[wix-users] Setting Checkbox value from command line

Ven H venh.123 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 27 09:03:40 PDT 2018


Sorry for the confusion. I provided that dialog markup mainly to show that
I was defining and setting the properties there.  Yes, you are right.
Dialogs won't have any impact on Silent Install. But what really worries me
is this. If I use ADDLOCAL and set the feature name, how do I handle
upgrade? During upgrade, if I have to upgrade only one feature, will it
remove or uninstall the other feature automatically?

Regards,
Venkatesh

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Then why does the Dialog matter if you're trying to do a silent install? I
> must be missing something.
>
> --
> Edwin G. Castro
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 8:50 AM, Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Edwin. No, I am not expecting the dialog to perform any kind of
>> work. But it seems to be causing some issues. I only want to set the
>> Property INSTALL_APP="" from the command line.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 9:10 PM, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The InstallUISequence (and thus dialogs like the one you shared)  do not
>>> run when installing an MSI silently. Are you expecting the dialog to
>>> perform any kind of work that will ensure AppFeature does not get
>>> installed? If that is the case, then the problem might be that work is not
>>> happening because the InstallUISequence is not running when installing
>>> silently.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Edwin G. Castro
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Ven H via wix-users <
>>> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a Dialog like below.
>>>>
>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>>>> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
>>>>   <Fragment>
>>>>
>>>>     <UI>
>>>>       <Dialog Id="SelectFeatureDlg" Title="!(loc.SelectFeatureDlgT
>>>> itle)"
>>>> Width="370" Height="270" NoMinimize="yes">
>>>>      <Control Id="Title" Type="Text" X="15" Y="6" Width="250"
>>>> Height="15"
>>>> Transparent="yes" NoPrefix="yes"  Text="!(loc.FeatureTitle)"/>
>>>> <Control Id="Description" Type="Text" X="25" Y="23" Width="280"
>>>> Height="15"
>>>> Transparent="yes" NoPrefix="yes" Text="!(loc.FeatureDescription)" />
>>>>
>>>>         <Control Id="chkBoxAll" Type="CheckBox" X="50" Y="65"
>>>> Width="110"
>>>> Height="17" Property="INSTALL_ALL" CheckBoxValue="1"
>>>> Text="!(loc.AllFeatureText)">
>>>>         <Publish Property="INSTALL_APP" Value="1"
>>>> Order="1">INSTALL_ALL</Publish>
>>>>           <Publish Property="INSTALL_APP" Value="{}" Order="2">NOT
>>>> INSTALL_ALL</Publish>
>>>>           <Publish Property="INSTALL_DB" Value="1"
>>>> Order="3">INSTALL_ALL</Publish>
>>>>           <Publish Property="INSTALL_DB" Value="{}" Order="4">NOT
>>>> INSTALL_ALL</Publish>
>>>>           <Condition Action="disable">(!AppFeature = 3) OR (!DBFeature =
>>>> 3)</Condition>
>>>>         </Control>
>>>>         <Control Id="chkBoxApp" Type="CheckBox" X="71" Y="85"
>>>> Width="110"
>>>> Height="17" Property="INSTALL_APP" CheckBoxValue="1"
>>>> Text="!(loc.AppFeatureText)">   <Publish Property="INSTALL_ALL"
>>>> Value="{}"
>>>> Order="1">NOT INSTALL_APP AND NOT INSTALL_DB</Publish>
>>>>           <Publish Property="INSTALL_ALL" Value="1"
>>>> Order="2">INSTALL_APP</Publish>
>>>>           <Condition Action="disable">!AppFeature = 3</Condition>
>>>>           <Condition Action="enable">!AppFeature = 2</Condition>
>>>>         </Control>
>>>>         <Control Id="chkBoxDB" Type="CheckBox" X="71" Y="105"
>>>> Width="110"
>>>> Height="17" Property="INSTALL_DB" CheckBoxValue="1"
>>>> Text="!(loc.DBFeatureText)">    <Publish Property="INSTALL_ALL"
>>>> Value="{}"
>>>> Order="1">NOT INSTALL_APP AND NOT INSTALL_DB</Publish>
>>>>           <Publish Property="INSTALL_ALL" Value="1"
>>>> Order="2">INSTALL_DB</Publish>
>>>>          <Condition Action="disable">!DBFeature = 3</Condition>
>>>>         <Condition Action="enable">!DBFeature = 2</Condition>
>>>>         </Control>
>>>>
>>>>         <Control Id="Back" Type="PushButton" X="180" Y="243" Width="56"
>>>> Height="17" Text="!(loc.WixUIBack)">
>>>>            <Publish Event="NewDialog" Value="CustLicenseAgmtDlg"
>>>> Order="1">NOT Installed</Publish>
>>>>           <Publish Event="NewDialog" Value="CustMaintenanceTypeDlg"
>>>> Order="2">Installed</Publish>
>>>>         </Control>
>>>>         <Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" Width="56"
>>>> Height="17" Default="yes" Text="!(loc.WixUINext)">
>>>>           <Publish Event="SpawnWaitDialog"
>>>> Value="WaitForCostingDlg">CostingComplete = 1</Publish>
>>>>    <Publish Event="NewDialog" Value="ConnDetailsDlg">NOT
>>>> INSTALLED</Publish>
>>>>           <Publish Event="NewDialog"
>>>> Value="InstallDlg">WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED</Publish>
>>>>              <Condition Action="disable">NOT INSTALL_APP OR NOT
>>>> INSTALL_DB
>>>> OR (((!AppFeature = 3) AND (!DBFeature = 2) AND NOT INSTALL_DB) AND
>>>> ((!DBFeature = 3) AND (!AppFeature = 2) AND NOT INSTALL_APP)) OR
>>>> ((!AppFeature = 3) AND (!DBFeature = 3))</Condition>
>>>>           <Condition Action="enable">(INSTALL_APP OR INSTALL_DB) AND
>>>> (((!AppFeature = 2) AND INSTALL_APP) OR ((!DBFeature = 2) AND
>>>> INSTALL_DB))</Condition>
>>>>            <Publish Event="AddLocal" Value="ALL">1</Publish>
>>>>           <Publish Event="Remove" Value="AppFeature"><![CDATA[IN
>>>> STALL_APP
>>>> <> "1"]]></Publish>
>>>>           <Publish Event="Remove" Value="DBFeature"><![CDATA[INSTALL_DB
>>>> <>
>>>> "1"]]></Publish>
>>>>         </Control>
>>>>       </Dialog>
>>>> </UI>
>>>>   </Fragment>
>>>> </Wix>
>>>>
>>>> AppFeature & DBFeature are the feature IDs. I need to have the ability
>>>> for
>>>> Silent Install. But even when I pass INSTALL_APP="" and INSTALL_DB="1",
>>>> it
>>>> is always installing the app feature also. I tried  INSTALL_APP="{}"
>>>> also,
>>>> but still it installs the app feature. I also tried not passing this
>>>> property at all from the command line, but still no luck. Can anyone
>>>> please
>>>> help me achieve this?
>>>>
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