It's simpler than that.
I have a few text lines I need to append into an existing text file. This
target text file will be used only by *one* component, in my own single
installation.
However, once the installation is complete, the user might add (on his own,
manually) more text lines - after the lines my installation added.
On 4/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Arguably, yes… if you append text to a file on installation, that text
should be removed when you uninstall.
If you have several installations that perform similar operations on the
same file things will get really messy!
Again, it may help if we know the problem you are trying to solve. For
example, if you are installing several components each of which requires a
chunk of text to be appended to a file then it may be appropriate to have
the installation generate separate chunks of text in individual files for
each component, then run a custom action to concatenate them into the final
output. This way, if a component is uninstalled and the same custom action
is run then the contents of the generated file should match what is
required. (Having said that, in this scenario there is probably a special
case where the file should be removed if all the components have been
removed).
Regards,
Richard
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*Sent:* Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:19 AM
*To:* WiX-Users
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Custom installation
Actually, rethinking this, this are simple text files I need to *append*
text to them. (not XML or INI, just plain text files).
Roll back (uninstallation) would mean the text that was appended should be
stripped down, baring in mind other text might have added later on.
What do you think?
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