Thanks for your quick response.
My use of a "shared file" used to be done with a reference count type
mechanism in IS 11.5 where let's say Application A installs
MyRuntime.dll with one set of data; Application B ALSO installs an
IDENTICAL MyRuntime.dll with different data than Application A.
When Application B's installer is loading MyRuntime.dll, it increments a
ref. or "shared file" count for the dll; when Application A (or B) are
uninstalled, the ref. count is decremented by 1, and MyRuntime.dll still
persists in the eg: ..\System\Bin dir.
When the OTHER app. is uninstalled the ref. count gets decremented (to
zero), file gets removed, system is completely "cleaned up" etc......
My questions:
1. Is there an identical mechanism in WIX?
2. Where is this explained or shown by example?
3. Am I asking too much? :-)
Thanks,
Roy Riegel, SMI
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From: Pierson Lee (Volt) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:54 AM
To: Roy Riegel
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] (no subject)
Well, the code is from the stock wxs file. I'm just sharing the folder
(not files are going in) to create a share for files for the website
that I create earlier in the file. (btw, this isn't the whole file). The
folder itself doesn't contain anything by default. My issue is that the
remove folders line doesn't kick off on uninstall because (and I'm
assuming this) that the Util:FileShare is keeping the folder shared and
that's preventing me from removing it. I don't think this is the same
thing you were doing (unless my explanation makes it so).
From: Roy Riegel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:43 AM
To: Pierson Lee (Volt)
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] (no subject)
Hello Pierson,
Pardon, but I had to do a similar thing recently in a switchover from
InstallShield 11.5 to WIX installers in which there was a "shared" flag
for any file in a folder where there were identical files in two
different variations of an installer where one did NOT want certain
*.DLLs to be removed unless BOTH (similar) modules had been uninstalled.
Is your question: Is this (below) the WIX equivalent?
Is this a line in the MyInstaller.wxs file BEFORE one runs it though
candle.exe and light.exe?
Thanks,
Roy Riegel, Scientific Monitoring Inc., Scottsdale, Az. (A WIX user)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierson
Lee (Volt)
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:32 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] (no subject)
Using the following code, the folder isn't removed on uninstall. Any
reason why?
Could it be because the folder is shared? If so, how do I remove a
folder share on uninstall.
Thanks:
--pierson
<Directory Id="EmailShareDir" Name="EmailShare">
<Component Id="EmailShareComponent"
Guid="7011AFE5-D8F9-49B3-811F-FBD49631E388">
<CreateFolder Directory="EmailShareDir" />
<RemoveFolder Id="EmailShare_RemoveFolder"
On="uninstall"/>
<util:FileShare Id="EmailShareFileShare"
Name="EmailShare" Description="Email Share">
<util:FileSharePermission
User="WebShareUser" GenericAll="yes" />
</util:FileShare>
</Component>
</Directory>
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