o: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Automating the inclusion of a mess of files
Answering the questions backwards:
1. The rules are called the "Component Rules". They are documented in the MSI
SDK and I added a bunch of color co
)... so
buyer-beware.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Enns
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 07:13
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Automating the inclusion of a mess of files
Rob,
Any point
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Luke Bakken
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 07:18
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Automating the inclusion of a mess of files
> Rob,
>
> Any pointers on tips for getting the GUIDs righ
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> To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset."
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> Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 9:12 AM
> Ro
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> Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 9:18 AM
> > Rob,
> >
> Rob,
>
> Any pointers on tips for getting the GUIDs right? Will HeatTask take care of
> this for me? If not, what rules do I need to follow?
If I understand how Windows Installer works (which may or may not be
the case) ... if you never intend to do patches or minor upgrades you
can always gene
AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Automating the inclusion of a mess of files
There is a "HeatTask" provided by the WiX toolset already. Getting the GUIDs
right is the hardest part of "autogenerating" .wxs files. The W
.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Automating the inclusion of a mess of files
You may want to look at Paraffin
(http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-better-tallow-paraffin.aspx).
This tool was designed for WiX 2.0, so you have to WiXCop the resulting file
if you use WiX 3.0
You may want to look at Paraffin
(http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-better-tallow-paraffin.aspx).
This tool was designed for WiX 2.0, so you have to WiXCop the resulting file
if you use WiX 3.0. Paraffin handles much of the GUID generation and updating
for y
Here is a recent blog that has links to some previous blogs ( including mine )
on this topic.
http://blog.genom-e.com/PermaLink,guid,8044083d-8153-4046-8601-ec3556f7adaf.aspx
Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog
Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread tha
CTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Sleightholm
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 00:30
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; General discussion
for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Automating the inclusion of a mess of files
Neil
Have you considered usi
Neil
Have you considered using a variant of Heat to generate the WiX code
dynamically? I have done this sort of think in v2 using a tool called mallow
(it is a variant of tallow) I think you should find it on the web if you search
but if not let me know and I send you a copy. It can scan a fol
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