<Commands> Element (ClickOnce Bootstrapper)
The Commands
element implements tests described by the elements underneath the InstallChecks
element, and declares which package the ClickOnce bootstrapper should install if the test fails.
<Commands
Reboot
>
<Command
PackageFile
Arguments
EstimatedInstallSeconds
EstimatedDiskBytes
EstimatedTempBytes
Log
>
<InstallConditions>
<BypassIf
Property
Compare
Value
Schedule
/>
<FailIf
Property
Compare
Value
String
Schedule
/>
</InstallConditions>
<ExitCodes>
<ExitCode
Value
Result
String
/>
</ExitCodes>
</Command>
</Commands>
Elements and Attributes
The Commands
element is required. The element has the following attribute.
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
|
Optional. Determines whether the system should restart if any of the packages return a restart exit code. The following list shows the valid values: Defer. The restart is deferred until some future time. Immediate. Causes an immediate restart if one of the packages returned a restart exit code. None. Causes any restart requests to be ignored. The default is Immediate. |
Command
The Command
element is a child element of the Commands
element. A Commands
element can have one or more Command
elements. The element has the following attributes.
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
|
Required. The name of the package to install should one or more of the conditions specified by |
|
Optional. A set of command line arguments to pass into the package file. |
|
Optional. The estimated time, in seconds, it will take to install the package. This value determines the size of the progress bar the bootstrapper displays to the user. The default is 0, in which case no time estimate is specified. |
|
Optional. The estimated amount of disk space, in bytes, that the package will occupy after the installation is finished. This value is used in hard disk space requirements that the bootstrapper displays to the user. The default is 0, in which case the bootstrapper does not display any hard disk space requirements. |
|
Optional. The estimated amount of temporary disk space, in bytes, that the package will require. |
|
Optional. The path to the log file that the package generates, relative to the root directory of the package. |
InstallConditions
The InstallConditions
element is a child of the Command
element. Each Command
element can have at most one InstallConditions
element. If no InstallConditions
element exists, the package specified by Condition
will always run.
BypassIf
The BypassIf
element is a child of the InstallConditions
element, and describes a positive condition under which the command should not be executed. Each InstallConditions
element can have zero or more BypassIf
elements.
BypassIf
has the following attributes.
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
|
Required. The name of the property to test. The property must previously have been defined by a child of the |
|
Required. The type of comparison to perform. The following list shows the valid values:
|
|
Required. The value to compare with the property. |
|
Optional. The name of a |
FailIf
The FailIf
element is a child of the InstallConditions
element, and describes a positive condition under which the installation should stop. Each InstallConditions
element can have zero or more FailIf
elements.
FailIf
has the following attributes.
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
|
Required. The name of the property to test. The property must previously have been defined by a child of the |
|
Required. The type of comparison to perform. The following list shows the valid values:
|
|
Required. The value to compare with the property. |
|
Optional. The text to display to the user upon failure. |
|
Optional. The name of a |
ExitCodes
The ExitCodes
element is a child of the Command
element. The ExitCodes
element contains one or more ExitCode
elements, which determine what the installation should do in response to an exit code from a package. There can be one optional ExitCode
element underneath a Command
element. ExitCodes
has no attributes.
ExitCode
The ExitCode
element is a child of the ExitCodes
element. The ExitCode
element determines what the installation should do in response to an exit code from a package. ExitCode
contains no child elements, and has the following attributes.
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
|
Required. The exit code value to which this |
|
Required. How the installation should react to this exit code. The following list shows the valid values: Success. Flags the package as successfully installed. SuccessReboot. Flags the package as successfully installed, and instructs the system to restart. Fail. Flags the package as failed. FailReboot. Flags the package as failed, and instructs the system to restart. |
|
Optional. The value to display to the user in response to this exit code. |
|
Optional. Determines whether to use the system-provided error message corresponding to the exit code, or use the value provided in |
Example
The following code example defines commands for installing the .NET Framework 2.0.
<Commands Reboot="Immediate">
<Command PackageFile="instmsia.exe"
Arguments= ' /q /c:"msiinst /delayrebootq"'
EstimatedInstallSeconds="20" >
<InstallConditions>
<BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="ValueExists"/>
BypassIf Property="VersionMsi" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="2.0"/>
</InstallConditions>
<ExitCodes>
<ExitCode Value="0" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
<ExitCode Value="1641" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
<ExitCode Value="3010" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
<DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
</ExitCodes>
</Command>
<Command PackageFile="WindowsInstaller-KB884016-v2-x86.exe"
Arguments= '/quiet /norestart'
EstimatedInstallSeconds="20" >
<InstallConditions>
<BypassIf Property="Version9x" Compare="ValueExists"/>
<BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="5.0.3"/>
<BypassIf Property="VersionMsi" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="3.0"/>
<FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="AdminRequired"/>
</InstallConditions>
<ExitCodes>
<ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
<ExitCode Value="1641" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
<ExitCode Value="3010" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
<DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
</ExitCodes>
</Command>
<Command PackageFile="dotnetfx.exe"
Arguments=' /q:a /c:"install /q /l"'
EstimatedInstalledBytes="21000000"
EstimatedInstallSeconds="300">
<!-- These checks determine whether the package is to be installed -->
<InstallConditions>
<!-- Either of these properties indicates the .Net Framework is already installed -->
<BypassIf Property="DotNetInstalled" Compare="ValueNotEqualTo" Value="0"/>
<!-- Block install if user does not have adminpermissions -->
<FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="AdminRequired"/>
<!-- Block install on Windows 95 -->
<FailIf Property="Version9X" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="4.10" String="InvalidPlatformWin9x"/>
<!-- Block install on Windows 2000 SP 2 or less -->
<FailIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="5.0.3" String="InvalidPlatformWinNT"/>
<!-- Block install if Internet Explorer 5.01 or later is not present -->
<FailIf Property="IEVersion" Compare="ValueNotExists" String="InvalidPlatformIE" />
<FailIf Property="IEVersion" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="5.01" String="InvalidPlatformIE" />
<!-- Block install if the operating system does not support x86 -->
<FailIf Property="ProcessorArchitecture" Compare="ValueNotEqualTo" Value="Intel" String="InvalidPlatformArchitecture" />
</InstallConditions>
<ExitCodes>
<ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
<ExitCode Value="3010" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
<ExitCode Value="4097" Result="Fail" String="AdminRequired"/>
<ExitCode Value="4098" Result="Fail" String="WindowsInstallerComponentFailure"/>
<ExitCode Value="4099" Result="Fail" String="WindowsInstallerImproperInstall"/>
<ExitCode Value="4101" Result="Fail" String="AnotherInstanceRunning"/>
<ExitCode Value="4102" Result="Fail" String="OpenDatabaseFailure"/>
<ExitCode Value="4113" Result="Fail" String="BetaNDPFailure"/>
<DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
</ExitCodes>
</Command>
</Commands>
See Also
Reference
Product and Package Schema Reference
<InstallChecks> Element (ClickOnce Bootstrapper)