om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnette, Bill
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:08
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Renaming a file during installation
You're probably better off either:
A) Copy the file from the template in a custom actio
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Rob Hamflett
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:45 AM
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Renaming a file during installation
>
> CopyFile has to live in a component, and it will now what the
> des
CopyFile has to live in a component, and it will now what the destination file
is called. You could
end up with the two instances of the component installed, but each referring to
a different file.
If you uninstall one of the products it won't delete the file because there's
another product t
Rob, thanks for your reply.
I have this file that I want to rename that acts like a template and I have
to rename it based on the user's input. I don't see a problem if the user
specifies different names on each occasion - in fact this is how it should
work. Is any danger in this?
Thank you,
So
That sounds dangerous. What if that component gets installed twice, but on
each occasion the user
specifies a different name?
Rob
Sorin Radulescu wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to rename a file that is coming with my installer. The new name
> of the file should be based on a value set by the
Hello,
I am trying to rename a file that is coming with my installer. The new name
of the file should be based on a value set by the user in one of the
dialogs. So far I've tried different combinations of File and CopyFile but
with no luck.
Is there a way to do this using WiX?
My WiX version: 2
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