Re: [WiX-users] Include all files from a folder in MSI

You can use heat.exe (harvest tool provided by WiX Toolset) to generate a wxs source file from your source folder. For example, heat dir ".\My Files" -gg -sfrag -template:fragment -out directory.wxs Or you may write a tool yourself to do that work. -邮件原件- 发件人: badrul [mailto:badruls...@yah

Re: [WiX-users] Include all files from a folder in MSI

Check out Parafin. On Dec 11, 2009 11:34 AM, "Sankaranarayanan" wrote: Hi, Whats the best way to include all files from a source folder and deploy them onto a target folder during installation. Currently I have separate and elements for each source file in the wxs file - whenever a new file

Re: [WiX-users] Include all files from a folder in MSI

On Dec 11, 2009 11:34 AM, "Sankaranarayanan" wrote: Hi, Whats the best way to include all files from a source folder and deploy them onto a target folder during installation. Currently I have separate and elements for each source file in the wxs file - whenever a new file is added in the sour

Re: [WiX-users] Include all files from a folder in MSI

WiX doesn't support dynamically including files, however you can run heat to generate a wxs each time prior to calling candle/light. On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Sankaranarayanan wrote: > Hi, > > Whats the best way to include all files from a source folder and deploy them > onto a target fol

Re: [WiX-users] Include all files from a folder in MSI

Hi, In WiX 3.0 and higher is the excellent Heat program that harvests a directory. My Paraffin tool will do what you want as well (I wrote Paraffin before Heat got much better). The idea of Paraffin: http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-better-tallow-paraffin.as