Adam, This post indicates that it is possible to set MSI property from WIX: http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2009/05/16/from-msi-to-wix-part-23-dll-custom-actions-logging-and-setting-properties.aspx
If this is true, shouldn't I be able to use this approach to set some kind of MSI property to force logging and/or configure location of the log file? Enabling logging seems to be a pretty common question on the WIX forum, can we have WIX team to provide a recommendation on how to do this? Thanks, Alec On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Adam Kadzban <mightyshorta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alec, > > As far as I know, you can't set the log file location inside WIX because > you need to tell msiexec where to write the log file to before actually > starting the MSI. You need some sort of bootstrapper that calls msiexec > with the logging options. I've used IExpress in the past, but I think I'll > be switching to dotNetInstaller soon. > > -Adam > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:43 AM, John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com>wrote: > >> I've seen the same bugs CP has seen. I've got it set in my installers, >> but only because CD demands it. Setting it causes a fair number of install >> failures, particular in install/repair/uninstall cycles. >> >> -- >> John Merryweather Cooper >> Build & Install Engineer - ESA >> Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® >> Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 >> Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 >> jocoo...@jackhenry.com >> www.jackhenry.com >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Alec Swan [mailto:alecs...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:30 AM >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting MsiLogFileLocation property >> >> The following thread implied that the file log location can be set through >> MsiLogFileLocation property in WIX: >> >> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Msi-Logging-td707004.html#a707011 >> >> But it sounds like Rob is saying this is not possible. >> >> So, how can I reliably enable MSI logging programmatically in WIX code and >> ideally set the location of the log file? We need to support Windows XP SP2 >> and higher. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Alec >> >> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Christopher Painter <chr...@iswix.com> >> wrote: >> > I don't know if this is common knowledge but I don't set the >> > MsiLogging property anymore. There' s a known bug in Windows 7 where >> > Explorer / Shell can lose reference to the installer log file location >> > and it causes the installer to crash out. It can manifest itself on >> > uninstall which means you are stuck unless you run the uninstall from >> > the command line passing in an explicit path. >> > >> > ---------------------------------------- >> > >> > From: "Rob Mensching" <r...@robmensching.com> >> > >> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:02 AM >> > >> > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." >> > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> > >> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting MsiLogFileLocation property >> > >> > >> > I don't think you can set the log file using MsiLogFileLocation. I >> > think it >> > >> > *gets* set to the log file location. You can force your package to >> > require >> > >> > MSI 4.0 by setting the Package/InstallerVersion attribute. >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Alec Swan <alecs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> >> Hello, >> > >> >> >> > >> >> I need to enable verbose logging and configure MSI log file location. >> > >> >> I am currently doing this by adding the following properties inside >> >> of >> > >> >> my .wxs file: >> > >> >> <Wix> >> > >> >> <Product> >> > >> >> <Property Id="LOGVERBOSE">1</Property> >> > >> >> <Property Id="MsiLogFileLocation">x:/WIX/wix-msi.log</Property> >> > >> >> ... >> > >> >> >> > >> >> Is this the right place for these properties? >> > >> >> >> > >> >> If so, then I am assuming that the reason why they are not taking >> > >> >> effect is that the MSI version our Wix project is using is lower than >> > >> >> 4.0 and does not support MsiLogFileLocation property. 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