What happens if your Q&A find bugs in your application? Do you fix those in the installer too?
Use a Component Condition on your RemoveFile so it doesn't get touched during major upgrades. However the copy procedure Sascha explained to would be outside of the installation process. If you do it within the installer you're going to have the same problem as before. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Viv Coco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] Sent: 29 March 2010 11:09 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] don't delete/overwrite a file during major upgrade Hi, > Can you install a default configuration file and then copy that to the "user" configuration if it doesn't exist? Well, I could do so, already thought about that, but unfortunately the application is already in Q&A so we are not allowed to change anything to it anymore so everything "that is left" has to be done through the installer. I know, bad decision, but unfortunately it's not my decision :( So my application needs a conf file to run correctly (MyApp.cfg) where the user has to set some entries (it's per machine, not per user). I was thinking to do like this: when installing the application I also put in the binary directory the MyApp.cfg.template so that the user has it for later reference and the same one put also under the name MyApp.cfg and at the end of installation through the msi to open the MyApp.conf file so that the user can right away set it as he needs. When he closes the modified conf file, installation is finished and application will run correctly. Is there a way to do this without getting into those headaches you were saying? > Then just use RemoveFile to delete the config when your application is uninstalled. How can I do that? I mean how can I remove a file only when an real uninstall is done and not a major upgrade which also includes an uninstall before the new install? Thx, Viv On 3/29/2010 6:51 AM, Sascha Beaumont wrote: > Letting the user modify "installed" files will cause significant > headaches. Best solution, until you understand why, just don't do it. > > Can you install a default configuration file and then copy that to the > "user" configuration if it doesn't exist? That way Windows Installer > doesn't 'know' about the configuration file (except for the default > one which shouldn't be modified) and so won't try to replace it on > repair. Then just use RemoveFile to delete the config when your > application is uninstalled. > > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Viv coco<vcotirl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I read the WiX Tutorial from http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/ and there are some things I didn't understand or couldn't find and as I read that this is the best place for questions, I'll write them here, but for an easier followup I will write each question into a separat email. I appreciate your answers/help. >> >> When I install my application, along with the binaries, in the same directory a conf file is placed that the user can change as he needs. >> I would like for this conf file to not be deleted (or overwritten) when we do a major upgrade, but only when we remove the application completely from the computer, b/c otherwise the user needs to do the right settings in the conf file every time after an upgrade. >> In other words, for this conf file, I would like to have the following behaviour: when the product is upgraded (major upgrade which means first uninstall old version meaning deleting all installed files and then install a new version) the conf file should NOT be deleted or overwritten. But if the user uninstalls our product, for instance from add/remove program, then b/c I want to clean everything I would like that conf file to be deleted. How could I have this behaviour? >> >> >> >> TIA, >> Viv >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. >> https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --------- >> Download Intel(r) 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. 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