My RemoveExistingProducts looks like this: <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize" />
What exactly does "towards the end" mean? InstallFinalize? -----Original Message----- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] Sent: 8. February 2012 19:06 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Optionally keep a file on MajorUpgrade Where is your RemoveExistingProducts sequenced? If it was towards the end, the upgrade would behave more like an update and replace only files with higher versions and not replace altered data files (when they have the same component guid). BTW Permanent really means permanent. It's a setting in the project, but once you install a component that's permanent it's permanent on the system. Why expect it mean not permanent? Phil W -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Krivács Schrøder [mailto:alexander.schro...@mermaid.no] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 6:11 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Optionally keep a file on MajorUpgrade I have an installer that installs a configuration file, like so: <Feature Id="AppName.Feature" Title="Application Name" Level="1"> <Feature Id="AppConfig.Feature" Level="1" Display="hidden"> <Component Id="AppConfig.Component" Guid="{E56D54A5-0646-4D0C-9F95-73F82E293705}" Directory="INSTALLLOCATION"> <File Source="$(var.AppName.TargetPath).config" /> </Component> <Condition Level="0">KEEP_EXISTING_CONFIG = 1 AND APPCONFIGEXISTS</Condition> </Feature> ... </Feature> The APPCONFIGEXISTS is brought out like so: <!-- Check for existing application configuration file --> <Property Id="APPCONFIGEXISTS" > <DirectorySearch Id="CheckAppConfigDir" Path="INSTALLDIR" Depth="0"> <FileSearch Id="CheckAppConfigFile" Name="$(var.AppName.TargetFileName).config" /> </DirectorySearch> </Property> The KEEP_EXISTING_CONFIG is a command-line variable, sent in to msiexec.exe. This configuration alone does not do the trick (obviously, since I'm asking here) as the configuration file is removed by the next version of the MSI before it starts its installation. The Component element has a "Permanent" property, but with that one enabled, it certainly does not behave as expected (does not get removed on uninstall, never gets replaced on upgrade, regardless of what the value of KEEP_EXISTING_CONFIG is). Any ideas? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/en/legal/default.aspx. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
