Check out: http://wixcontrib.codeplex.com/. It has a RemoveFoldersEx extension.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Elfe Xu <elf...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi, > > RemoveFolder can only remove empty folders, and RemoveFile can use > wildchar, but it does not support wildchar for unknown name subfolders like > **\*.* . > > My installer create a CustomData folder, and each customer will have its > own subfolder. They can create sub-subfolders and put files under their > folder. So the folder hierarchy will be like below after the product runs > for a few days: > My Product > --CustomData > ----Alice > -------Photo > ----------1.jpg > ----------2.jpg > ----Bob > -------Music > ----------3.mp3 > ----------4.mp3 > > I read the article > http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2008/07/01/from-msi-to-wix-part-19-the-art-of-custom-action-part-1.aspx. > However, I have some concern: > > 1) For the rollback approach, how could I determine what temp folder > path I should use? If the custom data size is huge, it will require lots of > extra space for the temp folder which might cause failure, and will also > make the performance bad. > > 2) For the edit MSI table approach, we can put files into the > RemoveFile table, but what about the sub folders? There is a CreateFolder > table, but no RemoveFolder path. > > Remove subfolder and files created by application seems a very generic > scenario. I'm surprised if the Windows Installer does not provide an easy > way to do this. > > Thanks, > -Elfe > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
