"Alexander Groß" <PLEASEAlexanderGrossREMOVETHIS@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I've created a custom installer that creates a database on a SQL Server
> using VS.NET 2003. During the installation of the application the user is
> asked for the database server, database name and so on. This information
> is
> saved by the stateSaver in my custom installer. I need it later when
> uninstalling the app and dropping the database.
>
> However, if the user decides to perform a repair installation this
> information is deleted from the .installstate file. On uninstallation I
> will
> not be able to perform the given task of dropping the database.
>
> What can I do to prevent Windows Installer to call my custom installer on
> any repair installation. Even better, how can I tell the installer *not*
> to
> delete important information from the file?
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Alex
>
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> Alexander Groß
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Phil Wilson <Phil.Wilson@unisys.spamcom> wrote:

"Alexander Groß" <PLEASEAlexanderGrossREMOVETHIS@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hi Phil,
>
> thanks for your quick reply.
>
> Phil Wilson <Phil.Wilson@unisys.spamcom> wrote:
> | The repair is calling your custom action again, and those properties
> | are all undefined, so I assume that your code is overwriting those
> | install-time values with empty values.
>
> Yes, the debugger shows that the stateSaver collection is empty (or at
> least
> not containing the values I set on first install) at the start of
> MyInstaller.Install() when doing a repair. I don't overwrite the
> stateSaver
> values because I've got no idea where to get them from. I've implemented a
> way to exit Install() immediately when a repair install is triggered. It
> seems as the MSI runtime decides to throw my persisted values away as the
> repair's stateSaver is empty. Not sure if this works as it should. Or am I
> doing wrong?
>
> | A condition of Not Installed
> | on your custom action should help (Installed is case sensitive - it's
> | a property that is set if your product is already installed).
>
> I am not quite sure what you mean here. As far as I've read in the docs
> I've
> got no way to set properties in my .NET code. Do I?
>
> Again, thanks for your help - I am new to MSI and haven't found a good
> overview on the subject. Any recommendations?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Alex
>
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>
> Alexander Groß
> Dipl.-Ing. (BA) für Informationstechnik
> PLEASEAlexanderGrossREMOVETHIS@gmx.de
> http://www.it99.org/axl
> ICQ# 36765668
> _______________________________________
>
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