Actually the code: <Component Id="RemoveLogosFile" Guid="PUT_MY_GUID"> <RemoveFile Id="RemoveLogosFile" Name="MyLogo.jpg" On="uninstall"/> <RemoveFile Id="RemoveBundleFile" Name="bundle" On="uninstall"/> <Condition>(NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE=ALL)</Condition> </Component>
works as expected _if_: <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallFinalize"/> meaning the 2 files are deleted _only_ during an uninstall from add/remove product and they _don't_ get deleted during an update. But in my installer I have: <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/> and the behavior in this case is that the 2 files are _always_ deleted regardless if it's an update or removal from add/remove programs. Can somebody help me accomplish the deletion of those files only when uninstalling from add/remove programs and not during an update when having <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/>? Thank you, MeCoco On 11/24/2010 4:10 PM, MeCoco wrote: > Hi Blair, > > I seem to still have a problem: because I want the files that were > placed with an empty GUID to be deleted when a real uninstall happens > (not update or repair, but an uninstall from add/remove programs), I > also added the code: > > <Component Id="RemoveLogosFile" Guid="PUT_MY_GUID"> > <RemoveFile Id="RemoveLogosFile" Name="MyLogo.jpg" On="uninstall"/> > <RemoveFile Id="RemoveBundleFile" Name="bundle" On="uninstall"/> > <Condition>(NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE=ALL)</Condition> > </Component> > > but this code makes that after an update to end up without the 2 files: > MyLogo.jpg and bundle. For some reason the condition seems to be > evaluated to TRUE even when I'm running an update so these 2 files are > always deleted. > > (Not sure if it's worth mentioning, but I still have the : > <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/>) > > Am I doing something wrong here? > > Thank you, > MeCoco > > > On 11/24/2010 2:39 PM, MeCoco wrote: >> 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"/>? 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