Re: [WiX-users] Auto-generated vs statically assigned GUIDs

2010-03-04 Thread Pally Sandher
oolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Auto-generated vs statically assigned GUIDs Mike, thank you very much! -Rajendra -Original Message- From: MikeR [mailto:michael.ru...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 3:54 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Auto-g

Re: [WiX-users] Auto-generated vs statically assigned GUIDs

2010-03-03 Thread Rajendra Magar
Mike, thank you very much! -Rajendra -Original Message- From: MikeR [mailto:michael.ru...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 3:54 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Auto-generated vs statically assigned GUIDs We use auto-generated Product GUIDs

Re: [WiX-users] Auto-generated vs statically assigned GUIDs

2010-03-03 Thread MikeR
We use auto-generated Product GUIDs almost exclusively where I work. I really haven't found a downside to it, at least for our uses. As for detecting old products, it is still easy to detect them. Instead of looking them up using explicit ProductCodes you use the Upgrade table with the UpgradeC

[WiX-users] Auto-generated vs statically assigned GUIDs

2010-03-03 Thread Rajendra Magar
Hi, What are the pros/cons to using Id=* vs Id="someGUID" in the Product element? The only thing I can think of is that auto-generated GUIDs are a convenience. Are there any downsides to using them? For example, after a product is installed, would identifying it using a GUID be hard because the