[ wix-Bugs-1380628 ] Custom Action Types 23 & 39: Atributes not recognized

Bugs item #1380628, was opened at 2005-12-14 19:15
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Category: dark
Group: v3.0
>Status: Open
Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 5
Submitted By: UBeierlein (ubeierlein)
Assigned to: Rob Mensching (robmen)
Summary: Custom Action Types 23 & 39: Atributes not recognized

Initial Comment:
Hello,

background: 
it is required to create a MSM from MSI file via dark.
The MSI package contains nested installation CA's.
Dark did a good job and created the wxs xml file.

The problem: 
candle can not interpret some attributes:

syngo.wxs(43690) : error CNDL0004 : The CustomAction 
element contains an unexpected
attribute 'PackageProductCode'.

syngo.wxs(43690) : error CNDL0004 : The CustomAction 
element contains an unexpected
attribute 'InstallProperties'.

syngo.wxs(43691) : error CNDL0004 : The CustomAction 
element contains an unexpected
attribute 'PackagePath'.

The corresponding lines of the wxs:

<CustomAction 
Id="Med_Nested_Remove_sw_msxml_5_3962197254_Code" 
Return="check" PackageProductCode="{716E0306-8318-4364-
8B8F-0CC4E9376BAC}" InstallProperties="REMOVE=ALL" />

<CustomAction 
Id="Med_Nested_AddLocal_sw_msxml_5_305851640_Source" 
Return="check" PackagePath="3rd_party.msi" 
InstallProperties="ADDLOCAL=ALL" />

<CustomAction 
Id="Med_Nested_AddLocal_sw_msxml_5_305851640_Media" 
Return="check" PackagePath="HookDir\3rd_party.msi" 
InstallProperties="ADDLOCAL=ALL" />

It seems that this topic has not yet been implemented 
in candle. I did not attach the wxs, because it is to 
huge.

Best regards, UBeierlein


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Comment By: UBeierlein (ubeierlein)
Date: 2006-02-01 09:02

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Hello,

I know that nested installations can be evil, but in
some cases they make sense. 

Please remember: merge modules have nearly the same issues 
and you still support them. Merge Modules are responsible 
for the success of the "Slammer" Virus, because the hotfix- 
spreading was blocked due to this technology.

So I suggest to consistently implement the support 
for "nested installations" in all modules, again. 

Candle can raise a warning during compilation like 
"Nested installations may require some preparations in
 the referenced package and may confuse the user because
 update, upgrade and uninstallation are handled 
 by the hosting package."

> Nested packages have been deprecated by the 
> Windows Installer.
        
Not deprecated by the Windows Installer, but only 
by some members of the WiX community.

As long as MSI chaining has not been implemented in 
Windows Installer, "nested installations" may be used 
to workaround this issue. 

So please make "nested installations" a decision of the 
user and not a decision of the community. Otherwise you 
will have to remove support for merge modules and (all)
Custom Actions, as well.

Best regards, UBeierlein


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Comment By: Rob Mensching (robmen)
Date: 2006-02-01 05:35

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Nested packages have been deprecated by the Windows 
Installer.

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Comment By: Bob Arnson (barnson)
Date: 2005-12-16 07:15

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Candle no longer supports nested installations -- they're
deprecated. The bug is that Dark should not generate the old
WiX source code for nested installs.

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