It depends on where RemoveExistingProducts is scheduled. If you schedule it early enough you can. If you schedule it later, you'll have all sorts of costing issues because of broken component rules.
Even if you take the MSI issues out of the discussion, dynamic file linking concerns me because if an upstream build process fails to output a file the failure mode is to package without the file. I prefer to throw an error trying to consume a file so that it raises to my attention that the footprint of the application may have changed. --- On Fri, 7/11/08, Luke Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Luke Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Automating the inclusion of a mess of files > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 9:18 AM > > Rob, > > > > Any pointers on tips for getting the GUIDs right? Will > HeatTask take care of this for me? If not, what rules do I > need to follow? > > If I understand how Windows Installer works (which may or > may not be > the case) ... if you never intend to do patches or minor > upgrades you > can always generate new component GUIDs and Product Ids and > then rely > on doing major upgrades all the time. Sort of the blunt > hammer > approach. > > Otherwise, you'll have to pay more attention to your > Product Id and > component GUIDs to make sure they stay the same when > appropriate, and > change when appropriate. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. Vote Now at > http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
