1. The Windows Installer evaluates the KeyPaths when deciding to repair existing installed Components. If you use a Directory as the KeyPath then the Directory just has to exist for the Component to skip being repaired. There are lots of variables in this that can affect the behavior but the default would behave this way.
2. And that's why it is recommended to make very, very small Components. <smile/> -----Original Message----- From: zett42 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:28 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade problems when using directory as keypath Thanks for your reply. Could you please shed some light on why exactly this behaviour occurs? Knowing something is a good thing - understanding is even better. And yes, I have marked the component directory explicitly as the keypath. I wanted to avoid choosing a keypath file, because in an upgrade, I would have to modify the keypath file every time any of the other files change. The files in the directory are independent of each other (just a bunch of *.jpg), so it would not make much sense to be forced to always change the keypath file. Rob Mensching-2 wrote: > > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Upgrade-problems-when-using-directory-as-keypath-tp1466141p1466302.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
