Let me try and express it better: The files I want to delete are under a certain directory that the MSI sets up to place them in, but could have any name, and be in (created by my program) subdirectories of that directory, and that's the only thing I know about them.
They would be useless without the program, and in fact, need to be deleted upon upgrade (due to calling convention changes - some of the files are sent as source code and compiled to match the version of the program) and could be intermingled with files the MSI installs. In that case, the CA can assume anything under that directory that isn't already being deleted by the MSI is fair game to be deleted. "Scorched earth" uninstall, it is, but that's the requirement, at least in my case. I don't know about the original poster, but I figured I'd offer my CA that I'm open-sourcing as an example that he could use. --Curtis On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:32 -0700, "Rob Mensching" <r...@wixtoolset.org> wrote: > I'm a little confused by this requirement. Are you saying you won't know > where the files you want to delete exist? How is a CustomAction going to > know any better? > > Curtis Jewell wrote: > > I should have specified that I was assuming that there was no way to > > know what the additional files were named or where they were located - > > which would be logical for logging directories. > > > > I was told (I think by you) that to do that, it required a CA to tell > > Windows Installer what additional files to delete. > > > > If the file names are known, of course, then RemoveFile tags should be > > added as appropriate. > > > > --Curtis > > > > On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:33 -0700, "Rob Mensching" <r...@wixtoolset.org> > > wrote: > > > >> Why do you need a CustomAction? RemoveFiles is a standard action and > >> will handle rollback for you. > >> > >> Curtis Jewell wrote: > >> > >>> If the folder has files in it the MSI didn't put there, it won't get > >>> deleted unless you have a custom action delete the files first (or tell > >>> Windows Installer to do so) > >>> > >>> If you want source for such a custom action, try > >>> http://svn.ali.as/cpan/trunk/Perl-Dist-WiX/src/ClearFolderCA/ClearFolderCA/ClearFolderCA.cpp > >>> > >>> If not, I'm puzzled. > >>> > >>> --Curtis > >>> > >>> On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:53 +0530, "Natarajan, Thangaraj (MLITS)" > >>> <thangaraj_natara...@ml.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hi All, > >>>> > >>>> I have some issue in Removing the Folder during uninstallation. Please > >>>> Find the Wix script below. > >>>> > >>>> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > >>>> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="BACS_ID_Reservation_Interface"> > >>>> <Component Id="COMP1" > >>>> Guid="AC12D5D4-7AF0-4919-BDD7-3708C8C129E5"> > >>>> <File Id="f3" Name="Import_BACS_Reservation_New.dtsx" > >>>> DiskId="1" Source="Import_BACS_Reservation_New.dtsx" /> > >>>> </Component> > >>>> <Component Id="GRES1" > >>>> Guid="A8D20EDF-5423-4C46-9B14-E1B0E6020FB1"> > >>>> <File Id="f1" Name="DTSRUN_BACS_ID_Reservation_LoadData.bat" > >>>> DiskId="1" Source="DTSRUN_BACS_ID_Reservation_LoadData.bat" /> > >>>> <File Id="f2" Name="Import_BACS_Reservation_New.dtsConfig" > >>>> DiskId="1" Source="Import_BACS_Reservation_New.dtsConfig" /> > >>>> </Component> > >>>> </Directory> > >>>> <Directory Id="MLVARIDRESERVATIONDATAFILEPATH" > >>>> Name="DataFilePath"> > >>>> <Component Id="DataFolder" > >>>> Guid="CD61421E-970C-4317-AC67-85225DA0FEC0"> > >>>> <CreateFolder Directory="MLVARIDRESERVATIONDATAFILEPATH" /> > >>>> <RemoveFolder Id="DeleteDataFileFolder" > >>>> Directory="MLVARIDRESERVATIONDATAFILEPATH" On="uninstall" /> > >>>> </Component> > >>>> </Directory> > >>>> <Directory Id="MLVARIDRESERVATIONLOGFILEPATH" Name="LogFilePath"> > >>>> <Component Id="LogsFolder" > >>>> Guid="4BBE30A7-43D0-45ae-A1C0-F2FE28A6BCE8"> > >>>> <CreateFolder Directory="MLVARIDRESERVATIONLOGFILEPATH" /> > >>>> <RemoveFolder Id="DeleteLogFileFolder" > >>>> Directory="MLVARIDRESERVATIONLOGFILEPATH" On="uninstall" /> > >>>> </Component> > >>>> </Directory> > >>>> </Directory> > >>>> > >>>> <Property Id="MLVARIDRESERVATIONDATAFILEPATH" Value="E:\ID > >>>> Reservation\SSIS Package\DataFile" /> > >>>> <Property Id="MLVARIDRESERVATIONLOGFILEPATH" Value="E:\ID > >>>> Reservation\SSIS Package\LogFile" /> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Actually it is creating the Folders on installation. But fails to remove > >>>> the Folder on unistallation. Please help me out in resolving this issue, -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately does not display colors and pictures in HTML mail] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
