Re: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade

2015-06-12 Thread Rob Mensching
| http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca [mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca] Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 10:32 AM To: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade (Thanks

Re: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade

2015-06-12 Thread Keith.Douglas
| Gouvernement du Canada -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: June-12-15 11:57 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade If the app is modifying the files, the RemoveFIle should

Re: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade

2015-06-12 Thread Rob Mensching
[mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca] Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 9:03 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade Oh, you have to generate a new component ID? Is that the trick? I had forgotten that. Hm, that's going to be interesting for our front end

Re: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade

2015-06-12 Thread Hoover, Jacob
.) -Original Message- From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca [mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca] Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 10:48 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade We have some applications which will be changing the actual files they install

[WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade

2015-06-12 Thread Keith.Douglas
We have some applications which will be changing the actual files they install as they upgrade in the sense that new names will be used. I notice that my default way of doing the upgrades does not *delete* the old ones. (I.e., creating a new WXS with the same upgrade code as the old one but

Re: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade

2015-06-12 Thread Keith.Douglas
| Télécopieur 613-951-4674 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: June-12-15 11:57 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade If the app

Re: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade

2015-06-12 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-4674 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: June-12-15 11:57 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing files as part of upgrade