From: "Rob Mensching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Geoff Finger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 12:28 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Accessing the Source Directory
> Why are you copying files from the original media instead of just using the > File element? > While I'm not the original poster on this, I considered doing the same, and was looking for a solution (though I've not implemented it). I develop software which is distributed by a by a company who don't want a complicated build process. As a result, I've given them a directory tree which has my installer and autorun.inf, and a couple of folders that contain customer specific calibration files. In addition, we support customizable language files, which are installed into these extra folders as well. All of these files are of the form: strings.XXX where XXX is the primary language identifier. As a result, I don't need to know (and in fact don't) exactly which files are being sent to customers, yet the installation just works. Because it's built this way, my client doesn't need to have build tools installed on their PC. They just need to copy the customers calibration into the directory structure, and then copy the files to disk. Most of the installation remains unchanged, and therefore under version control. I was considering building a custom action that copied all of the files across from the installation folder, but if there's a better way, I'd love to hear it. Anthony Wieser Wieser Software Ltd ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
