Re: [WiX-users] Getting File versions

2009-02-10 Thread siaj
Feb 2009 17:26:51 -0800 > From: Rob Mensching > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting File versions > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Message-ID: >< > de33023b477fe44eaa71983f5279f6ce510ffc1...@na-exmsg-c102.redmo

Re: [WiX-users] Getting File versions

2009-02-09 Thread Rob Mensching
You can use "$(bind.FileVersion.IdOfFileToGetFileVersionFrom)" and the linker will fill in that value with the version of the file. -Original Message- From: siaj [mailto:meabrakada...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 17:17 To: wix-d...@lists.sourceforge.net; wix-users@lists.sou

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Rob Mensching
nsching; Matt Anderson; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Getting file versions But then why allow it to be turned off at all? Even if not from the XML, then why not as another command line option? -noscan "c:\myfile.exe" Technically that would be better than turning it

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Brett Kapilik
g [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:52 PM > To: Brett Kapilik; Matt Anderson; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Getting file versions > > We've had this debate before. We decided not to do this back > then... I'm still unc

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Rob Mensching
alf Of Brett Kapilik Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:26 PM To: Matt Anderson; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions Matt, For the record, I also think that it would be good if WiX let you override file versions, sizes and languages one an individual basis. A

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Brett Kapilik
version, size and language detection on a file-by-file basis. - Brett > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Matt Anderson > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:15 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Matt Anderson
Brett Kapilik indigorose.com> writes: > > Matt, > > What do you mean by: > > "I just wanted to know if there was a way to determine automatically in > WiX if a file had version > information or not and set that attribute accordingly." > > Where would you expect this to happen? WiX does, by d

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Brett Kapilik
s or not because I am not sure how to interpret your question. Regards, Brett > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Matt Anderson > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:21 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Matt Anderson
I think I also need to elaborate more on what I'm doing. I have binary files (.dlls, .exes, etc) that have version information that we'd like WiX to apply the versioning rules on. However, we also have .asp files, xml files, .cs files, etc. that are part of the application but don't have versi

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Matt Anderson
Rob Mensching microsoft.com> writes: > > The WiX toolset isn't going to make it easy to lie about the Version number. You'll probably need to go into > the Binder code and hack it so that you can provide your own version number for the files in the way that > you're being directed. > > I fin

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Matt Anderson
Rob Mensching microsoft.com> writes: > > The WiX toolset isn't going to make it easy to lie about the Version number. You'll probably need to go into > the Binder code and hack it so that you can provide your own version number for the files in the way that > you're being directed. > > I fin

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Rob Mensching
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Anderson Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 7:07 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions Brett Kapilik indigorose.com> writes: > > What about using the CompanionFile attribute (File element) for the > non-ver

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Matt Anderson
Brett Kapilik indigorose.com> writes: > > What about using the CompanionFile attribute (File element) for the > non-versioned file? > > - Brett > That suggestion was provided, but I was told to investigate the other option. -Matt Anderson --

Re: [WiX-users] Getting file versions

2007-04-27 Thread Brett Kapilik
What about using the CompanionFile attribute (File element) for the non-versioned file? - Brett > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Matt Anderson > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 7:28 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject