Force-Spank.... LOL, I've never heard that one before. I like it. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me
--- On Thu, 7/3/08, John Nannenga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: John Nannenga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 12:04 PM > Another option is to create a transitive component to remove > the non-versioned file. [The RemoveFiles action runs prior > to the InstallFiles action] > > An advantage here is that you can condition the transitive > component to only force-spank the file when you want it to > be spanked (depending on what conditions / modes you have > within your installation). A disadvantage here is that the > progress bar will be a little off (depending on file size, > etc...). WI doesn't appear to compute the progress bar > to take into consideration removing a file then laying down > the same file (go figure :?0 ). > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Evans, Jim > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; General discussion > for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file > > Thanks for the confirmation Chris. I think this is the last > hurdle to my > first fully featured working MSI-based installer. My next > installer > project will be considerably more complex, but I've > learned a lot from > this experience, and from the list. > > Incidentally, for those of you keeping score at home, a > better approach > than using the DefaultVersion attribute might be to tie the > text file to > a versioned resource using the CompanionFile attribute. > This avoids > warnings when you compile your WiX project. > > --Jim Evans > Numara Software, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Painter > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:34 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file > > I've been doing it for years without problems. > InstallShield has a > feature called `Always Overwrite` that essentially does > this. > > The downside to going this is if the file does contain user > data, it > will get wasted unless you have a harvest/configure pattern > to go before > and after the file copy. The downside there is you have to > know every > attribute that is customizable and explictly preserve it. > > The downside to not doing this is if the file does contain > user data, > it'll never get updated to a newer version of the > shipped file. > > You could easily argue that there should really then be 2 > files ... > stock.textfile and userdata.textfile but that requires > effort on the > upstream application developers and you may or may not have > much luck > there. > > > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread > that deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > > --- On Thu, 7/3/08, Evans, Jim > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Evans, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file > > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML > toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 10:20 AM > > If I have a text file (or other unversioned resource) > that I > > want to > > overwrite during a minor update, is it ok to give the > file > > a "version" > > using the DefaultVersion attribute of the File > element? It > > seems like > > this works and forces the overwrite only if I > increment the > > pseudo-version. I just want to make sure I'm not > doing > > something > > outlandishly nonstandard. > > > > > > > > --Jim Evans > > > > Numara Software Inc. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: > VOTE > > NOW! > > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open > > source project, > > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for > > chronic lameness > > and boredom. 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