You could put D2.dll into its own feature, and force that feature to not be
removed on product removal if product 1 is still installed. You get the same
"effect" of D2.dll getting orphaned but at least you don't perpetrate the
problems of sharing binaries in the same component in all other scenarios.
> From: michael.partri...@petrosys.com.au
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:07:56 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding a new dependent file to shared component
> without breaking component rules
>
> If I put D2.dll in its own component, then, assuming Product1 and Product2
> installed, when Product2 is uninstalled, D2.dll will be removed. However,
> A.dll will still be at version 1.1.0, so will have lost its dependency and
> thusly won't run.
>
> NB: I can't change Product1 - it's already in the field and won't have any
> updates. In reality Product1 and Product2 are different versions of our
> product that can be installed side-by-side - users like to have access to
> previous versions.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
> Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013 6:14 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding a new dependent file to shared component
> without breaking component rules
>
> Why not put D2.dll in it's own Component?
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Michael Partridge <
> michael.partri...@petrosys.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I was wondering if the state of play has changed at all since
> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/703359/wix-add-new-file-to-shared-componentwas
> > discussed?
> >
> > Basically, I have Product1 (already released) and Product2 (in
> > development) which both share the same component A.dll. A.dll is
> > installed to %COMMONFILES%/MyProducts/.
> >
> > Product1 installs A.dll version 1.0.0, which is dependent upon D1.dll.
> > Product2 installs A.dll version 1.1.0, which is dependent upon D1.dll
> > and D2.dll.
> >
> > Due to the way that A.dll is used (it's a COM component registered in
> > a thirdparty application, and we can only register one .dll) there
> > isn't the option of creating newA.dll and putting that into Product2.
> > (At least not without breaking Product1.)
> >
> > I think my only option is to add D2.dll in A.dll's component, breaking
> > the component rules, and live with the fact that D2.dll will remain on
> > the user's computer if they uninstall Product2 then uninstall
> > Product1. At least then, if someone uninstalls Product2 our .dll will
> > continue to run correctly.
> >
> > Does anyone have any further insight?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michael
> >
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