[wix-users] Bootstrapper - Change

[Ondrej Krc-Jediny]

@sampat: yes, I have enablefeatureselection=yes, as can be seen in my first
email.

@bob: thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it. But my main problem now
is the fact that the .msi isn't being run by the bootstrapper at all.

Dňa sobota, 18. júna 2016 sampat magi <ssmcs060 at gmail.com> napísal(a):

> Do you have enablefeatureselection="yes" in bundle?
>
> Regards
> Sampat
> On 17-Jun-2016 9:19 pm, "Bob Arnson" <bob at firegiant.com <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > MSI features must be handled in OnPlanMsiFeature, not via properties. See
> > bug https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/5294.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf
> > Of Ondrej Krc-Jediny
> > Sent: Friday, 17 June, 2016 08:30
> > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> <javascript:;>>
> > Subject: [wix-users] Bootstrapper - Change
> >
> > I have a managed bootstrapper application where I try to implement
> > Change/Repair/Remove functionality (my .msi support all of them).
> > I'm having problem with the feature Change functionality. After user
> > selects/deselect features in my BA, I try to run:
> >
> > bootstrapApp.Engine.Plan(LaunchAction.Modify);
> >
> > but the .msi is never run, probably because of 'execute: None' - log:
> >
> > Planned package: instmsi, state: Present, default requested: Present, ba
> > requested: Present, execute: None, rollback: None, cache: No, uncache:
> No,
> > dependency: Register
> >
> > As already pointed out in this thread -
> >
> >
> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-modify-MSI-from-the-custom-bootstrapper-td7585752.html
> > -
> >
> > in the PlanPackageBegin event, the RequestState is already Present and
> > execute ActionState is not modifiable.
> >
> > It does the same when I try
> >
> > bootstrapApp.Engine.Plan(LaunchAction.Install);
> >
> > My MsiPackageElement looks like this
> >
> > <MsiPackage EnableFeatureSelection="yes"
> SuppressSignatureVerification="no"
> > SourceFile="installer.msi" Id="instmsi">
> >   <MsiProperty Name="ADDLOCAL" Value="[FEATURES]"/>
> >   <MsiProperty Name="REMOVE" Value="[FEATURES_REMOVE]"/>
> >   <MsiProperty Name="REINSTALL" Value="[FEATURES_REINSTALL]"/>
> > </MsiPackage>
> >
> > For the Change functionality, I fill the ADDLOCAL and REMOVE variables
> > accordingly.
> >
> > I don't want to run LaunchAction.Repair, because it re-installs already
> > installed features (which is not how the .msi Change behaves).
> >
> > Is there any way to ensure that my .msi is run in such case?
> > Thank You
> >
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