I like that. A little table-driven touch custom action. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com
-----Original Message----- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 12:30 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules If they're not being replaced because of the file modification rules, then you could write a custom action to make the creationdate and modifydate identical, and run it early before InstallValidate. Phil Wilson On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:00 AM, John Ludlow <john.ludlow...@gmail.com>wrote: > Of course it's all just nasty hacks. Really, we want away to advise > Windows Installer on a per-file basis how we want particular files to be > compared. > > @Microsoft: Hint, hint! :) > > > On 29 August 2013 14:50, John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> wrote: > > > Agreed. When I need to do this, I make the non-versioned file a > > CompanionFile of the assembly which has the API which consumes those > files. > > At least for WCF web services, that works pretty well. > > > > -- > > John Merryweather Cooper > > Build & Install Engineer -- ESA > > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) > > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > > www.jackhenry.com > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:35 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules > > > > As long as there is an appropriate file to use, I agree, although > > really it has the same result. It wouldn't be appropriate to make > > them a > companion > > of a file they're unrelated to as that would introduce a bogus > > dependency and if that other file ever disappeared, then you could > > introduce some nasty issues. > > > > > > On 29 August 2013 14:26, John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> wrote: > > > > > A better way to do that would be to make them CompanionFile's with > > > a versioned assembly. > > > > > > -- > > > John Merryweather Cooper > > > Build & Install Engineer -- ESA > > > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) > > > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > > > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > > > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > > > www.jackhenry.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: tyler.w.r...@accenture.com > > > [mailto:tyler.w.r...@accenture.com] > > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:01 AM > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Component Rules > > > > > > If I add a <RemoveFile/> to an existing component for a minor > > > upgrade will that violate the component rules? 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