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
Not sure if you'll hit a problem if each MSI if for a different client & they are unlikely to install each others MSI. That said, an error could occur & a component for client X is built into an MSI for client Y - client Y installing that MSI might have an issue. Sorry I can't give a straight ans