Hi Blair, Thanks a lot for your answer! That was exactly the code I just wrote and I was testing just now all of the scenarios.
Thanks, MeCoco On 11/24/2010 1:23 PM, Blair wrote: > In the original MSI you give to your sales people, create the MyLogo > component with an empty guid. It will get left behind, and the presence of > the bundle file will prevent its overwrite. > > -----Original Message----- > From: MeCoco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 1:22 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] If file exists, don't update another file > > Hi Blair, > > First of all I have to mention that the partner problem is just for our > sale people. To make everything clearer: all the clients, which mean > _our_ and _their_ clients, will have _our_ logo, so I need a > "workaround" only for our sale people, who for whatever reason want only > for their demo systems to NOT have the partner logo updated. Being _our_ > sale people, meaning only a few people, I should find a workaround that > do not disturb at all the already written and tested installer as it is > now provided to all our clients. > Because of that I actually thought like this: > - for the sales people I will build a first time installer containing > the exact same files like the normal installer, only that the mylogo.jpg > content is different and also a dummy file, let's name it "bundle", gets > also installed > - they use this installer, install the product on their demo systems > - after this point, any update we provide for _our_ clients should be > used also by these sales ppl, with the point that mylogo.jpg in _their_ > cases should not be updated > > This is the request, so I was thinking: in the first time installer that > we give _just_ to our sales people, the dumy file "bundle" gets > installed and any later update (update that should be identical for our > sale people and our clients) should take care not to update the > mylogo.jpg if the "bundle" file is found, b/c then it's our sales > people. In case the bundle file is not there, meaning is a client not a > sales person, then the mylogo.jpg should be updated. > > Also I have to leave the: > <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/> > untouched. > > Now, back to your answser Blair: > > Do a FileSearch for the specific file, and based on that property > condition your logo component to not install. > > I tried that: > > 1) I created a first time installer which was placing also a dummy > "bundle" file into the install directory > <Component Id="MyLogo.jpg" Guid="PUT-MY-GUID1"> > <File Id="MyLogo.jpg" Source="MyLogo.jpg" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes" /> > </Component> > <Component Id="bundle" Guid="PUT-MY-GUID2"> > <File Id="bundle" Source="bundle" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes" /> > </Component> > > > 2) Then created the update which will be used by everybody: clients and > sales people > > <!-- Search the bundle file --> > <Property Id='FILE_BUNDLE_EXISTS'> > <DirectorySearch Id='DirSearch' Path='[INSTALLDIR]' Depth='0'> > <FileSearch Id='FileSearch' Name='bundle'/> > </DirectorySearch> > </Property> > > <Component Id="MyLogo.jpg" Guid="PUT-MY-GUID1"> > <File Id="MyLogo.jpg" Source="MyLogo.jpg" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes" /> > <Condition>(NOT FILE_BUNDLE_EXISTS)</Condition> > </Component> > <Component Id="bundle" Guid="PUT-MY-GUID2"> > <File Id="bundle" Source="bundle" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes" /> > <Condition>FILE_BUNDLE_EXISTS</Condition> > </Component> > > But after running the update I ended up by not having the MyLogo.jpg > installed at all. > > Is there any other way to accomplish this? > > Thank you! > MeCoco > > > On 11/24/2010 2:48 AM, Blair wrote: >> Do a FileSearch for the specific file, and based on that property > condition >> your logo component to not install. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: MeCoco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 6:35 AM >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] If file exists, don't update another file >> >> Hi Dave, >> >> I can't do that. Here is the explanation: we have a product which we >> release to different clients. We also have a partner with whom we >> bundle, so he wants to offer our product together with his, but the logo >> should stay his logo. We can't have his logo and our logo in the >> installer, as we don't want the clients digging that up. >> So we agreed on the following: first time when he installs the product >> he places a dummy file.txt into the installation directory and his own >> logo. When we provide an installer which is upgrading our software, in >> case the update is for our own clients, the logo should be updated, but >> if the upgrade is run by the partner-client the logo shouldn't be >> updated, so basically our update should check if the file.txt is there >> and if yes should not update the logo. >> >> In other words: if in the installation folder there is a specific file, >> eg file.txt, then a specific file, eg mylogo.jpg should _not_ be updated. >> >> And I'm not sure how one can do that when: >> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/> >> as from what I read, the product is completely removed first so his logo >> will be gone. >> >> Thank you, >> MeCoco >> >> >> >> On 11/23/2010 2:59 PM, David Watson wrote: >>> Why not include both logos in your new msi and install only one >>> conditionally. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: MeCoco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] >>> Sent: 23 November 2010 13:04 >>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >>> Subject: [WiX-users] If file exists, don't update another file >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have to do the following: if in the installation folder there is a >>> specific file, eg file.txt, then a specific file, eg mylogo.jpg should >>> _not_ be updated. >>> The installer is doing always major upgrades. >>> >>> My question is: assuming that the request can be done by using a >>> conditional component (not yet sure how, but this is another story) >>> could I do that if in the installer I have: >>> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/>? Or this won't work >>> because the product is first completely removed and only then the new >>> version installed, so basically the mylogo.jpg is gone as part of >>> removing old products, so it won't be preserved, so the new one, the one >>> >>> from the package will be installed? >>> >>> If what I wrote above is correct, is there any other way to implement >>> the above request (if in the installation folder there is a specific >>> file, eg file.txt, then a specific file, eg mylogo.jpg should _not_ be >>> updated) without changing the: >>> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/>? (I'm not allowed to >>> >>> change the place of the removing old products) >>> >>> Thank you in advance, >>> Mecoco >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ------ >>> Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App& Earn a Chance To Win $500! >>> Tap into the largest installed PC base& get more eyes on your game by >>> optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the >>> Intel(R) Software Partner Program. 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