[wix-users] Custom Bootstrapper Application, command line usage - possible?

[Jon Earle]

Sorry , I seem to need a bit more guidance...


I am attempting to retrofit WixWPF to include that functionality, but, I am getting an error in the VS IDE that states that an object reference is required for

BootstrapperApplication.Command.

Which reference do I need to include to gain that?

I also attempted to include the Model object from WixBA, but again, I receive an error stating that UX is not a member of Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.

Thanks for a bit more help!

Jon


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Subject: Re: [wix-users] Custom Bootstrapper Application, command line usage - possible?

Display is set based on the command line parameters. Providing a silent at command line would mean a value of passive.

You can then work out your BA to display the UI or not.

On Jan 9, 2018 4:50 AM, "Jon Earle via wix-users" <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org<mailto:wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>> wrote:
Hey Jacob,


How is the BootstrapperApplication.Command.Display being set?


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Subject: Re: [wix-users] Custom Bootstrapper Application, command line usage - possible?

Your BA has to handle it...

BootstrapperApplication. Command.Display == Display.Passive ||
BootstrapperApplication.Command.Display == Display.Full

You can see how the Wix BA does this inside of WixBA.cs, in the Run method.

I'm not certain, but you may also need to implement the parsing of args to handle setting variables as well (since WixStdBA has code in it to do so).

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Subject: Re: [wix-users] Custom Bootstrapper Application, command line usage - possible?

What do you mean by "We could run it when using the standard BA"?

I use the standard BA as well and when I run it from the command line the GUI just pops up and the command line returns as expected for a Windows application. If I want to wait until the bootstrapper completes I need to execute it using start /wait.

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Edwin G. Castro


On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 1:39 PM, Jon Earle via wix-users < wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org<mailto:wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>> wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
>
> I have concocted a custom bootstrapper application, using the WixWPF
> framework (https://github.com/tpalacino/WixWPF), which is working
> quite well.  The problem I am having, is running the installer via commandline.
> We could run it when using the standard BA but, when I issue the same
> commandline now, the GUI just pops up.
>
>
> Commandline:
>
>
> Client.exe /install /quiet /l install.log ADDLOCAL="myFeature"
> INSTALLDIR="c:\client"
>
>
> Is there anything I need to implement in the bootstrapper code to
> enable commandline usage?
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Jon
>
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