[wix-users] Setting Checkbox value from command line

[James Buchan]

If you want to include a feature, then put it in the ‘ADDLOCAL’ list.

If you have 2 features and want them both, then (as Edwin put earlier) you use:
ADDLOCAL=AppFeature,DBFeature
If you only want 1 then you would do
ADDLOCAL=AppFeature REMOVE= DBFeature

Your UI was already doing this logic in the ‘Next’ event.

James

From: Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com>
Sent: 27 June 2018 17:05
To: James Buchan <James.Buchan at servelechsc.com>
Cc: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Setting Checkbox value from command line

Thanks a lot, James. As per the link, REMOVE will uninstall / remove a feature. So, how can I selectively install a feature during Ugrade?

Regards,
Venkatesh

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 9:18 PM, James Buchan <James.Buchan at servelechsc.com<mailto:James.Buchan at servelechsc.com>> wrote:
UI logic is not executed during a silent install.

This article should help you
https://support.firegiant.com/hc/en-us/articles/230912227-Control-feature-states-for-silent-install-

I've always done my silent installs with the ADDLOCAL/REMOVE approach.
The one thing I would always recommend when dealing with enabling/disabling features, is to always pass exactly what you want to do, if you don't want a feature, put it in the 'REMOVE' list, then you know it wont be installed/updated.

James

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Subject: [wix-users] Setting Checkbox value from command line

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[INSTALL_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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