[wix-users] Setting Checkbox value from command line
Edwin Castro
egcastr at gmail.com
Wed Jun 27 10:03:37 PDT 2018
Does that depend on the value of MajorUpgrade/@MigrateFeatures? Perhaps
MajorUpgrade/@RemoveFeatures is also involved?
I actually don't know the answer. I only ever build MSI packages with a
single feature.
--
Edwin G. Castro
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 9:03 AM, Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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