What vital primarily means is: when there is an error copying the file into place, don't supply an "ignore" button on the error/how-to-continue dialog. The user has just two choices: try again, or abort/rollback (depending on whether rollback was disabled or not).
-----Original Message----- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@wonderware.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:50 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File is not copying sometime with Vital="yes" Just to point out that vital doesn't mean "install this file whatever else happens"..... There are still component rules etc that take precedence. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368596(VS.85).aspx and msidbFileAttributesVital Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) [mailto:v-sgo...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:56 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File is not copying sometime with Vital="yes" In Log file it is saying Installed:Absent MSI (s) (1C:4C) [06:03:02:129]: Component: notepad.exe; Installed: Absent; Request: Null; Action: Null -----Original Message----- From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers.br...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:59 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File is not copying sometime with Vital="yes" Hey, Have you checked the log file output to see what the installer says is happening to those particular files? Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove <-- NEW On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) < v-sgo...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have one file which has property vital="yes" but on some machine it is > not copying and installation is showing successful. > > Anybody has any clue why it is happening. > > Regards > -Sandeep > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. 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