Derek Cicerone wrote:
>That's an idea, but then we'd be blocking off guids that people can never
>use. That's a good idea though. Perhaps we could just interpret the
>"PUT-GUID-HERE" values as a null guid or something when a special hidden
>candle option is specified.
>
>
Aren't Guids supposed
ve a special process that runs over unit test
files before they are sent to the compiler to fill in guids.
Derek
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>All examples should use "PUT-GUID-HERE". You get a nic
Jeremy Farrell wrote:
> I agree totally. As far as I'm concerned this is a useful feature. I
> want to be sure the ProductCode changes every time, to ensure that it is
> impossible to do anything other than major upgrades. This may be an
> unusual requirement, but it's a valid one and I shouldn'
Title: RE: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes
Thanks for the feedback Jeremy. I think
that’s a valid concern, so the warning idea is definitely out. So it
sounds like the decision is basically between using * or lots of question
marks. If people feel that the star syntax is
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From: Bob Arnson
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>
> Derek Cicerone wrote:
> > I've done some more thinking about this. I think Rob's main objection with
> > making Product/@Id optional was that someone might accide
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All examples should use "PUT-GUID-HERE". You get a nice error message from
the compiler and it's pretty self explanat
ob Arnson'
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Hmm, that's a very good point. I'm just trying to address Rob's concern
that a developer wouldn't understand what it means to g
Strange is good in this case... auto-gen of GUIDs is a dangerous thing.
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It's not
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Derek Cicerone wrote:
> I've done some more thi
Derek Cicerone wrote:
> I've done some more thinking about this. I think Rob's main objection with
> making Product/@Id optional was that someone might accidentally forget to
> specify it. However, what if we displayed a warning to the user whenever
> they omitted the Property/@Id attribute infor
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That's correct - we generate the entire guid every time.
Derek
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That's correct - we generate the entire guid every time.
Derek
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On Tue, 1 Aug
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 16:44:39 -0400, Dave Williamson wrote:
Dave,
> I assume that "12345678----??5??" makes up all
> the GUID parts except for 12345678 and 5.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I know GUIDs are always created
complete. There is no such thing as par
Derek Cicerone wrote:
Just a note:
the Product/@Id should almost
never be auto-generated because that forces major upgrades every time.
Major upgrades are a perfectly valid lifestyle choice.
But why
would * be better than “----?”
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Just a note: the
Product/@Id should almost never be auto-generated because that forces major
upgrades every time. But why would * be better than
“----
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Product/@Id should almost never be auto-generated because that forces major
upgrades every time. But why wo
, 2006
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I have no opinion on
that. Anybody else care?
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I have no opinion on that. Anybody else care?
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Derek Cicerone wrote:
That is an
excellent point – what if
we keep the ???... syntax just for Product/@Id in that case and go with
the
recommendations below for everything else?
Any chance of a different syntax? @Id="*" maybe, keeping with the
wildcard scheme?
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I'd be okay with that.
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That is an exce
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Product/@Id is a
kinda' scary thing to make optional. What if someone just accidentally
forgets to add one? Or what if someone copies an example that didn't add
it? The developer will end
oposed but I'm concerned about the potential for accidents.
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We’ve recently disc
We’ve recently discovered that the way WiX creates
merge modules is a little bit incorrect. Every merge module has a unique
guid which is used to modularize all the entries in the merge module (WiX does
this properly). However, that guid is also supposed to be used as the
package code (su
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