[wix-users] Weird un-install behavior

[Rob Mensching]

Windows Installer will remember Feature states. The problem was the Bundle was always overrides the Feature state (to change it, of course) so this should only happen when launched from the Bundle.

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  Rob Mensching
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  FireGiant
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-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Phill Hogland
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 5:02 AM
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Weird un-install behavior

When I read your original post I may have misunderstood your concern to be related to when MSI launches an 'on-demand' install of your MSI package without launching Burn.  The Burn Variables/@Persisted feature is a really great feature if you are certain that the MSI will always be driven by Burn (and a 'on-demand' install of the MSI will not occur ).   Generally I implement both, using Burn Variables/@persist and serializing any changes prior to the Apply phase as well as implementing the RememberProperty pattern for any public property passed into a MSI so that the MSI still functions in 'on-demand' scenarios.

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of jayd page
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 3:14 AM
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Weird un-install behavior

Thank you Phill and Rob.

Adding the Persisted="yes" to my burn variable worked like a charm so I did not have to implement the RememberProperty pattern.

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> Burn Variables can be marked Persisted-"yes"
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On 
> Behalf Of Phill Hogland
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 5:53 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Weird un-install behavior
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> It sounds like you need to implement a 'RememberProperty' pattern so 
> that any values you pass to a MSI using Burn (or on a command line to 
> the MSI) are available when doing 'on-demand' MSI actions.
>
> http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/the-wix-toolsets-remember-
> property-pattern/
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