Hi I asked for something like this a couple weeks ago and got no response. Adam asks Why?
For my case imagine this concept.... We have a product that goes out to about 40 resellers. The product is branded for each reseller in the form of a couple of logos and some template documents. Basically the logos and template ends up in a folder next to the installed application as the application contains branded reseller information. So as I see it we have two options when we release a new version of the application. 1) We compile the msi WITH logos and some template documents 40 times for each reseller and distribute a different msi for each reseller. This causes a massive problem for product updates as templates change and resellers with have to contact us to create EACH msi. 2) We compile the msi WITHOUT the logo and templates and send the SAME msi to all resellers. Each reseller only has burn the msi along with a folder containing their logo and templates and distribute this to their clients. Logistically point 2 makes more sense apart from the fact that these files cannot be tracked by the uninstaller which can be deemed bad and as always point 2 makes more sense from our managers point of view!!! Orphaned files can be deleted from uninstall that were not part of the installer http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson1.php#1.8 Xin to get round this problem I run a VBS script that xcopys the files to the installation directory within WIX just before the installation completes. I can send you details if you are interested but please note that I have yet to test this on Vista as I bet it will probably cause a problem. Any lateral thoughts here would be good from others to get round compiling the msi 40 times? Has anyone else got round this problem? If so how? Many thanks Richard -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Majer Sent: 28 January 2008 06:02 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Unzip a .zip file in MSI Xin Liu (Intl Vendor) wrote: > In our msi there is a .zip file needed to be unzipped to target folder > during installation. Does Wix directly support this kind of action? Why? Isn't the MSI file like a zip file? Anyway, your solution is really nasty. As far as I know, it will prevent the content of the zip file from being tracked by Windows Installer. Removing the installation will leave rogue files behind. Just specify the content of the zip file in the source schema as one of the components that is to be installed. The result will be the same as with zipfile, but at least the files will be tracked inherently by the installer. - Adam -- Mail Etiquette ============== * Quote properly or not at all. Top posters, this applies to you! * When replying to posts on mailing lists, only address the mailing list unless poster explicitly requested you include them in CC ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
