Re: [WiX-users] Component GUID question

2008-03-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Kalle Olavi Niemitalo wrote: > If different products install the same component into different > directories, Windows Installer actually remembers each of those > directories. True but the components must be identical and all the other component rules apply. In fact, even more so, because only

Re: [WiX-users] Component GUID question

2008-03-30 Thread Kalle Olavi Niemitalo
Pat Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That said, I believe its technically incorrect to have the same > GUID for the different components even though they both have > the same files; they are different by the fact of having a > different installdir. If different products install the same comp

Re: [WiX-users] Component GUID question

2008-03-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Ted Berg wrote: > My concern is that the GUID for any given component in the various > packages is the same. The files associated with the component are > installed into a different directory for each package. > That violates component rules, which is a problem mostly when you want to do mi

Re: [WiX-users] Component GUID question

2008-03-27 Thread Pat Higgins
nfirm? Thanks Pat -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Berg Sent: 27 March 2008 16:12 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Component GUID question I'm maintaining a handful of MSI packages created with WiX 2.0.4820.0. These p

[WiX-users] Component GUID question

2008-03-27 Thread Ted Berg
I'm maintaining a handful of MSI packages created with WiX 2.0.4820.0. These packages are essentially variants of a single package that are customised for specific clients. My concern is that the GUID for any given component in the various packages is the same. The files associated with the co