There is some documentation. Navigation is better in the WiX.chm than on the website (the WiX.chm has better TOC). Hopefully the names are pretty self-explanatory. Detect() tells the engine to figure out what is on the machine. Plan(action) tells the engine to plan an install, uninstall, or repair based on what is detected. Apply() tells the engine to apply the plan to the machine. The system is async so everything is a callback.
Not terribly difficult and the pertinent code in the WixBA is ~600 lines of code in the InstallationViewModel.cs. Again, now that bugs appear to be under control it will be time to focus on documentation. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:23 AM, Nigel Morse <nigel.mo...@red-gate.com>wrote: > Hi Alan - I did get it basically working, you can follow what happens in > Wix's actual installer buried in the source tree. However I gave up as > there's no documentation yet and I couldn't afford to spend the time > working out how to drive the MSIs. I wanted to have the UI collect and set > a few options then run maybe just one or two (or maybe all) MSIs with those > options. But there's detecting, planning, applying etc. going on and I've > no idea what all those do. Reading the Microsoft's Installer docs may > explain these, but that's for another day. I've just gone back to our > in-house bootstrap wrapper for now. > > Cheers, > Nigel > > -----Original Message----- > From: AlanBrianCovington [mailto:briancoving...@yahoo.com] > Sent: 11 May 2012 15:16 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed bootstrap failing to load > > Nigel, > Did you get this working past the "Hello World"? I got this far, but > cannot get Burn to install my packages with my custom bootstrapper > application. It appears to get to the Threading.Dispatcher.Run call, but > then just sits there (ie I never get the second message box): > > using System; > using System.Collections.Generic; > using System.Linq; > using System.Text; > using Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper; > using System.Windows.Forms; > using Threading = System.Windows.Threading; > > > namespace MyBA > { > public class TestBA : BootstrapperApplication > { > static public Threading.Dispatcher Dispatcher { get; private set; } > > protected override void Run() > { > this.Engine.Log(LogLevel.Verbose, "Running the TestBA."); > > TestBA.Dispatcher = Threading.Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher; > MessageBox.Show("My Bootstrapper Application is running"); > > Threading.Dispatcher.Run(); > MessageBox.Show("Dispatcher Run has finished."); > this.Engine.Quit(0); > } > } > } > > Any little bit of help you could provide would be GREATLY appreciated. > > Best regards, > Brian > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Managed-bootstrap-failing-to-load-tp7547420p7550586.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat > landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will > include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
