[WiX-users] Component/@Guid error

2012-07-11 Thread Bill Packard
WiX 3.0.5419, VS 2008. Attempting to convert merge modules (only used internally) to wixlib. Almost there, but have encountered a set of errors that make no sense. Example fragment and error are below. Source.wxs(61,0): error LGHT0230: The Component/@Gui

[WiX-users] Preprocessor extension for informational message

2011-07-18 Thread Bill Packard
build logs. Thanks, Bill Packard -- Storage Efficiency Calculator This modeling tool is based on patent-pending intellectual property that has been used successfully in hundreds of IBM storage optimization engage- ments,

[WiX-users] Apparent bug in ControlEvent Table docs - or impementation

2010-10-29 Thread Bill Packard
Not specifically a WiX issue, but perhaps relevant. According to the MSDN for the ControlEvent table, both Event and Argument are of type Formatted. Column Type KeyNullable EventFormattedY N Argument FormattedY N However, testing seems to indicate tha

[WiX-users] Build speed, suggestions?

2010-10-08 Thread Bill Packard
I have recently migrated from Wise to WiX. I have approximately 150 merge modules (at some point in the future I may be able to implement libs instead of merge modules, but for now .) and several installs that include some subset of the merge modules. I have implemented a VS solution for all the me

[WiX-users] Condition Table generation

2010-05-21 Thread Bill Packard
that would not be my first choice approach. Thanks, Bill Packard Kepware Technologies -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut path for Merge modules

2010-01-06 Thread Bill Packard
tent-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" What you don't say is whether what you ship are the merge modules themselves or if you simply use them as internal "global" libraries for the MSIs you build. You also don't say whether you are porting all at once or in st

[WiX-users] Shortcut path for Merge modules

2010-01-05 Thread Bill Packard
I am evaluating whether I can port our installations from Wise to Wix. We have several merge modules, each of which contains a set of files and a couple of shortcuts. In the Wise definition we use a global property to define the shortcut path for the merge modules. I can use the substitution tables

[WiX-users] verification with smoke and message filtering

2009-11-20 Thread Bill Packard
I just started using smoke for verification, I notice that many of the messages have the same warning/error id, even when the ICE number and message content are different. For example: warning SMOK1076 : ICE30: The target file 'rwfvlhtq.lm8|ATL80.dll' might be installed in '[SystemFolder]' by t