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WIX util:xmlfile File name is Source attribute

I am moving from a Wise Installer to WIX and am using the util:xmlfile to update a configuration xml file.

This works.

<Component Id="config" Guid="*">
  <File Id="config" Source="..\Source\Desktop\prodconfig.xml" KeyPath="yes" Vital="yes" />
    <util:XmlFile 
      Id="_PORT_" File="[INSTALLDIR]prodconfig.xml"  
      Action="setValue" 
      Name="Port" Value="[PORT]" 
      ElementPath="//Configuration/CommConnectionPools/CommConnectionPool" 
      Sequence='1' />
  </File>
</Component>

This does not work. 

<Component Id="config" Guid="*">
  <File Id="config" Source="..\Source\Desktop\prod-config.xml" KeyPath="yes" Vital="yes" />
    <util:XmlFile 
      Id="_PORT_" File="[INSTALLDIR]prod-config.xml"  
      Action="setValue" 
      Name="Port" Value="[PORT]" 
      ElementPath="//Configuration/CommConnectionPools/CommConnectionPool" 
      Sequence='1' />
  </File>
</Component>

When the .msi executes with the first component, everything is fine. In the second version, an error is returned "Error 25531. Failed to open XML file..."

As far as I can tell the only difference is the hyphen in the file name.

Any suggestions as to what the difference might be?

Solution

  • Try using the file's id instead of hard-coding the name

    [#config] //which will refer to the File Id

    instead of

    [INSTALLDIR]prod-config.xml