RE: [Nant-users] Removing files on uninstallation.

[Whitner, Tom]

Richard,       What is the process for entering defects against NAntContrib?  I have also found that the 'feature' attribute of the <merge> element exhibits the same problem.  For example:   <merge feature="F__DOTNETCOMMONS">    -- This entry works. <merge feature="${msi.commons.ftr.name}">  -- This entry, which evaluates to the same things, results in an 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.' exception an failure.   Thanks, Tom From: Foster, Richard - PAL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 9:23 AM To: Whitner, Tom; Burton, Kevin; nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nant-users] Removing files on uninstallation. Tom,   That would do it!   I must admit, I hadn't noticed that the ID attribute of a component did not correctly handle a NAnt property. I should enter a bug report for that if there isn't one already!   Regards, Richard From: Whitner, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 09:14 To: Foster, Richard - PAL; Burton, Kevin; nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nant-users] Removing files on uninstallation. I think I found the source of my uninstall issue.  I was reusing the same GUID for every component within my install.  I had created a generic target to create an msm file based on some properties that I would set before calling the target.  Unfortunately, the 'id' attribute of the <component> element does not allow for script execution.  Therefore, I could not execute a script to create a new GUID, nor could I set a new GUID into a property and evaluate that.  To get past this I simply hard-coded the GUID!  I believe that only one of my components was actually getting uninstalled.  I have noticed an inconsistent behavior within the <msi> and <msm> tasks regarding 'id' attributes.  For instance, unlike the <component>'s 'id' attribute, the <msm>'s 'id' attribute fully supports script.  This inconsistency should probably be rectified by allowing all 'id's to call scripts and evaluate properties.   - Tom