Yup, thanks the version lying did the trick, I'm using a modified version of paraffin.exe I added a 'alwaysoverwrite' and 'DefaultfileVersion' command line attributes to get the DefualtVersion added to the wxs output.
Thanks for all the help guys. Christoffel le Roux -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] Sent: 31 October 2013 01:12 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.; General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Force replace files when applying patch Trust me, I know what I'm doing. :) ---------------------------------------- From: "Nicolás Alvarez" <nicolas.alva...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 5:42 PM To: "General discussion about the WiX toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Force replace files when applying patch 2013/10/30 Christopher Painter <chr...@iswix.com>: > > > And a rollback CA and a commit CA and..... :) If that works for you, > fine. I won't call it a 'bad thing'. We all have to do dirty things now > and then, don't we? :) > > My personal favoring is setting the installdir to C:\Progra~1\ .... grin. That's the kind of dangerous assumption that gets your app mentioned (not by name) in The Old New Thing blog. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2007/04/02/2008357.aspx Also, on my Windows XP computer, the program files directory can't possibly be C:\Progra~1 since its long name is C:\Archivos de programa\. -- Nicolás ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users 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. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all storage media. FlowCentric is neither liable for proper, complete transmission of the information contained in this communication, any delay in its receipt or that the mail is virus-free. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
