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I see, thanks a lot for the quick fix! No issues so far on 1.0.27.1, fallback works as expected
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Great. Thank's for letting me know. I actually didn't have a good test case to verify the fix so marking the issue (#72) as resolved was a little bit of 'gambling'. :)
View ArticleNew Post: Bootstrapper, .MSI Uninstall UI doesn't show
Hello, Oleg. I Use Wix# to create .exe-bundle, this bundle installs two packages: 1) .net4.5 (if missing) 2) my msi-installer. As example I use "Bootstrapper\WixBootstrapper_NoU". What i do: 1) I...
View ArticleNew Post: Bootstrapper, .MSI Uninstall UI doesn't show
Unfortunately it is not possible. Uninstalling is very different comparing to the other deployment scenarios. You probably noticed that all MSI authoring solutions support building Install/Repair UI...
View ArticleNew Post: Install vcredist 2015 MSM module
How do I install the vcredist MSM module with Wix#?
View ArticleNew Post: Wix# Bootstrapper (Burn) integration notes
These are the key points of the investigation that was triggered by numerous questions regarding the Bootstrapper (Burn) support. Some of the points are just more detailed explanations of the...
View ArticleNew Post: Bootstrapper, .MSI Uninstall UI doesn't show
I have captures a few points (including yours) regarding the Burn integration in this post: https://wixsharp.codeplex.com/discussions/645838
View ArticleNew Post: Can't get a simple .Net 4 bootstrap to work.
After finding the time to play around the Burn installs on virgin PC many aspects of its behavior became more clear. Thanks, your posts the deficiency/flaw in Burn EmbeddedUI has been discovered and...
View ArticleNew Post: Can't get a simple .Net 4 bootstrap to work.
I'm glad I could help and apologies for being so persistent! For the moment I'm toying with the idea of leaving burn out completely and modifying the MSI project to do .net detecting and installation....
View ArticleNew Post: ManagedUI sequence modify at runtime
Hi Oleg, I'm just wondering what is the correct way of modifying a sequence of managed dialogs while installation process - should I place all show/hide logic into my custom dialog class or there are...
View ArticleNew Post: ManagedUI sequence modify at runtime
You don't have to rely on the MSI Conditions model any more. This is where C# makes it so much easier. In the Load event handler of your custom dialog just navigate to the next dialog if user disabled...
View ArticleNew Post: ManagedUI sequence modify at runtime
Thanks a lot for detailed examples! So implementation seems to be pretty straightforward :)
View ArticleNew Post: How I can modify web.config after install?
In WiX I did it regarding the UtilExtension for example:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?include ..\Variables.wxi ?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"...
View ArticleNew Post: How can I modify web.config after install?
While of course you can achieve the above WXS using Wix# Fragments or even direct XML injections it's not necessarily the best way for every situation. Wix# allows using more comprehensive XML...
View ArticleNew Post: ForceDeleteOnUninstall
Hi Oleg, Thanks for Wix#, which we've found to be stunningly useful in our team. We've recently had a problem where installers have deleted registry keys and destroyed important configuration for...
View ArticleNew Post: Custom InstalledFileActions
Hi Oleg, On April 24, you committed a change that causes the ProjectValidator to emit warnings if an InstalledFileAction is given a schedule other than When.After Step.InstallExecute. We have an...
View ArticleNew Post: ForceDeleteOnUninstall
Thank you Joshua, it is clearly a mistake. The field default value supposed to be identical to the WiX attribute default (which is false). The fix is committed and it will be available with the next...
View ArticleNew Post: Custom InstalledFileActions
Hi Joshua, The objective of this specific validation was to warn user about the attempt to execute the file before it's been installed. And you are right the validation completely overlooks the...
View ArticleNew Post: ForceDeleteOnUninstall
Cool; thanks very much. The problem was found in testing. It was in our source code repository for two weeks before it was noticed, but nothing was released to a customer during that time. So that...
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