The Source element tells the WiX toolset where to get the files to put them into your MSI. If you don't rebuild your MSI then you're not getting the new file in your MSI.
-----Original Message----- From: kkrules1 [mailto:kkrul...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 01:57 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] upgrade set up using wix hi i have tried upgrading files and it works fine ..after lot of trial and error ..but now im am faced with a new dilema ..i have a text file with some contents and im refering to the file in this way <File Id="version3.txt" Source="C:\Documents and Settings\abc\Desktop\Version3.txt" ></File> i build this code and "Version3.txt" file is deployed in the required location. ...evrything is fine so far as you can see i am hardcoding the path .now i change the contents of "version3.txt" i.e the text and install the set up again without building the wix code(after uninstalling the setup) . i am using <RemoveExistingProducts Before='InstallInitialize'/> to remove the existing products and the contents are removed. here is the tricky part ... when i install the set up again the "Version3.txt" file is deployed in the required location but its contents are the old one (not the changes that i have made .... does the wix code take current file at a path (the hardcoded path C:\Documents and Settings\abc\Desktop\Version3.txt ) or the file during the build ??? if so then how do i go about this problem ?? is the problem only for text files . im using major upgrade syntax as im adding a few files and upgrading few files. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/upgrade-set-up-using-wix-tp2231323p2231323.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
