A good test anyone can try. Run a command something like this. MSIEXEC.EXE /L*v C:\Foobar\test.log /I <path to MSI>
For that log folder that you point to make sure the C:\Foobar directly DOES NOT EXIST. Note how MSIEXEC.EXE will simply error out rather than creating the Foobar folder in which to create the log file. I feel this shows an example of what Edwin and others are talking about. Log file must be established before MSIEXEC calls into the MSI. -----Original Message----- From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:10 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting MsiLogFileLocation property WiX is not in control of the MsiLogFileLocation property. This is functionality provided by Windows Installer. As mentioned earlier, the log file location must be set before the MSI package is loaded by the Windows Installer engine. This is how Windows Installer works and the WiX team has no control over it. Please refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa372847.aspx for information on Windows Installer Logging. In particular check the Normal Logging section at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370536.aspx for an explanation of your options. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Digital Channels Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: Alec Swan [mailto:alecs...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:44 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting MsiLogFileLocation property > > Phil, thank you for sharing your experience. > > I would like to keep this thread active until we get a definite answer from > the > WIX team. Whether it is "You can't enable MSI logging in the current version > of WIX but will be available in version x.x" or "This is how you do this ..." > - it > will still be very helpful. > > Thanks, > > Alec > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Wilson, Phil <phil.wil...@invensys.com> > wrote: > > You can't set MsiLogFileLocation, as the MSDN docs pretty much say. You > can try to set it but it's ineffective. If you set it in the property table > it just > gets overwritten. If you set it with a type 51 it just gets ignored. > > > > Phil W > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alec Swan [mailto:alecs...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:09 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting MsiLogFileLocation property > > > > 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-Lo > >>> gging-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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