Software Deployment

I don't get it - you don't know the names of the .dll files but you don't want to use wildcards either?!

Based on what you've said I can only suggest using a vbscript with session.property to identify the file names and pass them back to Windows installer a public property - you should then be able to use these properties in the removefile table - but I've never tried this so don't know for sure it would work!

Good luck!

Cheers,
Rob.

No, sorry.. I know my assemblies names.. I didn't want to write it here, for privacy reasons. let's say the assembly name is MyAssembly.dll, OK?

So, what must be the FileName column syntax? MYASSEMB~1.INS|MyAssembly.InstallLog and MYASSEMB~2.INS|MyAssembly.InstallState didn't work

MYASSEMB~1.INS|MyAssembly.InstallLog and MYASSEMB~2.INS|MyAssembly.InstallState didn't work

Well this should work - did you put the relevant entry into the DirProperty column too? And have the right install mode value, valid associated component etc?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371201%28VS.85%29.aspx

Cheers,
Rob.

It looks to me like there's some entries missing in your table data in the first post. I'd say you can just use the desired filename, as in MyAssembly.InstallState.
What component did you link the RemoveFile operation to, and is this component being uninstalled at the moment when you want your files removed?

PJ

EDIT: So close... Hey Rob [:)]

EDIT: So close... Hey Rob

Ha! At least we're both along the same lines! I recokon we're onto something here... [;)]

rattata - tell us you've been validating the MSI ..?

Rob,

dir property = INSTALLDIR
right install mode value = 2 (on uninstall)
valid component = MyAssembly.dll

It should work, and I knew the MSDN article, but it doesn't work :-)

PJ,
MyAssembly.dll component request state = 2 (uninstall)
whole uninstallation works fine, just the two files .InstallLog .InstallState are left

You cannot use long filenames, or you will get ICE03 -> needs 8.3|longfilename (without wildcard)
This didn't work for me, as described above.

ORIGINAL: MSIPackager

rattata - tell us you've been validating the MSI ..?



yes, i'm using InstallShield 2011 validating against all cubs, see ICE03

What does a verbose log say?

have you tried opening a command shell, going to the directory containing the files and using dir /x ? This should give you the short filenames...

also, reading up on 8.3 filename notation on Wikipedia, my eye fell on the following:

Beginning with Windows 2000, if at least 4 files or folders already exist with the same initial 6 characters in their short names, the stripped LFN is instead truncated to the first 2 letters of the basename (or 1 if the basename has only 1 letter), followed by 4 hexadecimal digits derived from an undocumented hash of the filename, followed by a tilde, followed by a single digit, followed by a period ".", followed by the first 3 characters of the extension.
Example: "TextFile.Mine.txt" becomes "TE021F~1.TXT".1

perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...