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‎Jun 18, 2014
08:53 AM
Question about resiliency
I have a basic MSI project that is setup with the following feature structure:
Complete
>Client Only (child feature)
>Databases (child feature)
>>Mobile (child of Databases)
The app.exe file is in its own component for Complete
A database.mdf and .ldf exists in its own component under Databases. The .mdf file is the key file.
I install and everything works correctly.
I then remove the database.mdf and .ldf files from the application directory. I start the app.exe file from the desktop shortcut. However, there is no attempt to repair the install.
I can remove several files that are key files and still not get resiliency to kick in when the app starts.
What am I missing? Is my understanding of resiliency wrong?
Thank you.
Complete
>Client Only (child feature)
>Databases (child feature)
>>Mobile (child of Databases)
The app.exe file is in its own component for Complete
A database.mdf and .ldf exists in its own component under Databases. The .mdf file is the key file.
I install and everything works correctly.
I then remove the database.mdf and .ldf files from the application directory. I start the app.exe file from the desktop shortcut. However, there is no attempt to repair the install.
I can remove several files that are key files and still not get resiliency to kick in when the app starts.
What am I missing? Is my understanding of resiliency wrong?
Thank you.
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- resiliency
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‎Jun 18, 2014
02:05 PM
Thank you for the reply. In all my years of working with MSI I had never learned that the component check never goes down the feature tree, only up. 🙂
It is good to learn something new every day.
It is good to learn something new every day.
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‎Jun 19, 2014
01:43 PM
Found out the hard way myself. 😄
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