Hey Phil, not all files are xml some are MVC html views, we would rather replace all the files than let the user try to merge changes back into their dev or live environments. I saw someone else asked a similar question yesterday on overwriting all files on repair which is basically what happens in my case as well
[WiX-users] repair does not repair file that was changed http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg60329.html " You can do something called Version lying. Basically you author your WXS to say the text file has a version number and now it'll always reinstall. There are some down sides though. I will investigate on this to see if it's possible. Thanks for the help so far :) Christoffel le Roux -----Original Message----- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: 28 October 2013 06:03 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Force replace files when applying patch It's safer strategy in these cases to update the existing file, and not destroy data that the user or the system may have entered. It should be just an Xml update, right? Phil Wilson On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:47 AM, Christoffel le Roux < christoffe...@flowcentric.com> wrote: > Hi, When try to patch non-versioned files, the files does not get > replaced when the file on the disk was changed by the user, I know > this is by design, but I need to patch some configuration files that > the user was allowed to update, lets say it's a web.config file, when > some additional content was added to the web.config file from the > build, I need to remove the file the user updated and replace it with > the file in the delta, is there any way that I can force the files to get > reinstalled. > > I did add a removefile element to the files like so: > > > <Component Id="comp_12D9BA535F5443E0B23AF72ED10A3385" > Guid="BC0D1156-F478-4051-BFAF-8FF5AD1EFC1B"> > > <File Id="file_EF33C85A5F3F430DAA97E17D618E4CD2" KeyPath="yes" > Source="$(var.BinariesBuildOutputPath)\web.config " /> > > <RemoveFile > Id="remove_comp_12D9BA535F5443E0B23AF72ED10A3385" Name=" web.config " > On="install" /> > > </Component> > > But after the patch was applied the the web site had significant less > files than what is was supposed to have. > > Please can anyone make any suggestions > > Thanks in advanced. > > This information is intended only for the person or entity to which it > is addressed and may contain private, confidential, proprietary and/or > privileged material and may be subject to confidentiality agreements. > Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or any other use of or > taking of any action in reliance upon this information, by persons or > entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. 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