Good to hear that. The bugs were being worked on. Lots of things were being worked on. Often it takes a while for everything to get fixed. We appreciate the bug reports *and* time to fix them. <smile/>
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Will Sullivan <wsulli...@softdocs.com>wrote: > Latest update fixes all my woes! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Sullivan [mailto:wsulli...@softdocs.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 1:54 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile & FirewallException > > Strike that. > > Figured it out, changed my XmlFiles to XmlConfigs. > > And realized that XmlConfig breaks SqlDatabase and FirewallException. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Sullivan [mailto:wsulli...@softdocs.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:41 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile & FirewallException > > Looking again at XmlConfig, I remember why I bailed on it. While XmlFile > is easy to parse and works as expected, XmlConfig has some very weird > limitations and while I can figure out how to do what I want to do in > XmlFile, I can't figure out how to do it in XmlConfig. > > Here's a simplified example of one thing I'm doing with XmlFile: > > <Component Id="ConfigUpdateWithoutInstance" > Guid="5d2b1adf-ab62-49f5-8c17-8c08b26eb926"> > <util:XmlFile Id="connexWithout" > Action="setValue" > > > ElementPath="/configuration/connectionStrings/add[...@name='MyDatabase'[\]]/@connectionString" > File="[INSTALLDIR]HurrDurr.exe.config" > Value="The new config string goes here lol" /> </Component> > > I'm replacing the value of an attribute, which I don't believe you can do > with XmlConfig. You have to do some weird stuff like name the parent > element and then replace its value or something, but I'm not sure how to do > that without including actual XML in the Value, or if that's okay, or what > the hell verifyPath does or if I need it. > > How would that snippet look with XmlConfig, anyhow? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:46 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile & FirewallException > > Use XMLConfig instead? > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Deployment & IT Administrator > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > > http://www.iesve.com > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated > Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow > G20 0SP Email Disclaimer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Sullivan [mailto:wsulli...@softdocs.com] > Sent: 22 April 2010 14:08 > To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] XmlFile & FirewallException > > So, its clear that XmlFile breaks > SqlDatabase<https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2986062&gro > up_id=105970&atid=642714> (I'm real happy at the way this issue is being > ignored, btw). > > Its also become clear to me that XmlFile also breaks FirewallException. > > Is there nothing XmlFile can't do? > > Is there any chance the Wix team is going to do something about all the > freaky side effects that XmlFile causes? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
