Re: [WiX-users] What is the usage of Name and SrouceFIle on the

2011-07-06 Thread Rob Mensching
PS: There is this bug (more of a feature request) open that would allow you to manually provide all the necessary information that the Binder (light.exe) gets by building: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3166824&group_id=105970&atid=642714 There is a lot of data gathered so it isn'

Re: [WiX-users] What is the usage of Name and SrouceFIle on the

2011-07-06 Thread Rob Mensching
Wow, no faith from the peanut gallery. If the file is signed (something else we calculate during build when referencing the file) we will use the signature of the file not the hash. If the signature on the file changed in between the point that you built and the user downloaded the actual file, ch

Re: [WiX-users] What is the usage of Name and SrouceFIle on the

2011-07-06 Thread Roy Chastain
> Light uses the source file to get information about the file to put into > the manifest (e.g., file size, hash); if specified, it also uses it to > embed, but that's optional. So you are telling me that I must have a local copy of any of the Microsoft install packages that I wish to have downl

Re: [WiX-users] What is the usage of Name and SrouceFIle on the xxxPackage statement?

2011-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Jul-11 08:41, Roy Chastain wrote: > I ASSUMED that SourceFile meant that it would find the file > on the local system and "embed" in the output. Given that there is a > DownloadUrl specified, that behavior does not make too much sense. Light uses the source file to get information about the

[WiX-users] What is the usage of Name and SrouceFIle on the xxxPackage statement?

2011-07-06 Thread Roy Chastain
I am trying to author a bundle that has .NET 3.5 SP1 as a requirement. I found the fragment used in the WiX install for .NET 4.0 and changed the (appropriate) pieces. I removed the SourceFile and added a Name attribute. I ASSUMED that SourceFile meant that it would find the file on the local sys