Adding a hash is also recommended. Phil Wilson
-----Original Message----- From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 8:00 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File from local location If you do use an empty file and want the file to be "looked after" by Windows installer for patching, repair, etc - you can update the filesize information post-build. Something like the following should work (this is a somewhat simplified version of an actual script we use) Const MSI_SOURCE = "application.msi" Const FILE_REPLACE = "config.xml" Dim filesys, installer, database, view, size Set filesys=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set installer = CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer") Set database = installer.OpenDatabase (MSI_SOURCE, 1) Set objFile = filesys.GetFile(FILE_REPLACE) size = objFile.Size Set view = database.OpenView ("UPDATE File SET FileSize = " & size & " WHERE File = '" & LCase(FILE_REPLACE) & "'") view.Execute On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> wrote: > On 3/1/2010 1:13 AM, hila toronchik wrote: >> The problem is - that an empty file named Global.jpeg need to be placed the >> development machine in order to build the msi. >> > > WiX needs the file to fill out the details of the file (size, e.g.) in > the MSI database. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail inet.hqhelpd...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
