TestStand Deployment Not Installing Files

TestStand 3.1
We have created a custom OI and Process Model and we have attempted to
create an installer using the TestStand Deployment Utility. The
problem is that when the installer is first run on the target system,
some files are not being installed. We had a similar problem with
the Distribution Kit functiontionality of CVI 6, and were never able to
fully resolve the issue.
Basically the installer examines files that already exist on the target
machine and will not overwrite them if they have been modified.
The installer is smart enough to examine version numbers inherent to
DLLs and EXE files (and adding REINSTALLMODE=amus to setup.ini causes
these types of files to always be overwritten). However, for
other files such as *.ini and *.seq files, there seems to be no way to
force the installer to overwrite these files.
The workaround that we used previously was to run the installer 3 times
(once to install, once to uninstall which deletes all files including
the old versions that were not overwritten, and then once to actually
install the desired files). Is there a way around this with the
TestStand Deployment Utility? We are actually considering
bypassing the installer altogether and just copying the files in the
image directory that the Deployment Utility creates.
Thanks,
Peter

Hi Peter,
Thanks for the information. I am not sure if the installer will recognize the sequence file version number. Are you deploying a Process Model from the NI folder, or have you copied it into the User folder? Are you adding the Process Model and INI files to a project in your workspace and deploying the workspace or are you deploying them by selecting to Deploy Files in TestStand User Directories on the System Source tab of the Deployment Utility?
In other words, what file specifically are not being installed correctly? What is their path on the development machine and what is the target path?
One last question, if the target is a new system and has not had a TestStand test system deployed to it, how does it have sequence and TestStand INI files on it already? Are you installing TestStand on the target machine before deploying a test system?
Regards,
Eric M

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