Re: [WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file

2008-07-03 Thread Wilson, Phil
AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file I've been doing it for years without problems. InstallShield has a feature called `Always Overwrite` that essentially does this. The downside to going this is if the file does c

Re: [WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file

2008-07-03 Thread Christopher Painter
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Re: [WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file

2008-07-03 Thread John Nannenga
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Re: [WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file

2008-07-03 Thread Evans, Jim
inter Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:34 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file I've been doing it for years without problems. InstallShield has a feature called `Always Overwrite` that essentially does this. The d

Re: [WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file

2008-07-03 Thread Christopher Painter
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[WiX-users] Forcing overwrite of text file

2008-07-03 Thread Evans, Jim
If I have a text file (or other unversioned resource) that I want to overwrite during a minor update, is it ok to give the file a "version" using the DefaultVersion attribute of the File element? It seems like this works and forces the overwrite only if I increment the pseudo-version. I just want t