Software Deployment

Hi,

I am quite new to packaging, so forgive me if this question seems obvious.

I have created a .msi to install a local application, which works fine, However i have also set the msi to remove any older version of this app, if detected.

My problem resides with the application's .ini file. If I install the app without any previous version, the .ini file is installed correctly, without any problems.

If I install the app, but get it to remove a previous version, the .ini file is not updated correctly.

The applications Original .ini file looks like this:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[XCS Access]
LastEnvironment=1
Environment1=Training,server1,9361
[Login]
Username=
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The new .ini file should look like this:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Login]
Username=joanne
[XCS Access]
Environment1=(Training),server1,1111
Environment2=(Live),server1,1112
LastEnvironment=1
[Install]
RemoteInstallationDirectory=\\server1\app1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

But what I get is this:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[XCS Access]
Environment2=(Live),server1,1112
[Install]
RemoteInstallationDirectory=\\server1\app1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My msi's inifile table looks like this, please excuse the bad formatting. I have tried the different 'Action' types as well.

Filename, Inifile, DirProperty, Section, Key, Value, Action, Component_
"ecamis.ini","Environment1","WindowsFolder","XCS Access","Environment1","(Training),server1,1111","0","IniFile"
"ecamis.ini","Environment2","WindowsFolder","XCS Access","Environment2","(Live),server1,1112", "0","IniFile"
"ecamis.ini","LastEnvironment","WindowsFolder","XCS Access","LastEnvironment","1", "0","IniFile"
"ecamis.ini","RemoteInstallationDirectory","WindowsFolder","Install","RemoteInstallationDirectory","\\server1\app1","0","IniFile"
"ecamis.ini","Username","WindowsFolder","Login","Username","joanne", "0","IniFile"



Any help would be gratefully recevied.

Asked 16 years ago 2070 views