Thanks for the information!
It has been very helpful.
Luciana
--- On Sat, 25/4/09, Heath Stewart wrote:
From: Heath Stewart
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is it allowed to remove all files within a component
with a patch?
To: istoc_luci...@yahoo.com, "General discussion for Windows Installer XML
toolset."
Date: Saturday, 25 April, 2009, 6:36 PM
Generally you should not remove files in a patch, but if you must: within the
same component that owns the files remove the File elements and add RemoveFile
elements for the same files. You cannot, however, remove the KeyPath file
legally. You also cannot remove the component or you will break any parent
features.
See http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2006/01/23/516457.aspx (trackbacks to
that post also have some recommended solutions, but our blog server is
currently down for maintenance and should be back up later this weekend).
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 2:44 AM, luciana istoc wrote:
Hi,
Does Windows Installer allow to remove all the files authored within a
component by applying a patch?
For example a patch (small update) would like to remove both files from the
next component:
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