Re: [WiX-users] Install files side-by-side with a patch

Yan Sklyarenko wrote: > I think it can be accomplished by populating the MoveFile table before > the new files overwrite the old ones... > You can try but I'd guess it will disturb MSI's algorithm for scheduling patching. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] Install files side-by-side with a patch

] Install files side-by-side with a patch Yan Sklyarenko wrote: >FileA.txt.patched (the one installed by the patch) > I'm not a patching guru, but I highly doubt that's going to be possible. The resource (file) would no longer represent how it's defined in the comp

Re: [WiX-users] Install files side-by-side with a patch

Yan Sklyarenko wrote: >FileA.txt.patched (the one installed by the patch) > I'm not a patching guru, but I highly doubt that's going to be possible. The resource (file) would no longer represent how it's defined in the component. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

[WiX-users] Install files side-by-side with a patch

Hello WiX community, This question is primarily addressed to the "patching gurus". :) I have the following requirement. During the patch installation I should detect if the files to be patched were modified by the user, and if yes, install the new versions of those files side-by-side, disregardin