[wix-users] Does WixUI_Advanced create a dual mode package?

[Matthew Palermo]

Ah, I see now. Thank you Bob for clearing that up.

On 11 February 2017 at 01:12, Bob Arnson <bob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> They're not contradictory. I said "WixUI_Advanced doesn't support
> dual-mode packages (yet)." The toolset lets you create them but the WixUI
> dialog library doesn't support them.
>
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> Of Matthew Palermo
> Sent: Friday, 10 February, 2017 00:36
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> Subject: [wix-users] Does WixUI_Advanced create a dual mode package?
>
> I am confused about the meaning of the InstallScopeDlg in the
> WixUI_Advanced dialog set <http://wixtoolset.org/
> documentation/manual/v3/wixui/dialog_reference/wixui_advanced.html>.
> The documentation for the WixUI_Advanced seems to me to imply that the
> installation can be either perUser or perMachine depending upon the user's
> choice at run time. Although when I tried to use it, I could get it to
> behave correctly. I opened Issue #5481 <https://github.com/
> wixtoolset/issues/issues/5481> in the wixtoolset github repo where I
> describe the problem in further detail and provide code examples. Two
> members replied but gave contradictory answers. @barnson said that making a
> dual mode package is not supported yet and tagged the issue as a goal for
> milestone 4.x. @robmen said that dual mode packaging is supported but I
> would need to post on the mailing list for further information.
>
> Any clarification to this issue would be greatly appreciated. I know that
> some are of the opinion that perUser installs are dangerous but the reality
> is that for some users, getting admin privileges poses a big hassle and
> time cost, and so I would like to support these types of users without
> degrading the experience of those who do have admin privileges.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Matthew Palermo
>
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