Wix modify an existing ini file

Question

I was trying to modify an .ini file in Wix

If it does not exists, the msi does not complete....

how do I check for this
I really want to modify it

Yes I looked at other stackoverflow questions/answers and on google

I was trying this...

      <Component Id="TestIni" Guid="*">
        <CreateFolder />

        <IniFile Id="Ini1"
                 Action="createLine"
                 Directory="INSTALLLOCATION"
                 Section="Test"
                 Name="Minimal.ini"
                 Key="TestKey"
                 Value="TestValue" />

        <IniFile Id="Ini2"
                 Action="createLine"
                 Directory="WindowsFolder"
                 Section="Test"
                 Name="Minimal.ini"
                 Key="TestKey"
                 Value="WindowsFolder TestValue" />

      </Component>

score 9 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 10 '13 at 06:22

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Use Action="addLine" or Action="addTag" if you want to modify an existing value.

edited Jun 10 '13 at 06:22

Yan Sklyarenko

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answered Jun 07 '13 at 23:33

Bob Arnson

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how do I check for if the Minimal.ini file exists? Say I need to check to see if it is in C:\MyIni\LocationIni\ – Jun 07 '13 at 23:41
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Action="addLine" or Action="addTag" will do the right thing whether the .ini file exists or not. – Bob Arnson Jun 07 '13 at 23:43
changed the createLine to AddLine on both, but still errors , I then noticed I had left { } around GUID , I removed those, same issue – Jun 08 '13 at 00:17
I forget, I moved on to something else.... sorry. It was just stopping the msi from running – Jun 12 '13 at 18:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '13 at 12:21

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You could use the FileSearch element to set a property and then use this property in a condition.

answered Jun 10 '13 at 12:21

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Wix modify an existing ini file

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