Thanks, what you provided didn't work, but I was able to modify it as below
and get it to work. Your modification helped get me in the right direction.
<xsl:template
match="wix:Component[*/@Source='$(var.GacFiles)\BizObjects.dll']">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:attribute name="Permanent">yes</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe <pshirtcli...@sdl.com>wrote:
>
> Your template matches any node, including attribute nodes, which is
> excessive. When it matches the Source attribute node, it copies the
> attribute
> and then tries to add an attribute under the attribute, which isn't valid.
> It
> needs to match the component node, so it can add the attribute to that.
>
> <xsl:template match="Component[ @Source = '$(var.GacFiles)\BizObjects.dll'
> ]">
> <xsl:copy>
> <xsl:attribute name="Permanent">Yes</xsl:attribute>
> <xsl:apply-templates select=="@*|node()"/>
> </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
>
> You might need to add the namespace prefix for Wix to your Component match,
> depending on how you're handling the Wix namespace.
>
> I'd avoid permanent components if at all possible - they are troublesome -
> but I have come across a case before where it couldn't be helped.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CoolBreeze [mailto:coolbreeze...@googlemail.com]
> Sent: 01 July 2011 11:10
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Need help with transform
>
> Can someone help?
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:48 AM, CoolBreeze
> <coolbreeze...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>
> > I have a component that gets installed into the GAC and I need to prevent
> > it from being removed during an uninstall. I've created an XSLT that get
> > applied during harvest. I need to add 'permanent' to the component, but
> it's
> > not working. Can anyone tell me what the problem might be with what I
> have?
> >
> > <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
> > <xsl:if test="@Source='$(var.GacFiles)\BizObjects.dll'">
> > <xsl:copy>
> > <xsl:attribute name="Permanent">Yes</xsl:attribute>
> > <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> > </xsl:copy>
> > </xsl:if>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
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