Craig, I wrote a tool, PARAFFIN, that will do exactly that.
http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/18/wix-hints -for-new-users-part-1-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/19/wix-the-p ain-of-wix-part-2-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-bet ter-tallow-paraffin.aspx Hope it helps! John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:wix-users- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Miller >Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:38 AM >To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: [WiX-users] tallow component and Ids > >I'm new to Wix using 2.0 since it is tagged as stable and is documented >fairly well. > >Is there a way to get Tallow to generate a component Id and File Id >based on >the root of the name attribute of the File element? > >E.g. instead of.... > > <Component Id="component2" DiskId="1" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE"> > <File Id="file2" Name="c31112a1.tif" Source="c31112a1.tif" /> > </Component> > >I am hoping for... > > <Component Id="component_c31108a1" DiskId="1" Guid="PUT-GUID- >HERE"> > <File Id="file_c31108a1" Name="c31108a1.tif" >Source="c31108a1.tif" >/> > </Component> > >This will enable me to keep my Component IDs unique across multiple >installers. > >Thanks for the help, >Craig > > >--- >http://www.overlandnavigator.com >Touchscreen Friendly GPS Mapping > >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.26/1120 - Release Date: >11/9/2007 >9:26 AM > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- - >- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >_______________________________________________ >WiX-users mailing list >WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
