Anything that is customizable is regarded as user data and should be installed to a safe non-live location and then copied to the live location during your programs first run configuration step (or post install custom action).
Your confg tool/CA then knows where the template source is (which is up to date as it has not been modified by the user) and can decide whether to overwrite the current templates or not. -----Original Message----- From: Carter Young [mailto:ecyo...@grandecom.net] Sent: 15 November 2013 16:12 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help Retrieve full File Path for a File from a CustomAction Provide 1 base theme for every new version of your product. In your SetupUI advise customer that there are more themes available at your website. Package all the unversioned ones on said server to create a revenue stream...Quoting tyler.w.r...@accenture.com: > Hello, > > We have an installer that installs a website and all of its > content including several themes. Now during our system testing they > have discovered that since the themes aren't versioned they don't > always get upgraded and some of these files are editable by the > customer. So what I was told to do is to grab all the unversioned > files and back them up so that the customer can merge their changes > back in after the install. I do know a lot of our customers keep their > themes in version control and just merge them after the install, but > some don't. > > So my thoughts were to query the file table and grab anything that > doesn't have a version and back it up, but how do I resolve the full > install path for the current running install? Belive me if there is a > better way to go about this I would love to hear it because I just > feel wrong doing this. > > Tyler Reid | Operations and Infrastructure | Accenture Software | P&C > Insurance > 1807 Jones Street | Bolivar, MO 65613| USA > Office: +cc.xxx.xxx.xxxx | Fax: 417.777.3792 > E-Mail: > tyler.w.r...@accenture.com<mailto:tyler.w.r...@accenture.com> | > www.accenture.com/pcsoftware<http://www.accenture.com/pcsoftware> > > > > ________________________________ > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise confidential information. If > you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately > and delete the original. Any other use of the e-mail by you is > prohibited. > > Where allowed by local law, electronic communications with Accenture > and its affiliates, including e-mail and instant messaging > (including content), may be scanned by our systems for the purposes > of information security and assessment of internal compliance with > Accenture policy. > > ______________________________________________________________________________________ > > www.accenture.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps > OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access > Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. > Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
