A possible explanation is that you're doing an update of some kind and you've broken the component rules, most likely by removing a component. Look at the rest of the log to see if there are any SELMGR entries and anything about "removing components is not supported". --------------- Phil Wilson
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 2:36 PM, George Fleming <gef...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Just another bit of information, my feature line looks something like this: > > <Feature Id="AAA" Title="AAA" Description="This feature installs AAA" > Level="100" AllowAdvertise="no" InstallDefault="local"> > > If AllowAdvertise is set to "no", how is it on patching my installed state is > "Advertise"? Could someone explain what "Advertise" means, and why my patch > fails sometimes because it's in that state? > > Thanks, > > George > > -----Original Message----- > From: George Fleming [mailto:gef...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 2:13 PM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What does '&' and '!' inside CDATA[] do? > > Based on suggestions given, I did more research on this issue. As I > mentioned earlier, my custom action looks something like this: > > <Custom Action='_xxx' After='_yyy'> > <![CDATA[!AAA=3 And PATCH And BBB=0]]> > </Custom> > > Where AAA is a feature that should be installed (and I guess that's what > !AAA=3 checks for). However, in my log I see this: > > Feature: AAA; Installed: Advertise; Request: Reinstall; Action: Reinstall > > "Advertise", from documention, is state "1". My guess is that's why it fails > to patch. What does "Advertise" state mean? > > George > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:28 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What does '&' and '!' inside CDATA[] do? > > I'd install the patch creating a verbose log, if you've not already done so, > and verify that the values of the other properties in the expression are as > expected. If it's deferred then it must be after InstallInitialize, so it > will be after CostFinalize as required. Your original post also asked how to > determine the current state of the AAA feature, to which the short answer is > that you need a way to know that the existing installed product that's being > patched did in fact install that feature. The verbose log should say > something about the feature state as absent, present etc. > --------------- > Phil Wilson > > > On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 4:21 PM, George Fleming <gef...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> Yes, AAA is a feature, and Custom Action is executed in deferred stage. >> >> I have problems when I patch on top of another patched version; but it's ok >> if I patch on a un-patched version. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pavan Konduru [mailto:pavan.kond...@accelrys.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 2:35 PM >> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What does '&' and '!' inside CDATA[] do? >> >> Is AAA a feature? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: George Fleming [mailto:gef...@microsoft.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 2:33 PM >> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What does '&' and '!' inside CDATA[] do? >> >> Thanks for the link. >> >> I'm trying to debug a situation where the Custom Action is not executing as >> expected. In the example below, where !AAA=3 should be true, but it appears >> not to be. How do I debug in this case? How do I determine the current >> state of AAA? >> >> Thanks, >> >> George >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 10:27 AM >> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What does '&' and '!' inside CDATA[] do? >> >> Scroll down here for explanations about the stated of various features and >> components: >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368012(v=vs.85).aspx >> --------------- >> Phil Wilson >> >> >> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:14 AM, George Fleming <gef...@microsoft.com> >> wrote: >>> Does anyone know the meaning of '!' and '&' in front of "AAA" below? >>> >>> <Custom Action='_xxx' After='_yyy'> >>> <![CDATA[!AAA=3 And PATCH And BBB=0]]> >>> </Custom> >>> >>> <Custom Action='_zzz' After='_xxx'> >>> <![CDATA[&AAA=3 And CCC<>1 And DDD=1]]> >>> </Custom> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> George >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> -------- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing >>> - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS >>> combos. >>> Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform >>> available Simple to use. 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