Deployment Condition Statement for checking File Version?

[Don]

I've added a Setup and Deployment project to my Visual Studio 2005 Windows
Application solution and have several OCX and DLL files that will be
installed. But I can't seem to find any examples in the Help and
Walk-Throughs that show the syntax for the Condition Statement I need to set
in File Installation Properties to keep the Installer from overwriting
existing files unless the Date/Time and Version are older. I'd appreciate
any examples or links to examples. Thanks!

[Gary Chang[MSFT]]

Hi Don,

>But I can't seem to find any examples in the Help and
Walk-Throughs that show the syntax for the Condition Statement
I need to set in File Installation Properties to keep the Installer from
overwriting existing files unless the Date/Time and Version are older

1. Add a File Search item, click main menu View | Editors | Launch
Conditions, then select 'Add File Search' on the 'Search Target Machine'
node.

2. In the new added File Search's item Properties sheet, specify the
filename, file folder, date and version properties of the target file you
want to check in the target machine. Please also customize the 'Property'
name of that File search item, for example CHECKDLL1. (CHECKDLL2,
CHECKDLL3, CHECKOCX...)

3. Open the Properties sheet of the corresponding files in your setup
project (Right click the target file node in the Solution explorer, the
press ALT+Enter), specify the following in its 'Condition' field:
NOT CHECKDLL1
I hope the above information helps, if you have any questions or concerns,
please do not hesitate to let me know. I am standing by to help you.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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[Don]

Hi Gary,

the Condition Statement
I need to set in File Installation Properties to keep the Installer from
overwriting existing files unless the Date/Time and Version are older

1. Add a File Search item, click main menu View | Editors | Launch
Conditions, then select 'Add File Search' on the 'Search Target Machine'
node.

It was only after I posted my original question that I discovered the
Windows Installer File Versoning rules at the following page in the MSDN
Library:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ning_rules.asp

Can I just let the default rules take care of whether a file gets
overwritten, or do I still need to create a 'Search Target Machine' Launch
Condition for each DLL and OCX file?

Thanks,
Don

[Gary Chang[MSFT]]

Hi Don,

>Can I just let the default rules take care of whether a file gets
overwritten, ...

No Problem, just can let the default file versioning rules works for you.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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