I'm looking at WiX and Burn for an upcoming project and in theory it is
exactly what I want. In practice I have run into some issues which are
probably just me being new to WiX. I couldn't find the answers googling. I
want to have Burn install some MSIs, but have it appear to the user that
only one package has been installed. I created two test MSIs with WiX
called Setup1 and Setup2.
In these MSI's I set <Property Id="ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT" Value="1"
Secure="yes"/> so that an entry does not appear in Add/Remove Programs.
I have another project called Bootstrapper (for lack of a better name) and
the bundle looks like this:
<Bundle Name="Bootstrapper" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Test"
UpgradeCode="96e9b03b-78f2-468c-b87c-6a10a998bf9d">
<BootstrapperApplicationRef
Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" />
<WixVariable Id="WixStdbaLogo" Value="logo.png" />
<Chain >
<MsiPackage Id="Setup1"
SourceFile="../SetupProject1/bin/Debug/SetupProject1.msi"
Compressed="no"
Vital="yes" />
<MsiPackage Id="Setup2"
SourceFile="../SetupProject2/bin/Debug/SetupProject2.msi"
Compressed="no"
After="Setup1"
/>
<PackageGroupRef Id="Bundle.Generated.Packages"/>
</Chain>
</Bundle>
I can install Bootstrapper and everything works as expected Setup1 and
Setup2 are installed, but I only see Bootstrapper entry in Add/Remove
Programs.
When I uinstall Bootstrapper, Setup1 and Setup2 are left installed. I
expected the MSI packages to be removed when I uninstalled the Bootstrapper.
Am I supposed to create a CA to remove those myself? Is there some
configuration that I am missing?
After installing Bootstrapper, if I run the Bootstrapper.exe again it
presents the usual installation screen. I expected it to show the
Maintenance screen that I see if I go to Add/Remove programs and click
Change. Is there any particular reason that it doesn't show the Maintenance
screen when already installed? Is this something I could change if I were
to write my own BA?
Thx,
Cody
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