Determining component state on repair

[MichaelD]

Hi

I want to display an extra dialog in the repair step if components are missing that need user input for text replace.
Using ?componentname < 3 as condition doesn't work. When does the installer analyze which components are missing?
Do I have to create a file search for each component I want to check in repair mode?

Kind reagards,
Michael

[Dan]

Hi Michael,

You can use the Windows Installer to detect missing components or files, and then reinstall features that contain the missing components. For details, please take a look on the Installing a Missing Component article which may be useful to you.

Best regards,
Dan

[MichaelD]

Hi Dan,

this looks like I need a lot of custom action code. So there is nothing built in in advanced installer?
Performing AppSearch for the files seems to be much easier for me than writing such a custom action.

Kind regards,
Michael