Hello my fellow WiXers!
It's time for another update to my Paraffin tool which makes managing your
fragments easier. With 3.5 I've implemented the trick outline by Vagmi Mudumbai
(http://geekswithblogs.net/Vagmi.Mudumbai/archive/2006/06/11/81426.aspx) of
allowing minor upgrades (AKA patches) to remove files by setting the transitive
bit on the component and adding a conditional element that evaluates to false.
<Component Id="comp_F5B392C05B5249C2AB34810BE4A6163F"
Guid="FD9D7BF4-550A-47E2-85A3-634D77F609FB"
Transitive="yes">
<File Id="file_81DD236ED61B4BBEB445FAB9E9C2DAB2"
Checksum="yes"
KeyPath="yes"
Source=".\Temp\a.exe" />
<Condition>1 = 0</Condition>
</Component>
But what about those zero length files you'll need? I've got you covered. When
you specify the -PatchUpdate switch, you can add the new -PatchCreateFiles
switch and Paraffin will create the zero byte files for you. Don't worry, when
you rerun Paraffin again with -PatchUpdate, if the zero byte file is there,
Paraffin checks if the Transitive attribute is set and makes sure to keep
everything straight.
While you could keep those zero byte files in your version control system,
which seems a little odd to me since they are, well, no longer needed. Because
Paraffin knows which files have been deleted with the Transitive attribute on
the Component element you can recreate the zero byte files at any time by using
-PatchUpdate file.wxs as the command line. The idea is that you'll run this as
part of your build so you never have to worry about those zero byte files.
More about what's new:
http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2010/08/31/paraffin-3-5-now-with-better-minor-upgrade-support.aspx
Download the bits and source:
http://www.wintellect.com/CS/files/folders/18310/download.aspx
As always, let me know if there are any features you'd like to see in Paraffin
(or bugs you find!). If you haven't heard of Paraffin before, read this
http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2010/08/31/zen-of-paraffin.aspx.
John
Wintellect
http://www.wintellect.com
+1-877-968-5528
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