Re: [WiX-users] Practical use of wixlibs

2013-10-02 Thread Blair Murri
5:52 -0300 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Practical use of wixlibs > > That's extremely enlightening. I thought having two components in > different products with the same GUID but different installation > directories would be a blatant break of com

Re: [WiX-users] Practical use of wixlibs

2013-10-02 Thread Blair Murri
Sort of obscure not-detailed-enough half-mentions on MSDN? For deep technical dives into Windows Installer Heath is my go-to resource. > From: nicolas.alva...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 15:45:52 -0300 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prac

Re: [WiX-users] Practical use of wixlibs

2013-10-02 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
That's extremely enlightening. I thought having two components in different products with the same GUID but different installation directories would be a blatant break of component rules and would just not work. "Allowing uninstallation of shared component. Other clients exist, but installed to a d

Re: [WiX-users] Practical use of wixlibs

2013-10-02 Thread Blair Murri
See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2009/12/21/about-shared-components.aspx > From: nicolas.alva...@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 00:51:36 -0300 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Practical use of wixlibs > > I can't find any documentation on best-practices

Re: [WiX-users] Practical use of wixlibs

2013-10-01 Thread Christopher Painter
Libs, binary libs, and merge modules are all about code structure and reuse. I once worked for a company that at it's peak had 250 developers and 2 install developers. Our business model was built around a concept called "Product Line". Think if it like a car manufacturer who has different