Oops, got the sense wrong on the <Condition> element below that I was using to try to debug this stuff. So, nevermind that.
After resolving that, putting the conditional (SYSCONFIGFILEEXISTS) on the XML editing component works as long as I schedule AppSearch after CostInitialize in the InstallUISequence table. I guess I'll just have to use that method instead of the conditionalizing on the XML file component state or action. -- Bill Arnette www.starwitness.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnette, Bill Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 2:20 PM To: Pierson Lee (Volt); wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally edit XML file if it is installed Well, I'm also trying that, and I'm just not grok'ing file search. <Property Id="SYSCONFIGEXISTS" Secure="yes"> <DirectorySearch Id="ds_INSTALLDIR" Path="[INSTALLDIR]" Depth="0"> <FileSearch Id="fs_SysConfig" LongName="SysConfig.xml" /> </DirectorySearch> </Property> <Condition Message="SysConfig.xml exists! [SYSCONFIGEXISTS]"><![CDATA[SYSCONFIGEXISTS]]></Condition> <Condition Message="SysConfig.xml does not exist! [SYSCONFIGEXISTS]"><![CDATA[NOT SYSCONFIGEXISTS]]></Condition> For some reason, the "SysConfig.xml exists!" message is firing even when INSTALLDIR does not exist on the system; let alone SysConfig.xml. I moved AppSearch after CostFinalize to make sure that INSTALLDIR is resolved before the AppSearch, but still nothing. Note that I am using WiX v2 if that matters. -- Bill Arnette www.starwitness.com -----Original Message----- From: Pierson Lee (Volt) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:59 AM To: Arnette, Bill; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Conditionally edit XML file if it is installed Would it be worthwhile to do a filesearch and if it doesn't exist to then install the component and change the file (in a different feature)? That would be the way I'd do it, but I have yet to use the NeverOverwrite option. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnette, Bill Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:14 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Conditionally edit XML file if it is installed I am trying to have my installer edit an XML file after it is installed. However, the XML file should not be installed or edited if it already exists on the system. So I am trying to condition the installation of the XML editing component on the state/action of the component which contains the XML file to be edited. But its not working. I am seeing some conflicting info in the Windows Installer documentation that in one place states the component state can only be used in the condition table and the sequence tables, while the Component table documentation states that the Condition column "accepts conditional expressions containing references to the installed states of features and components...". So which is it? Any idea what I'm doing wrong? <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="FrzFrame" LongName="StarWitness FreezeFrame"> <Component Id="c_SysConfig_xml" Guid="0AD3B4EF-331D-4018-9694-7C738D13F86F" DiskId="1" NeverOverwrite="yes" Permanent="yes"> <File Id="f_SysConfig_xml" Name="SysConf.xml" LongName="SysConfig.xml" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.stageDir)\SysConfig.xml" /> </Component> <Component Id="c_EditSysConfig_xml" Guid="426C9462-C96C-4abe-8665-89523F9725C6" DiskId="1"> <!-- Only edit the sysconfig.xml file if it is being installed --> <Condition ><![CDATA[$c_SysConfig_xml=3]]></Condition> <XmlFile Id="xml_SetCaseRootDir" File="[#f_SysConfig_xml]" ElementPath="//configuration/caseRootDir" Value="[DATAFILESTOREDIR]" Action="setValue" Sequence="1"/> <XmlFile Id="xml_SetCaptureDir" File="[#f_SysConfig_xml]" ElementPath="//configuration/captureDir" Value="[MEDIAFILESTOREDIR]" Action="setValue" Sequence="2"/> <XmlFile Id="xml_SetTempDir" File="[#f_SysConfig_xml]" ElementPath="//configuration/tempDir" Value="[TEMPDIR]" Action="setValue" Sequence="3"/> </Component> </Directory> -- Bill Arnette Principal Software Developer StarWitness Business Unit Signalscape, Inc. www.starwitness.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. 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