[WiX-users] Keep File on upgrade
We distribute a config file with our product (stored in C:\ProgramData\MyCompany) that contains licensing info (entered after installation) that doesn't change between releases. How do I setup this file in the Product.wxs such that the file is installed if it doesn't currently exist. If the file already exists the existing copy should remain untouched. Brian If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - Albert Einstein -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Keep File on upgrade
Look at Component@/NeverOverwrite and Component@/Permanent. -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Integration Development Group | Enterprise Notification Service Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS 66214 | Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Brian Enderle [mailto:bria...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 10:23 AM To: WiX Users Subject: [WiX-users] Keep File on upgrade We distribute a config file with our product (stored in C:\ProgramData\MyCompany) that contains licensing info (entered after installation) that doesn't change between releases. How do I setup this file in the Product.wxs such that the file is installed if it doesn't currently exist. If the file already exists the existing copy should remain untouched. Brian If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - Albert Einstein -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Keep file on Upgrade?
There are potential issues with the general idea of saving and restoring. If the file has an MSI file hash then the file you copy back won't match the installed file, and that means a repair is likely to restore the one from the MSI file. It might be useful to describe what problem you're trying to solve. People do this kind of thing to preserve settings and data files that were modified, but Windows Installer won't update data files that were modified after installation. If that's the case, an upgrade with RemoveExistingProducts towards the end won't change the file, and you don't need to deal with it. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Dirk Räder [mailto:d...@raeder.cc] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 12:01 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Keep file on Upgrade? Hi Michael, you could use two Custom Actions to do so - the first (scheduled before installation) copies the file, the second (after InstallFinalize) copies it back and deletes the temporary file. Or you could add use a separate component for that file and add an install condition to the component, something like "If Not Exists". If WiX / MSI don't provide the necessary statements, code a CA that tests the file and fills a MSI property. Then check for that property. As you should leave the file handling completely to MSI, I would prefer the second way. 2011/10/31 Michael Tissington : > I have a text file that has been modified in a folder under ProgramData. > When doing an upgrade I need to keep the file > > If the file exists I'd like to take a copy of it to a temp location, > Perform the upgrade and then copy the file back. > > > How can I do this? > > > -- > Get your Android app more play: Bring it to the BlackBerry PlayBook > in minutes. BlackBerry App World™ now supports Android™ Apps > for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™. Discover just how easy and simple > it is! http://p.sf.net/sfu/android-dev2dev > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- RSA® Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/en/legal/default.aspx. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Keep file on Upgrade?
Hi Michael, you could use two Custom Actions to do so - the first (scheduled before installation) copies the file, the second (after InstallFinalize) copies it back and deletes the temporary file. Or you could add use a separate component for that file and add an install condition to the component, something like "If Not Exists". If WiX / MSI don't provide the necessary statements, code a CA that tests the file and fills a MSI property. Then check for that property. As you should leave the file handling completely to MSI, I would prefer the second way. 2011/10/31 Michael Tissington : > I have a text file that has been modified in a folder under ProgramData. > When doing an upgrade I need to keep the file > > If the file exists I'd like to take a copy of it to a temp location, > Perform the upgrade and then copy the file back. > > > How can I do this? > > > -- > Get your Android app more play: Bring it to the BlackBerry PlayBook > in minutes. BlackBerry App World™ now supports Android™ Apps > for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™. Discover just how easy and simple > it is! http://p.sf.net/sfu/android-dev2dev > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- RSA® Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Keep file on Upgrade?
I have a text file that has been modified in a folder under ProgramData. When doing an upgrade I need to keep the file If the file exists I'd like to take a copy of it to a temp location, Perform the upgrade and then copy the file back. How can I do this? -- Get your Android app more play: Bring it to the BlackBerry PlayBook in minutes. BlackBerry App World™ now supports Android™ Apps for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™. Discover just how easy and simple it is! http://p.sf.net/sfu/android-dev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
