That worked perfectly. Thanks! Andrew
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote: > If your base XML file (as shared by all three products) is fairly static, > you should be able to create a shared component (a component where the GUID > and the directory are the same for all three products). If your XML > "transformations" can be applied in any order, you shouldn't have any > problem using them (you will need to have them be in a different component > than the shared component, unique to each product). If those components > include "removal" instructions, you should be able to easily add/remove > products easily. > > If any of your transformations need to change the same node in your base > XML, you will have some additional work that may require a custom action to > read the current file to compute the new value(s) to use. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Hammond [mailto:andrew.george.hamm...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:42 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] shared config file clobbering > > I have an XML config file which is shared by three products. Each installer > currently uses util:XmlFile actions to put appropriate information in the > config file. When only one product is installed, this works fine, but when > two or more are installed, the last one installed clobbers the config of > any > others. What I would like is for any of them to install the base file if it > doesn't exist and then to apply the xml transformations so that the end > result is a merge of all the transformations involved. These > transformations > are idempotent and discrete. Is this a reasonable approach or is there a > better solution? The other idea I had was to have the file be in a separate > installer and then have the other installers depend on it and only run the > transformations. Can anyone please offer advice? > > Andrew > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
