[wix-users] Wix boostrapper not calling msi file during uninstall when DisplayInternalUI is set to yes in bundle.

[Sanket Panchamia]

Hi Vakul,

This is by design. Only the installation will show the msi dialogs but the
uninstall will perform its action without the UI.

Sanket

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 1:50 PM, vakul <vakul.kataria at newgen.co.in> wrote:

> Dear concerned,
>
>
>
> I have an existing wix msi project with full fledged UI. I created a wix
> bundle and referenced the msi project in this bootstrapper project. It
> installs the msi perfectly but during uninstall it only removes the entry
> from the Add or remove Programs, but doesn't call the msi when
> DisplayInternalUI="yes" for the msi package. But when the
> DisplayInternalUI="no" for msi package, then  it uninstalls correctly by
> calling the msi package. How to get around this issue. As, I can't set the
> DisplayInternalUI to no, I want msi UI to be displayed during install. Is
> there a way to turn DisplayInternalUI to no during uninstall and to yes
> during install. Here is my bundle code:
>
>
>
> <Bundle Name="$(var.ProductName)" Version="$(var.ProductVersion)"
> Manufacturer="CMiC" UpgradeCode="8ee48a23-b6fc-4594-b3b2-d4c4bebb78d2"  >
>
>     <BootstrapperApplicationRef
> Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" >
>
>       <bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication      SuppressOptionsUI="yes"
> LicenseUrl="" />
>
>     </BootstrapperApplicationRef>
>
>      <Log PathVariable="LOGPATH_PROP" Disable="yes"
> Prefix='[WixBundleOriginalSource]' Extension=".txt" />
>
>     <util:RegistrySearch Id="Office2007_Installed" Variable="OFFICE2007"
> Root="HKLM" Key="Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\InstallRoot"
> Result="exists" />
>
>     <util:RegistrySearch Id="VSTOR_Installed" Variable="VSTOR40"
> Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSTO Runtime Setup\v4R" Result="exists"
> />
>
>     <util:RegistrySearch Id="VSTOR_Installed1" Variable="VSTOR40_1"
> Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSTO Runtime Setup\v4" Result="exists"
> />
>
>     <util:RegistrySearch Id="VSTOR_Installed2" Variable="VSTOR40_2"
> Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VSTO Runtime Setup\v4"
> Result="exists" />
>
>     <util:RegistrySearch Id="VSTOR_Installed3" Variable="VSTOR40_3"
> Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VSTO Runtime Setup\v4R"
> Result="exists" />
>
>
>
>               <Chain>
>
>                      <!-- TODO: Define the list of chained packages. -->
>
>                      <!-- <MsiPackage SourceFile="path\to\your.msi" /> -->
>
>       <ExePackage  Id="INSTALLVSTO" SourceFile="vstor_redist.exe"
> Vital="yes"  Compressed="no" Permanent="yes"
>
>
> DownloadUrl="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=158917"
>
>                   InstallCommand="/q /norestart"
>
>                   DetectCondition="VSTOR40 OR VSTOR40_1 OR VSTOR40_2 OR
> VSTOR40_3"
>
>                   InstallCondition="NOT (VSTOR40 OR VSTOR40_1 OR VSTOR40_2
> OR VSTOR40_3)" />
>
>       <RollbackBoundary />
>
>
>
>       <!--<ExePackage Compressed="default"   SourceFile="$(var.CMiC
> ECM.TargetDir)setup.exe" Vital="yes" >
>
>         <Payload SourceFile="$(var.CMiC ECM.TargetPath)"/>
>
>       </ExePackage>-->
>
>
>
>       <MsiPackage Id="Plugin"  Compressed="no"  DisplayName="msi name"
> Name="msi name"  SourceFile="$(var.CMiC ECM.TargetDir)msi name" Vital="yes"
> DisplayInternalUI="yes" Permanent="no" >
>
>
>
>       </MsiPackage>
>
>
>
>               </Chain>
>
>        </Bundle>
>
>
>
> Also, in logs when the uninstall is successful it shows msi state as
> present, but when it is  unsuccessful, it shows the state of msi as absent
> .I am using wix 3.10.3.3007 .
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Vakul
>
>
>
>
>
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