Thanks for the help... I am a WIX rooky.
Is this is a valid option - Package the consleappservice.exe in two separate merge modules, the first doesn't invoke ServiceInstall the second does invoke ServiceInstall? The application that I am helping will have to refactor code and they may be reluctant to do so at this point in time. Thanks, Gregg -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 10:14 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally invoking ServiceInstall Element The ServiceControl element is a child of the Component which is a child of the Feature element so the condition can be applied at the Feature or Component level. If the component is installed the service will be installed and there's no way around that except to factor your service out of the console app: consleappservice.exe -> consoleapp.exe, service.exe, shared.dll Then you can put have Feature A reference the consoleapp.exe and shared.dll components and Feature B referene service.exe and shared.dll components. ( Note: There is only 1 shared.dll component ) If feature B is installed you will get a service. If feature B is not installed you will not get a service but you can still have your console app if feature A is installed. >From a SysAdmin's point of view it's silent installs can be: msiexec /i foo.msi ADDLOCAL=A /qn or msiexec /i foo.msi ADDLOCAL=A,B /qn If the service was not previously installed and now desired they can issue the command: msiexec /i foo.msi ADDLOCAL=B /qn If the service was previously installed and no longer desired they can issue the command msiexec /i foo.msi REMOVE=B /qn If they want to uninstall all together they can say: msiexec /x foo.msi /qn or msiexec /i foo.msi REMOVE=ALL /qn --- Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me ----- Original Message ---- From: Gregg Swanson <gregg.swan...@microsoft.com> To: "wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Mon, February 14, 2011 9:48:47 AM Subject: [WiX-users] Conditionally invoking ServiceInstall Element Hello, I have a Console application that may also be used as a Windows Service. Is it possible to conditionally invoke or not invoke the ServiceInstall element to control when the service is installed? Thanks, Gregg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
