[wix-users] Bundle: How to stop evaluating a condition at Uninstall?

Farrukh Waheed farrukh1 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 8 08:18:57 PDT 2015


Thanks for replies.. I tried what you are recommending. But actually
evaluation is due to :
 ((PreReq_161_Maj_Ver = 16) AND (PreReq_161_Min_Ver >= 1))]

REMOVE is property set up at uninstall time with the value of features to
be uninstalled.

On 8 October 2015 at 08:15, Jeremy Drake <jeremydrake+wix at eacceleration.com>
wrote:

> I have usually seen the recommendation to use WixBundleInstalled OR (...)
>
> for example
>
> http://howdididothatthingagain.blogspot.com/2013/06/conditioning-wix-bundle-when-it-should.html
>
> I don't remember burn setting a REMOVE variable, that may just be from
> within an MSI.
>
>
> On Thu, 8 Oct 2015, Phill Hogland wrote:
>
> I have not used bal:Condition for some time, since I have a mba, but I
>> think you want to add AND NOT REMOVE to your CDATA statement.
>> http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/conditions-custom-actions-used-msi
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
>> Behalf Of Farrukh Waheed
>> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 8:03 AM
>> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
>> Subject: [wix-users] Bundle: How to stop evaluating a condition at
>> Uninstall?
>>
>> Hello mates,
>> I have a situation where in my Bundle, a condition evaluating at install
>> time, Must Not Be  evaluated at uninstall time.
>>
>> Scenario is, a pre-requisite application is uninstalled before removing
>> my Bundle. Now when my Bundle would be uninstalled, it will try to evaluate
>> bal:Condition to check that pre-req application, and would go false and
>> refused to uninstal.
>>
>> I feel, I'm just missing something here... Here is my Condition xml
>>    <bal:Condition Message="[WixBundleName] requires the PreReq. "  >
>>      <![CDATA[Installed AND ((PreReq_161_Maj_Ver = 16) AND
>> (PreReq_161_Min_Ver >= 1))]]>
>>    </bal:Condition>
>>
>>
>> Thanks a bunch.
>> Farrukh
>>
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