Read this article and let me know if you have any more questions:
http://geekswithblogs.net/Vagmi.Mudumbai/archive/2006/06/11/81426.aspx
John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Christopher,
I'm not even sure what you're asking. :) (I've never claimed to know
much about Windows Installer.)
How do you express your requests in a element?
John
Wintellect
http://www.wintellect.com
877-968-5528
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:03 AM
>To: John Robbins; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN
>
>Can Paraffin handle deprecated components? ( I.e. when a file
disapears
>from the directory link a 0 byte file and set the transitive bit with a
>NOOP condition instead of removing the component element ).
>I need this feature in any tool that I use so that minor uprades will
>properly remove obsolete files.
>
>John Robbins wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> As you all know, Tallow for WiX 2.0 can be a bit, how shall we
say
>it,
> troublesome. :) I developed a better tool, PARAFFIN, which
creates
>an
> easier to use WiX fragment and also handles updating the WiX
>fragment as
> files are added and removed from your directories. It's turned
the
>hours
> and hours of manual WiX fragment editing down to minutes a day
for
>me. I
> thought you all might find it useful. (Note that using PARAFFIN
>can
> break component rules so be careful.)
>
> Here's the links to the discussion and the code:
>
http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/18/wix
>-hints
> -for-new-users-part-1-of-3.aspx
>
http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/19/wix
>-the-p
> ain-of-wix-part-2-of-3.aspx
>
http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix
>-a-bet
> ter-tallow-paraffin.aspx
>
> Please let me know if you find any bugs or have feature
requests.
>
> Hope it's helpful!
>
> John
> Wintellect
> http://www.wintellect.com
> 877-968-5528
>
>
>
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