George,
To get behavior you want:
* Make your file a keypath of your component (File/@KeyPath="yes")
* Use /fc option to repair your installation
Alex Shevchuk
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Georgi Shopov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> can any body give me suggestion what is the proper combination of MSIEXEC
> fix command options and file (WiX) properties that will ensure that a file
> will be overwritten ONLY in the case it is different or missing;
>
> I have Windows Installer version 3;
> I use the basic SampleFirst.wxs example with a text file;
> The file passes ICE checks in ORCA with no errors/warnings reports;
> Basically it has one feature with one component with one text file;
> The file has checksum attribute set to "yes" and the file hash is present
> in MsiFileHash table;
> I install the packet with "MSIEXEC /i samplefirst.msi" command and it is
> properly installed;
>
> What I need to figure out is how to get this behaviour:
>
> if a fix/update command is started, if file is not changed, the file NOT
> to be overwritten;
> if a fix/update command is started, if file is changed, the file to be
> overwritten;
>
> I've tried different combinations of MSIEXEC fix command (/F???) but the
> log file says file is either always overwritten (never-mind if changed) or
> NOT overwritten (although there is info that file has changed)
>
> So,
>
> Thanks,
> George S.
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