Yes, HostDir is the innermost item in my installation hierarchy. It contains a component and an ini entry (in msi.ini). So if a different msi with this same structure is executed, I'd expect the filesearch to find this file. But it's not. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Ludlow <john.ludlow...@gmail.com> To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." < wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:59:59 +0100 Subject: Re: [WiX-users] filesearch not finding file What sets HostDir? Does HostDir point to a folder containing msi.ini (you can check that from the log)?
2009/7/22 Eric Napier <napi...@gmail.com>: > Component search is a better choice except that I won't know the old > component guid. > So instead I'm checking for the presence of this file. If it's there, I want > to fail the install. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Wilson, Phil" <phil.wil...@wonderware.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. < > wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:09:47 -0700 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] filesearch not finding file > What's the goal here? Are you looking for that file, or is it just a marker > for a previous version of the product? If it was previously installed with > an MSI package a component search would be more reliable - it doesn't depend > on directory locations, and it works if the user changes the install folder > from the default Program Files location. > > Phil Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Napier [mailto:napi...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 8:29 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] filesearch not finding file > > I want to fail an installation if a file (msi.ini) is present. My filesearch > element doesn't seem to be finding my file. I've confirmed the file is > there. > If I remove the filesearch element, the directory search finds the directory > and fails the install. However, when I include the filesearch element it > never finds my file. > Can you see my mistake? > > My code below.Thanks. > > <Property Id="PREVIOUSMSIINSTALLED"> > <DirectorySearch Id="MsiIniSearchDir" Path="[HostDir]"> > <FileSearch Id ="MsiIniSearch" Name="msi.ini"/> > </DirectorySearch> > </Property> > <!-- Do not proceed if an MSI ini was found, unless this is an > uninstallation.--> > <Condition Message="Please remove the previous rep console MSI before > installing.">(REMOVE ~= "ALL") OR (NOT PREVIOUSMSIINSTALLED)</Condition> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
