Unless your Component only creates a Directory then I would always recommend using something else as the KeyPath. The behavior your seeing doesn't surprise me at all. BTW, the WiX toolset will default to the first File or Registry key in the Component as the KeyPath to avoid this sort of problem... so are you explicitly marking the Component Directory as the KeyPath?
-----Original Message----- From: zett42 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:08 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrade problems when using directory as keypath I'm using the scheme described at MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368269(VS.85).aspx) to organize my setup into components. Given a single directory, all files without version information (e.g. *.jpg, etc.) are grouped together into a single component which has the directory as its keypath (i. e. <Component KeyPath="yes" .../>). First installation works as expected. The problem arises when I try to upgrade the installed product by re-installing a newer version (Minor Upgrade with REINSTALL="ALL" REINSTALLMODE="vomus"). Sometimes the files in components, which have the directory as keypath, won't be upgraded. But adding files to the component always works. So my question is: Is it wise to use directory keypathes at all? If not, should I create one dummy file per directory which acts as the keypath for non-versioned files? This idea doesn't look very clean. But I would like to avoid choosing any of the real files as keypath, because component rules say that in an upgrade, a keypath file can never be deleted without deleting the whole component. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Upgrade-problems-when-using-directory-as-keypath-tp1466141p1466141.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
