There is a reason for the lack of this feature in the WiX toolset. Doing so is
one of the best ways to totally hose the Component Rules and make it impossible
to update/patch your product. Also, the conventional wisdom out there suggests
one file per Component.
There is much discussion about this in the archives.
Also, why did you use a comment to implement this Preprocessor extension? Why
not use the new Preprocesor function that Peter created a while ago
(http://blogs.msdn.com/pmarcu/archive/2007/04/27/wix-functional-preprocessing.aspx).
Finally, if you send Bob a beer, maybe he will tell you his horror story of
trying to update a product built using one of those wildcard population
features.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Buc Rogers
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 3:12 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Wildcard preprocessor for wix
A feature that I like in Installshield and Wise which Wix doesn't directly
support is wildcard population of directories.
Here is source for a wix preprocessor we use as part of our build process (run
just prior to candle):
http://download.yousendit.com/706B8A2A4335438C
usage is as follows:
WixWildCardPreProcessor.exe MsiContentBaseDir wixInFile
wixOutFile
Example syntax (pulls all files in relative dir "x" into wix structure):
<Directory Id="dirX" Name="X">
<Component Id="compX" Guid="{97CB7E81-963C-41ad-8D5A-DF1DE380AB4A}">
<!-- [WILDCARD Source='x'] -->
</Component>
</Directory>
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Director of Product Operations
InRule Technology, Inc.
"Thinking in Rules"
www.inrule.com
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