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‎Mar 04, 2013
04:07 PM
Preserving unused tables on compile
Is there any way to prevent unused tables from being deleted in a MSI, when you compile from an ISM project?
For example, the AppSearch, Signature, Reglocator tables are always removed from the MSI if they're blank in the ISM.
I have my reasons for keeping those tables in the MSI, as we have automated scripts which populate entries in those tables.
For example, the AppSearch, Signature, Reglocator tables are always removed from the MSI if they're blank in the ISM.
I have my reasons for keeping those tables in the MSI, as we have automated scripts which populate entries in those tables.
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‎Mar 05, 2013
07:35 AM
In the Releases view, select the release that you are building. Its settings are displayed on various tabs in the right pane. On the Build tab, in the Keep Unused Directories setting, select Yes. (The default value is No.)
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‎Apr 01, 2013
12:49 PM
For a fine-grained tweak to which tables are kept or dropped, you can edit \Support\0409\Settings.xml. Keep a backup, and look for EmptyTableDisposition. You can override the behavior for each table as you see fit; this will apply to all of your projects built on the machine with the edited Settings.xml file.
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‎Apr 01, 2013
02:55 PM
MichaelU wrote:
For a fine-grained tweak to which tables are kept or dropped, you can edit\Support\0409\Settings.xml. Keep a backup, and look for EmptyTableDisposition. You can override the behavior for each table as you see fit; this will apply to all of your projects built on the machine with the edited Settings.xml file.
MichaelU. Thanks a lot! That was exactly what I was after.
Many thanks.
Regards,
Aaron
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‎Apr 04, 2013
08:43 AM
I have to say, a switch all about directories is not the first place I'd go looking for how to affect the installs treatment of tables !
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‎Apr 26, 2016
10:53 AM
@Debbie: The original question was about tables, not directories. Thank you Michael for pointing out.
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