Install Log File

[Guest]

Does anyone know if it is possible to create an install log file in a Setup
and Deployment Project in VB.NET 2003? All of our other projects have been
VB6 and we've used the Wise Installation System for our Setup projects. It is
very easy to create an install log in Wise and we'd like to have the same
functionality in our .NET setups.

Thanks for any help,
Dan

 

[m.posseth]

installer can also log


http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/installer_enablelog.asp

during a installation a log file is created in the TEMP however if you need
a Log file that stays there and is known to you , you can set these options
as you require them




regrds

Michel Posseth [MCP]

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help. This seems kind of strange since I'd have to write a
separate app just to run my installer so I didn't go that route. Instead I
use the command line parameters inside my code whenever it detects that it
needs to be updated. I already was using msiexec.exe in my code so I've just
added a few command line parameters to write the install log.

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.

Dan

installer can also log


http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/installer_enablelog.asp

during a installation a log file is created in the TEMP however if you need
a Log file that stays there and is known to you , you can set these options
as you require them




regrds

Michel Posseth [MCP]

Does anyone know if it is possible to create an install log file in a
Setup
and Deployment Project in VB.NET 2003? All of our other projects have been
VB6 and we've used the Wise Installation System for our Setup projects. It
is
very easy to create an install log in Wise and we'd like to have the same
functionality in our .NET setups.

Thanks for any help,
Dan