[wix-users] How to launch repair action for missing files through a burn bootstrapper?

[Mayooran Macilamany]

Got it. Thanks a lot mate! :)

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 7:18 AM, John Cooper <JoCooper at jackhenry.com> wrote:

> That depends on your logic.  If your MSI are correctly authored to support
> Repair, they should just work regardless of the reason you're running a
> Repair.  And if you can run a Repair, you can often also author a Patch and
> deploy it.
>
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> Thank you for the prompt reply mate. So that means repair button would be
> present whether the files are missing  or not right? If the package state
> is present, I should always display the repair button right?
> On Jul 8, 2016 06:50, "John Cooper" <JoCooper at jackhenry.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes.   You pass Repair to Plan().  Like so.
> >
> > BootstrapperApplication.Plan(LaunchAction.Repair);
> >
> > I do it in my RepairExecute() method for my buttons, and in the MBA
> > logic
> to handle the command line cases.  See the MBA for WiX itself for those
> details.
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> > Subject: [wix-users] How to launch repair action for missing files
> through a burn bootstrapper?
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> > I have this burn bootstrapper installer. I can launch a repair action
> > if
> the packages are absent. But is it possible to launch the repair action if
> any of the installed files are missing? I have marked the files as
> KeyPath=yes and included them in the MSI. I can repair the missing files
> using the MSI. But how can I launch the repair action through the
> bootstrapper EXE? Any help would be much appreciated.
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