Did the user ever edit it? The default behavior in msi ( REINSTALLMODE property set to OMUS ) for unversioned resources is that if the creation and modification date differ, don't replace the file.
MSI/XML can be tricky when you get into situations where the developers want it both ways. They make a schema change to an XML file that also has configuration data and they want the XML file upgraded and the configuration data persisted. It's not too difficult for a file here or there but once I worked as a company that had a data driven SaaS application that had thousands of these files. Regards, Chris Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Mon, 6/30/08, Chris Ridd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Chris Ridd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [WiX-users] Protecting "config" files during an upgrade > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 12:58 AM > In a mistaken piece of design, one of our MSI packages ends > up > installing a file that we expect the user to then edit. > > Unfortunately doing a package upgrade (or even just a > repair of the > current package, I guess) loses those edits by replacing > the file. > > Are there any attributes that can be set on the File to > mark it as > user-editable/preserve on upgrade? I'm led to believe > that > Installshield had a flag like this. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
