PS: I get things wrong sometimes so feel free to correct me when you find documentation that contradicts my memory. :)
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Chad Petersen <chad.peter...@harlandfs.com > wrote: > I was also going to point out that Rob already responded with the same > info and you don't get much more "WiX Team" than that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:07 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting MsiLogFileLocation property > > Given that WiX generates MSI files and the MSI MSDN docs say you can't set > it, and my testing also indicates that you can't set it, I don't see how > you could expect a different answer from the WiX Team! It's nothing to do > with WiX, or InstallShield or any other tool that generates MSI files. > Setting log file location is something you do on the command line to the > install or equivalent (MsiInstallProduct parameter). > > Phil W > > -----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-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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