I am not familiar with merge module, but taking in account the scenario I described as a reply to Blair's email (same thread), do you think it would help me?
I will actually put here the reply to Blair's email just for easier reference: "First of all I have to mention that the partner problem is just for our sale people. To make everything clearer: all the clients, which mean _our_ and _their_ clients, will have _our_ logo, so I need a "workaround" only for our sale people, who for whatever reason want only for their demo systems to NOT have the partner logo updated. Being _our_ sale people, meaning only a few people, I should find a workaround that do not disturb at all the already written and tested installer as it is now provided to all our clients. Because of that I actually thought like this: - for the sales people I will build a first time installer containing the exact same files like the normal installer, only that the mylogo.jpg content is different and also a dummy file, let's name it "bundle", gets also installed - they use this installer, install the product on their demo systems - after this point, any update we provide for _our_ clients should be used also by these sales ppl, with the point that mylogo.jpg in _their_ cases should not be updated This is the request, so I was thinking: in the first time installer that we give _just_ to our sales people, the dumy file "bundle" gets installed and any later update (update that should be identical for our sale people and our clients) should take care not to update the mylogo.jpg if the "bundle" file is found, b/c then it's our sales people. In case the bundle file is not there, meaning is a client not a sales person, then the mylogo.jpg should be updated. Also I have to leave the: <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/> untouched. " Important thing is: I'm allowed to do a first time installer for our sales people which is different then the rest, but the updates should be identical for clients and sales people, and the sales people shouldn't have to do anything after an update. Thank you! MeCoco On 11/23/2010 4:43 PM, Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) wrote: > Why not give your partner a merge-module or wixlib. That way he is can > control which version of your product goes with which version of his and > it solves the logo problem > > Your build consumes the same thing you give the partner and then adds > your logo > > -----Original Message----- > From: MeCoco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 6:35 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] If file exists, don't update another file > > Hi Dave, > > I can't do that. Here is the explanation: we have a product which we > release to different clients. We also have a partner with whom we > bundle, so he wants to offer our product together with his, but the logo > > should stay his logo. We can't have his logo and our logo in the > installer, as we don't want the clients digging that up. > So we agreed on the following: first time when he installs the product > he places a dummy file.txt into the installation directory and his own > logo. When we provide an installer which is upgrading our software, in > case the update is for our own clients, the logo should be updated, but > if the upgrade is run by the partner-client the logo shouldn't be > updated, so basically our update should check if the file.txt is there > and if yes should not update the logo. > > In other words: if in the installation folder there is a specific file, > eg file.txt, then a specific file, eg mylogo.jpg should _not_ be > updated. > > And I'm not sure how one can do that when: > <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/> > as from what I read, the product is completely removed first so his logo > > will be gone. > > Thank you, > MeCoco > > > > On 11/23/2010 2:59 PM, David Watson wrote: >> Why not include both logos in your new msi and install only one >> conditionally. >> >> Dave >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: MeCoco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] >> Sent: 23 November 2010 13:04 >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> Subject: [WiX-users] If file exists, don't update another file >> >> Hi all, >> >> I have to do the following: if in the installation folder there is a >> specific file, eg file.txt, then a specific file, eg mylogo.jpg should >> _not_ be updated. >> The installer is doing always major upgrades. >> >> My question is: assuming that the request can be done by using a >> conditional component (not yet sure how, but this is another story) >> could I do that if in the installer I have: >> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/>? Or this won't > work >> because the product is first completely removed and only then the new >> version installed, so basically the mylogo.jpg is gone as part of >> removing old products, so it won't be preserved, so the new one, the > one >> from the package will be installed? >> >> If what I wrote above is correct, is there any other way to implement >> the above request (if in the installation folder there is a specific >> file, eg file.txt, then a specific file, eg mylogo.jpg should _not_ be >> updated) without changing the: >> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/>? (I'm not allowed > to >> change the place of the removing old products) >> >> Thank you in advance, >> Mecoco >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------ >> Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App& Earn a Chance To Win $500! >> Tap into the largest installed PC base& get more eyes on your game by >> optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. 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