Re: [WiX-users] Optionally keep a file on MajorUpgrade

2012-02-09 Thread Alexander Krivács Schrøder
[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

Re: [WiX-users] Optionally keep a file on MajorUpgrade

2012-02-08 Thread Sameer Arora
I had a similar requirement, but not exactly. In my case - config file was getting generated instead of being installed (it's more like "data" file rather than config file) - we needed to keep the file mandatorily during an upgrade/repair, but remove it on uninstall. Since it was a generated file,

Re: [WiX-users] Optionally keep a file on MajorUpgrade

2012-02-08 Thread Wilson, Phil
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

Re: [WiX-users] Optionally keep a file on MajorUpgrade

2012-02-08 Thread nagesh vanam
unsubscribe 2012/2/8 Alexander Krivács Schrøder > I have an installer that installs a configuration file, like so: > > > > Guid="{E56D54A5-0646-4D0C-9F95-73F82E293705}" Directory="INSTALLLOCATION"> > > >KEEP_EXISTING_CONFIG = 1 AND > APPCONFIGEXISTS > > ... > > > The APPCO