Have a look at the "vital" setting for the file. You may find it's not vital in the "Info" message case.
MSI File table: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa368596(v=vs.85).as px If the file is external and you are replscing it at the last moment make sure you don't make a file hash mistake. You don't want the hash in the MSI file to not match the actual file, so turn it off for that file unless you are fixing the MsiFileHash table when you replace the file. Phil -----Original Message----- From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:08 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Error 1308 (Source File not found) emitted as Info on upgrade Hi, I have one MSI, with a bunch of compressed files in an embedded cab, and one readme next to the install as an uncompressed file. This file is still in the installer, it's just got the nonCompressed bit set. This is so we can update the readme right up until release with late-breaking information. This all works fine for fresh installs and upgrades, as long as that file is present. I that file is not present, we get this: Error 1308. Source file not found: C:\Users\Neil.Owen\Desktop\10.0.4.1157\ReadMeFirst_EN.htm. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it. That makes perfect sense. The issue is that this is not happening on upgrade. What's happening on upgrade if the readme file is missing is that the same error is being published as an Info message, and the install carries on merrily: Info 1308. Source file not found: C:\Users\Neil.Owen\Desktop\10.0.4.1157\ReadMeFirst_EN.htm. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it. There's a few ways we can work around this (either not having the file uncompressed like this or by having an action which checks for the presence of the file). However, what I'd like to understand is why MSI is turning this Error message into an Info message on upgrade. Any ideas? Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
