Ahh, you want to delete a directory *tree*. That is not supported natively by the Windows Installer. There is a CustomAction out there that will do this correctly (with rollback and all that good stuff). Bob is getting it set up.
Curtis Jewell wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
