Seems I was mistaken about RegistrySearch and it is working correctly (sorry for wasting anyone's time on that).
DirectorySearch is, however, still failing on silent install. It seems to be because the search is relative to [SOURCEDIR] but, in silent mode, [SOURCEDIR] is not being set until after AppSearch - actually between RemoveExistingProducts and ProcessComponents. (When run with UI, [SOURCEDIR] is set before Action Start INSTALL.) Apparently AppSearch must be scheduled before CostInitialize so I can't move it to, eg, before ProcessComponents. Why is setting [SOURCEDIR] delayed in silent install, and can I force it to be set sooner? Alternatively is there another way to test for folder [SOURCEDIR]\ABC later than AppSearch? (I simply want to copy the folder and its contents, if they exist, to the target directory.) -----Original Message----- From: Parkes, Kevin Sent: 29 November 2011 17:23 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Directory and Registry Search failing in silent mode Orca ICE validation flags up a few warnings (mostly about registry) but nothing that looks relevant. InstallExecuteSequence: FindRelatedProducts (25) AppSearch (50) LaunchConditions (100) ... InstallUISequence FatalError (-3) UserExit (-2) ExitDialog (-1) FindRelatedProducts (25) PrepareDlg (49) AppSearch (50) LaunchConditions (100) ... -----Original Message----- Re: [WiX-users] Directory and Registry Search failing in silent mode From: Peter Shirtcliffe <pshirtcliffe@sd...> - 2011-11-29 16:40 Seems OK then. Have you tried ICE validation ? Have you compared the UI and Execute sequences in Orca/InstEd ? -----Original Message----- From: Parkes, Kevin [mailto:Kevin.Parkes@...] Sent: 29 November 2011 15:33 To: wix-users@... Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Directory and Registry Search failing in silent mode I don't think it should be anything to do with user's profile: the Directory search is looking for a sub-folder in the folder containing the MSI ([SOURCEDIR]) and the Registry search is looking in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. InstallScope is perMachine The problem does occur with MSI 5 -----Original Message----- Re: [WiX-users] Directory and Registry Search failing in silent mode From: Peter Shirtcliffe <pshirtcliffe@......> - 2011-11-29 14:52 Dave says... Could it be because the things you're looking for only appear in the user's profile - hkey_users and c:\users ? When you switch from UI sequence to execute sequence, the intallation engine switches to the service side and the current user becomes local system and user-specific searches wouldn't work. If you're running a per-user installation, the searches should be redirected but are you ? Whats the value of ALLUSERS ? Is Package/InstallScope set to perUser ? Are you using MSI 5 or something earlier ? -----Original Message----- From: Parkes, Kevin [mailto:Kevin.Parkes@...] Sent: 29 November 2011 14:20 To: wix-users@... Subject: [WiX-users] Directory and Registry Search failing in silent mode I have properties set by a <DirectorySearch> and a <RegistrySearch> both of which work as expected with UI but neither of which is set when run in silent mode: <Property Id="ABCFOLDER"> <DirectorySearch Id="ABCSearch" Path="[SOURCEDIR]ABC" Depth="1" /> </Property> <Property Id="DOTXYZ"> <RegistrySearch Id="DotXYZSearch" Root="HKCR" Key=".xyz" Type="raw" /> </Property> Log file with UI: Action start 11:29:54: AppSearch. AppSearch: Property: DOTXYZ, Signature: DotXYZSearch MSI (c) (D0:A4) [11:29:54:650]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038 MSI (c) (D0:A4) [11:29:54:730]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xyz 3: 2 AppSearch: Property: IPIFOLDER, Signature: ABCSearch MSI (c) (D0:A4) [11:29:54:740]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038 MSI (c) (D0:A4) [11:29:54:760]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ABCFOLDER property. Its value is 'C:\Users\kparkes\Documents\ABC\'. Action ended 11:29:54: AppSearch. Return value 1. Log file in silent mode: Action start 12:28:43: AppSearch. MSI (s) (44:9C) [12:28:43:152]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (44:9C) [12:28:43:152]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xyz 3: 2 MSI (s) (44:9C) [12:28:43:152]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (44:9C) [12:28:43:162]: Doing action: LaunchConditions Action ended 12:28:43: AppSearch. Return value 1. What am I doing wrong? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
