Re: Multiple Features and deinstallation

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From: Phil Wilson (phil.wilson_at_unisys.spamcom)
Date: 04/06/04 

Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:20:31 -0700

It's the Maintenance dialog form that gets shown on uninstall/modify.If you look
in Orca, you'll see that MaintenceForm gets called if Installed<>"", so you'd
need to replace that form somehow. You've done something
I've nothing against VS, it does what it does, but if you really want multiple
features look at some of these tools.
http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/authoring.htm 

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Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer]
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"Ash" <ag_shah@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:723A0ADE-EE5D-48C1-9C81-40B012F3B139@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> Since VS.NET will not allow me to have more than one feature, I've added the
feature, SelectionTree, etc. using ORCA so the user can selectively install the
feature.
>
> How do I present the same SelectionTree choice at deinstall/Remove time.
Currently with my install, the whole product gets deinstalled.
>
> thanks,
> Ash

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