"Prabh" <Prab_kar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
> In my .msi I need to make Foo.txt "Leave installed on uninstall" and
> "Never Overwrite if already exists".
> For this I need to set the attribute of the component to 144.
>
> I can see no way of doing this from Visual Studio 2003 .NET.
> How does one set attributes, properties from .NET?
> Is ORCA the only way out?
>
> I made up a transform which sets the component's attribute to 144 and
> apply this transform everytime the .msi is recompiled. This is
> cumbersome and it'd be great if .NET could allow setting attributes.
> Any way out of this?
>
> Thanks,
> Prab

On 26 Feb 2004 12:37:19 -0800, Prab_kar@hotmail.com (Prabh) wrote:

>Hello all,
>In my .msi I need to make Foo.txt "Leave installed on uninstall" and
>"Never Overwrite if already exists".
>For this I need to set the attribute of the component to 144.
>
>I can see no way of doing this from Visual Studio 2003 .NET.
>How does one set attributes, properties from .NET?
>Is ORCA the only way out?
>
>I made up a transform which sets the component's attribute to 144 and
>apply this transform everytime the .msi is recompiled. This is
>cumbersome and it'd be great if .NET could allow setting attributes.
>Any way out of this?