How to use RemoveFile Element?

Ma liang

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Feb 6, 2006, 12:07:26 AM2/6/06

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Hi all,
I want to delete a file not copied by the file system.
However I want to delete it.
For instance,my product has installed into c:\program
files\Test
And there is a relative file named 1.txt that is saved in d:\saved files\1.
txt

The question is how to delete the file named 1.txt.
I have get the idea that I can use remove file,but I want the detail.

Thanks a lot.

Rob Hamflett

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Feb 6, 2006, 5:13:02 AM2/6/06

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The specific details will depend on what you're using to author the MSI. Here's the MSDN reference
for the RemoveFile table.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/removefile_table.asp?frame=true

Rob

iori

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Feb 6, 2006, 11:00:24 AM2/6/06

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you can also call vbscript from your installation to delete files

Ma liang

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Feb 6, 2006, 9:02:58 PM2/6/06

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Please tell me the detail
thanks a lot
maybe u can give me some codes of this
thanks.

Ma liang

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Feb 6, 2006, 9:04:02 PM2/6/06

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if u know how,please tell me the detail
give me any code that can help me
thanks

Rob Hamflett

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Feb 7, 2006, 4:01:14 AM2/7/06

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Again, if you want details we need to know what you're using to make the MSI.

Rob

Ma liang

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Feb 7, 2006, 8:01:38 PM2/7/06

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I use WIX to make the msi
3x again

Rob Hamflett

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Feb 8, 2006, 4:57:26 AM2/8/06

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Try something like

and then have a property like this
<Property id="SAVEDFILES" Value="D:\saved files"/>

I used the property to set the path because I'm not sure how to specify a directory as being the D
drive. I've done this before and it works fine.

I've had some trouble with getting RemoveFile to work in the past, but hopefully this'll be OK.

Rob

Ma liang

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Feb 8, 2006, 8:33:25 PM2/8/06

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Thanks very much.

1.Another question is that: can I get the directory from the registry and
then use it as you tell me.
just like this:
<Property Id="INSTALLDIR">
<RegistrySearch Id="DotNetRegistry" Type="directory" Root="HKLM"
Key="Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\Setup\VC#" Name="ProductDir" />
</Property>

Can I use the property above like this,
<Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="savedf~1" LongName="saved files">

2.Last question
Can I connect two property as one property,
that means one's value is "d:\test",the other's value is "test1",I want the
result as d:\test\test1

Can I get this?and how?

Thanks very much.

Rob Hamflett

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Feb 9, 2006, 5:23:45 AM2/9/06

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Ma liang wrote:
> Thanks very much.
>
> 1.Another question is that: can I get the directory from the registry and
> then use it as you tell me.
> just like this:
> <Property Id="INSTALLDIR">
> <RegistrySearch Id="DotNetRegistry" Type="directory" Root="HKLM"
> Key="Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\Setup\VC#" Name="ProductDir" />
> </Property>
>
> Can I use the property above like this,
> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="savedf~1" LongName="saved files">
> <Component Id="remfile" Guid="INSERT-GUID-HERE">
> <RemoveFile Id="rem1.txt" Name="1.txt" On="uninstall"/>
> </Component>
> <Component Id="remfolder" Guid="INSERT-GUID-HERE">
> <RemoveFolder Id="remsavedfolder" On="uninstall"/>
> </Component>
> </Directory>

Yeah, you can do this.

>
> 2.Last question
> Can I connect two property as one property,
> that means one's value is "d:\test",the other's value is "test1",I want the
> result as d:\test\test1
>
> Can I get this?and how?

You need to do it through a Custom Action, which will look something like this.

You then need to sequence the Custom Action at some point before you need to use MyValue.

Rob
>
> Thanks very much.