Christopher, I'm not even sure what you're asking. :) (I've never claimed to know much about Windows Installer.)
How do you express your requests in a <File> element? John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 >-----Original Message----- >From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:03 AM >To: John Robbins; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN > >Can Paraffin handle deprecated components? ( I.e. when a file disapears >from the directory link a 0 byte file and set the transitive bit with a >NOOP condition instead of removing the component element ). >I need this feature in any tool that I use so that minor uprades will >properly remove obsolete files. > >John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > As you all know, Tallow for WiX 2.0 can be a bit, how shall we say >it, > troublesome. :) I developed a better tool, PARAFFIN, which creates >an > easier to use WiX fragment and also handles updating the WiX >fragment as > files are added and removed from your directories. It's turned the >hours > and hours of manual WiX fragment editing down to minutes a day for >me. I > thought you all might find it useful. (Note that using PARAFFIN >can > break component rules so be careful.) > > Here's the links to the discussion and the code: > http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/18/wix >-hints > -for-new-users-part-1-of-3.aspx > http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/19/wix >-the-p > ain-of-wix-part-2-of-3.aspx > http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix >-a-bet > ter-tallow-paraffin.aspx > > Please let me know if you find any bugs or have feature requests. > > Hope it's helpful! > > John > Wintellect > http://www.wintellect.com > 877-968-5528 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ >------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
