SelectFeatureDlg" Control="Next"
> Property="MessageBoxDlgText" Value="{}" Order="6">
> <![CDATA[ &Webdrawer >=2 AND IISMAJOR = "#7" AND IIS6METABASEINSTALLED
> <> "" ]]>
> </Publish>
> <Publish Dialog="SelectFeatureDlg" Control="Next"
> Property="MessageBoxDlgText"
> Value="(loc.LaunchConditionIIS6MetabaseWebdrawer)" Order="7">
> <![CDATA[ &Webdrawer >=2 AND IISMAJOR = "#7" AND IIS6METABASEINSTALLED =
> "" ]]>
> </Publish>
> <Publish Dialog="SelectFeatureDlg" Control="Next" Event="SpawnDialog"
> Value="MessageBoxDlg" Order="8">
> <![CDATA[ MessageBoxDlgText <> "" ]]>
> </Publish>
>
> <Publish Dialog="SelectFeatureDlg" Control="Next" Event="DoAction"
> Value="SelectFeatureDlg_Next" Order="9">1</Publish>
> <Publish Dialog="SelectFeatureDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog"
> Value="[SelectFeatureDlg_Next]"
> Order="99">
> <![CDATA[SelectFeatureDlg_Next and OutOfDiskSpace=0 AND
> MessageBoxDlgText = "" ]]>
> </Publish>
>
> As you may be able to see the install can only proceed if MessageBoxDlgText
> is nothing\empty. This all works fine when a fresh install is done. If The
> machine has IIS7 and no IIS6 Metabase and the Webdrawer Feature is
> selected,
> then the message displays but if the same IIS conditions hold true and the
> Webdrawer Feature is not selected then the message is not displayed and all
> is good.
>
> The problem arises on Major upgrade. I upgrade an existing install (which
> didn't have Webdrawer feature installed on first install).
> MigrateFeatureStates runs and populates the FeatureTree with the previously
> installed features of which Webdrawer is not one. I am happy with the
> features selected and click on next but instead of the install just
> proceeding as it should it brings up the message box and this is the bug.
>
> A workaround is to select the feature, click on next and it displays the
> message as expected, then deselect the Feature and click on next and now it
> has recognised that the feature isn't being installed and allows the
> install
> to proceed as it should have done in the first place.
>
> My question, why is it not recognising that I am not wanting to install the
> Webdrawer feature on upgrade and hence displaying this message when it
> shouldn't be?
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