If it helps, you can also specify the source for components and directories.
Rob Simon Dahlbacka wrote: > Just specify the Directory structure according how it should be when > installed, and then you just set File/@Source appropriately so that WiX > finds the source files (i.e. it can contain path information) > > regards, > > Simon > > On 3/3/07, *Christopher Brandt* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I'm sorry, but my little brain is just not getting it. How do I map > from the file structure on my build server to the file structure on > the destination machine? I'm not talking about radical file > structure changes, just paths to the source files that go into the > msi and where those files get placed when they come out of the msi. > > I realize that the msi is storing the final (destination) structure. > But I don't get how to tell Wix where to find the files if they > reside in a difference source path. > > My build server structure is: > > c: > \Build > \Product1 > \Revision 2007.1.0 > \Revision 2007.2.0 > \Product2 > \Revision 2007.1.0 > > I would like the files to be installed on the destination machine in > this structure: > > ProgramFilesFolder > \CompanyName > \Product1Name > \Product2Name > > So files from c:\Build\Product1\Revision 2007.1.0 get packaged up > into an msi and installed on the destination machine in \Program > Files\CompanyName\Product1Name > > This is possible right? Or do I have a fundamental mis-understanding > of how this works? > > Thanks for any insights > Christopher > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > <http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV> > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
