I'd see this as a +1 vote for WixStdBA to support a declarative feature tree 
dialog. Not a trivial task, but something that would be useful.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:05 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Redisplay MSI's UI when Bootstrapper is run a second 
time

You can modify feature states via the BootstrapperApplication.


On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Karl Werner <karl.wer...@gmail.com> wrote:

> To close the loop on this, I ended up doing the following:
>
> 1) Reverting to the Wix Standard Bootstrapper. (There is probably a 
> way to get my custom bootstrapper to work, but I exhausted enough time 
> trying to figure it out.  Somehow the Wix Standard Bootstrapper knows 
> what mode to go into early in the process and I never found it in the 
> code)
> 2) Providing a name for Bundle so that it now registers in ARP.
> 3) Setting the MsiPackage to Visible="no" so they no longer register 
> in ARP.
> 4) Having different Package and Upgrade Codes for 32 vs. 64-bit MSIs 
> so that the various entry points (namely Repair) all work correctly.
>
> The functionality I lose is the ability to modify msi features after 
> install.  I'd really like a way to have the MSI registered in ARP and 
> not the bundle, but any time I did that there were negative side 
> effects when the bootstrapper was launched a second time.
>
> Wish list item ;-)
>
> Thanks for the responses on this item!
>
> Karl
>
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Karl Werner <karl.wer...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Do basically there is no way to simulate the old bootstrapper from 
> > the
> old
> > vdproj setup projects?  It would be nice if we could configure for 
> > this behavior. I would expect many other shops would want the same behavior 
> > .
> . .
> >
> > Maybe something like an attribute on MSIPackage that is equivalent 
> > to "always execute if InstallCondition is true", then show the UI if 
> > DisplayInternalUI is "yes"...
> >
> > I'll log a feature request ...
> >
> > Karl
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 29-Jan-13 16:10, Karl Werner wrote:
> >> > However, still stuck on the original problem -> How can I get the
> MSI's
> >> UI
> >> > invoked on the second run of the bootstrapper.
> >> You can't. Burn needs to know the operation being performed which 
> >> it can't if the operation is determined during the execution of the
> package.
> >>
> >> --
> >> sig://boB
> >> http://joyofsetup.com/
> >>
> >>
> >>
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