Software Deployment

The simplest route is to put the file list into the RemoveFile table.

what's the easiest way to do this?

I can't believe that Wise wouldn't just have this an an option under the files menu.

IMV, there should be a value that can be added to a file's Attribute in the File table to flag that it should always be overwritten.

InstallShield has an option in its UI but, IIRC,using it simply populates the RemoveFile table on your behalf. You're more than welcome to post it on Symantec's Connect forum as a feature request but, if past experience is any indicator, your children will be grandparents before it even hits the "to be considered" list.

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I can't believe that Wise wouldn't just have this an an option under the files menu.

There is;
Go to the Installation Expert view and select Files under "Feature Details"
Click on the Operation dropdownlist and choose the "Remove File"

That just removes the files, it doesn't overwrite the files.

I just told you that wise supports the RemoveFile table through GUI.

If you want to get dirty then sure; if you really want the files to get overwritten (not just removed and installed) then you need to use the DuplicateFile table.

If the list in the RemoveFile table matches the list in the File table, you have the same effect, don't you? After all, that's all an overwrite operation does anyway: the file gets marked as deleted and the "new" file gets copied.

Couldn't you also just set REINSTALLMODE to amus?
I'd be curious as to why the package isn't overwriting the files as it should according to standard file replacement rules. Maybe the versions are the same?

You're more than welcome to post it on Symantec's Connect forum as a feature request but, if past experience is any indicator, your children will be grandparents before it even hits the "to be considered" list.

I even wonder if that list still exists..;-)