Re: [WiX-users] Automatically include arbitrary files

Correct. -Original Message- From: Lukas Haase [mailto:lukasha...@gmx.at] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 12:27 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Automatically include arbitrary files Dear Blair, Thank you very much for your comprehensive explanation

Re: [WiX-users] Automatically include arbitrary files

> > scenario before letting anything out the door). Of course, the savings > using > > patching goes up the more you don't change, so my "back-of-the-envelope" > > analysis may not be correct. > > > > Blair > > > > -Original Message-

Re: [WiX-users] Automatically include arbitrary files

door). Of course, the savings using > patching goes up the more you don't change, so my "back-of-the-envelope" > analysis may not be correct. > > Blair > > -Original Message- > From: Lukas Haase [mailto:lukasha...@gmx.at] > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:49 AM &

Re: [WiX-users] Automatically include arbitrary files

sha...@gmx.at] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:49 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Automatically include arbitrary files ... > Since you are adding and removing PDF files, you should be planning on only > using Major Upgrades, and so your Product/@Id value

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r=... ... And for the second problem (TARGETDIR/INSTALLDIR) there is another "hidden" switch: heat ... -var var.PdfFolder=... -dr INSTALLDIR ... Regards, Luke [1] http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/heat.htm > -Original Message----- > From: Lukas Haase [mailto:luk

Re: [WiX-users] Automatically include arbitrary files

... Candle ... -dPdfFolder=src\INSTALLDIR\pdf\ ... Blair -Original Message- From: Lukas Haase [mailto:lukasha...@gmx.at] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 3:17 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Automatically include arbitrary files Am 22.07.2010 00:07, schrieb

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Am 22.07.2010 00:07, schrieb Lukas Haase: > Dear Blair, > > I do not fully understand. You mean the -ag switch? > > But then on every compile the PDF files get a different GUID, don't > they? Then back to the original question: Does it matter in ANY way if > they get a different GUID on upgrades? >

Re: [WiX-users] Automatically include arbitrary files

Dear Blair, I do not fully understand. You mean the -ag switch? But then on every compile the PDF files get a different GUID, don't they? Then back to the original question: Does it matter in ANY way if they get a different GUID on upgrades? I.e. In a few months I will make the first upgrade f

Re: [WiX-users] Automatically include arbitrary files

In your settings for heat, you should use automatic component guids (they come out as Guid="*") and you should setup a component group for your PDF files (then you can simply refer to them from your feature using the ComponentGroupRef element). -Original Message- From: Lukas Haase [mailto