[wix-users] Setting Checkbox value from command line

[Edwin Castro]

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.SelectFeatureDlgTitle)"
>>> 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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