Re: [WiX-users] Protecting "config" files during an upgrade

2008-07-02 Thread Wilson, Phil
ng databases, config files and so on. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evans, Jim Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:28 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Protecting "c

Re: [WiX-users] Protecting "config" files during an upgrade

2008-07-02 Thread Rob Mensching
> This would fall into the bucket of "sure, when I have time", Ditto. - Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a he

Re: [WiX-users] Protecting "config" files during an upgrade

2008-07-02 Thread Christopher Painter
done.I'd love to do it, but my C++ skills, well, suck. --- On Wed, 7/2/08, Evans, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Evans, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Protecting "config" files during an upgrade > To: "General dis

Re: [WiX-users] Protecting "config" files during an upgrade

2008-07-02 Thread Evans, Jim
Rob Mensching wrote: >> Am I going to have to resort to a custom action to read the settings and >> propagate them? If so, ugh. It seems like there should be a WiX custom >> action for simply reading the contents of an XML file (value or >> attribute) and putting the value into a property. > > Open

Re: [WiX-users] Protecting "config" files during an upgrade

2008-07-01 Thread Rob Mensching
> Am I going to have to resort to a custom action to read the settings and > propagate them? If so, ugh. It seems like there should be a WiX custom > action for simply reading the contents of an XML file (value or > attribute) and putting the value into a property. Open feature request that no one

Re: [WiX-users] Protecting "config" files during an upgrade

2008-06-30 Thread Evans, Jim
tents of an XML file (value or attribute) and putting the value into a property. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Painter Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:30 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re:

Re: [WiX-users] Protecting "config" files during an upgrade

2008-06-30 Thread Christopher Painter
Did the user ever edit it? The default behavior in msi ( REINSTALLMODE property set to OMUS ) for unversioned resources is that if the creation and modification date differ, don't replace the file. MSI/XML can be tricky when you get into situations where the developers want it both ways. T