You can actually put a <Condition> element inside your <Component
Id="CopyFileComponent"> element, and set its condition that way. The
condition will apply to the entire component, which in this case
contains your <CopyFile> element.

>From the WiX docs: "Under a Component element, the condition becomes the
condition of the component."

What you want is something like this:

<Fragment>
  <DirectoryRef Id="MyDir">
    <Component Id="CopyFileComponent" ...>
      <CopyFile/> <!-- copy file elements here -->
      <Condition>MYOLDVER</Condition>
    </Component> 
  </DirectoryRef>
</Fragment>

Hope that helps. :)
 
Lorne Laliberte
Indigo Rose Software


________________________________

        From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Levi
Wilson
        Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:50 AM
        To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
        Subject: Re: [WiX-users] <CopyFile/> vs. CA
        
        
        I forgot to mention that both versions can coexist on the
machine.
        
        
        On 1/25/07, Levi Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: 

                If I detect an older version of a product (via a
<RegistrySearch/> and set into "MYOLDVER") I would like to take settings
files installed for that version, and copy them into the newer version's
settings folder.  Would the best way be to do a CA to do this?  I saw
the <CopyFile/> element, but it doesn't appear that you can specify a
condition on this.  To use the copy file would I have to do this: 
                
                <Fragment>
                  <DirectoryRef Id="MyDir">
                    <Component Id="CopyFileComponent" ...>
                      <CopyFile/> <!-- copy file elements here -->
                     </Component> 
                  </DirectoryRef>
                </Fragment>
                
                And then in my <Feature /> tree put the condition like
this:
                
                <ComponentRef
Id="CopyFileComponent">MYOLDVER</ComponentRef>
                
                Is that correct?  Is there a better way to do this?
Thanks in advance. 
                




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