[wix-users] File Handling Options with Bootstrapper

Rob Mensching rob at firegiant.com
Thu Jul 19 06:36:40 PDT 2018


I'd recommend slightly different:

1. Any changes to the system should be performed from the msi and not the
bundle.
2. All UI should be in the bundle.

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-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Kaveesh Dashora via wix-users
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:36 PM
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Cc: Kaveesh Dashora <kaveeshd at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] File Handling Options with Bootstrapper

I would recommend adding custom wix dialogs with custom actions in the msi.
Any changes to the system should be performed from the msi and not the
bundle.

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018, 9:05 AM R via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> There are some files that I have to work with during an install and an
> uninstall. These files are created by the main application during run-time.
> One example of the type of handling I'm looking for is being able to prompt
> the user if they would like to delete the database during an uninstall if
> one is found.
>
> Since I'm using a Bundle, do I need to create a custom bootstrapper or is
> there a way to do it similar to the Wix UI Dialog sets?
>
> Would I have to use Custom Actions and how would I connect the two?
>
> Is it better to try to do it through the MSI and make the standard
> bootstrapper show the msi dialog? I'd like for the install to be a smooth
> single experience, if possible.
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
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