Re: [WiX-users] Wix - Prevent XMLFile updates on Repair option

2007-06-16 Thread Bob Arnson
BhaveshG wrote: > I was able to figure the syntax and execute but this is works only for > install and uninstall. It does not have a repair option and hence the files > do get overwritten with the XML stuff:( > In WiX v3, you can override the conditions on custom actions but that's not availab

Re: [WiX-users] Wix - Prevent XMLFile updates on Repair option

2007-06-13 Thread BhaveshG
I was able to figure the syntax and execute but this is works only for install and uninstall. It does not have a repair option and hence the files do get overwritten with the XML stuff:( Bhavesh BhaveshG wrote: > > Thanks Bob. > > Please do let me know the XmlConfig syntax. > > Currently i

Re: [WiX-users] Wix - Prevent XMLFile updates on Repair option

2007-06-13 Thread BhaveshG
Thanks Bob. Please do let me know the XmlConfig syntax. Currently in my files the values I have set during first-install are overwritten in "Repair" mode with blank values. I would not like to execute the XMLFile statements again in repair mode. Bhavesh Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > BhaveshG wro

Re: [WiX-users] Wix - Prevent XMLFile updates on Repair option

2007-06-13 Thread Bob Arnson
BhaveshG wrote: > I cannot use XmlConfig as I need to update value for the XML elements and > XmlConfig I guess only has create and delete options. > XmlConfig is a superset of XmlFile functionality. You'll have to author it different but should be able to do everything XmlFile supports with

Re: [WiX-users] Wix - Prevent XMLFile updates on Repair option

2007-06-12 Thread BhaveshG
Thanks for your reply. I cannot use XmlConfig as I need to update value for the XML elements and XmlConfig I guess only has create and delete options. The other option which I thought and used while repair was to set the condition for the component by having transitive to yes and then checking f

Re: [WiX-users] Wix - Prevent XMLFile updates on Repair option

2007-06-12 Thread Bob Arnson
BhaveshG wrote: > 1. Typically when you do a repair only the files that are missing or corrupt > are deployed which happens to me as well. But even for the existing file > XMLFile statement is executed and my files are updated on "Repair". The > XMLFile tag does not accept any "Condition" text as t