[wix-users] BootstrapperApplication.RestartRequired

[Farrukh Waheed]

Tyler, thanks a bunch. Those points are really helpful to understand.
Really appreciated your replies.
I'm no expert as well.

Regards

On 25 October 2016 at 00:45, Tyler Gustafson <tgustafson at solacom.com> wrote:

> I'll be the first to admit that I'm nowhere close to an expert with this
> stuff yet and I'm especially shaky with bootstrapper stuff. I see the files
> in use dialog when I lock something with this script and I can see in the
> msi log that a reboot will be required, but if that doesn't bubble up to
> the bootstrapper in some way then I'm afraid that's as far as I can help.
> Hopefully someone else has some insight for you.
>
> PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding MsiSystemRebootPending property. Its value is '1'.
> RESTART MANAGER: The user chose to go on with the installation, although a
> reboot will be required.
>
> Tyler
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Farrukh Waheed
> Sent: October-24-16 3:04 PM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] BootstrapperApplication.RestartRequired
>
> btw, don't you think FileInUse should be used here?
>
> On 24 October 2016 at 12:01, Farrukh Waheed <farrukh1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you Tyler. I will try this and will reply....
> >
> > On 24 October 2016 at 06:22, Tyler Gustafson <tgustafson at solacom.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I think that happens when your installer is trying to change a file
> >> that is locked in some way and can't so it wants to finish up after a
> >> re-boot. I have a powershell script that can temporarily lock a file
> >> which I was going to use to test some functionality around that area.
> >> You're welcome to try if if you like. Stick the following in a .ps1
> >> file and run it with the -filePath argument as the path to a file you
> >> want locked eg Locker.ps1 -filePath C:\lockme.txt
> >>
> >> param(
> >>     [string]$filePath
> >> )
> >>
> >> $lock = [System.IO.File]::Open("$filePath", "Open", "ReadWrite")
> >> Write-Host "Press any key to release the file..."
> >> $null = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")
> >> $lock.Close()
> >>
> >>
> >> Let me know how it goes!
> >> Tyler
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> >> Behalf Of Farrukh Waheed
> >> Sent: October-24-16 6:30 AM
> >> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> >> Subject: [wix-users] BootstrapperApplication.RestartRequired
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Can someone please guide, when
> >> BootstrapperApplication.RestartRequired
> >> is triggered?
> >>
> >> I tried to trigger it using Schedulereboot from my Msi, i.e.
> >>
> >>  <InstallExecuteSequence>
> >>     <ScheduleReboot After="InstallFinalize"/>
> >> </InstallExecuteSequence>
> >>
> >>
> >> But it never triggered RestartRequired. But in ApplyComplete,
> >> e.Restart = ApplyRestart.RestartRequired
> >>
> >> So wondering what could trigger RestartRequired event?
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
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