Would it be bad to check the existence of one of the components then from
the merge module from _outside_ of the merge module? For instance, if I
have one of the components (component1.[guid]) condition of two properties
contained in my merge module, and I have some UI outside of the merge
module, can I condition some text to be displayed depending upon whether
component1.[guid] is being installed? Is that a bad practice?
On 2/7/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Levi Wilson wrote:
Alright, I'll try to tread slowly through this one... I have a merge
module that has a settings file that is packaged with it. I have a file
search setup within my merge module that sets an "OLDSETTINGS" property.
Now, here is where things get fuzzy. IF the OLDSETTINGS exist, the module
will not install the default settings (packaged with it), but instead copy
the old ones over. If the OLDSETTINGS do NOT exist, it will use the
default. The problem that I am running into is that I have a UI page that
has a static text element that will display to the user information about
the "default" settings (when they're used). Now, since the Properties from
the merge module are modularized, the UI can't access that property. So, if
I suppress the modularization to get rid of that, then when I <Condition
/> my <Component /> based upon the OLDSETTINGS property, IT gets modularized
(even though I don't want it to). Has anyone ran into this situation
before? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if more
details are needed.
Short answer: Merge modules aren't spec'd to support what you're looking
for. They should be self-contained, so when they're merged into a feature,
its action state determines whether their components get installed.
One option I've seen teams use is to build a merge module from a
.wixobj/.wixlib. The "internal" product consumes the .wixobj/.wixlib but the
redistribution is the merge module.
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