Uhh, where did you hear that it was okay to add and remove files from a Component during an minor upgrade/patch? That definitely does not work correctly in all scenarios.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:19 PM, TimM <timmay...@smarttech.com> wrote: > Danish, > > The tool that you were creating to help with Dynamic linking of files to a > WiX install is it done yet? If so where can we get it to try it out? > > Now I am really new to WiX and therefore do not know the in's or out's of > it > as I have been using InstallShield for quit some time now. Now I also try > to > stay away from Dynamically linking files/folders, but in the cases where I > have to use it I would usually do each folder as a separate component and > then for each one I would add a static versioned file to set as the key > file. > > This way the component name/ID remain the same and so does the key file for > each build. It does not then matter if files are added or removed from the > component and therefore the build generation between versions are still > compatable for Minor/Patch creation. > > So does your tool handle that? I just know that if the key files, component > ID changes between each build will break minor upgrade/patch creation and > therefore not work as we need. Also as stated we will not have folders > dynamically linked as this will definitly break Minor Upgrade/Patch > creation. > > So what do you do in these cases? > > Thanks, > > Tim Mayert. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-and-dynamic-file-linking-tp688166p7281979.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
