Thanks for the quick responses.
Regarding response to q1 - after sending mail I saw the following comment on
http://wix.sourceforge.net/. Is that comment suggesting that fragments are
still valid and the recommended way for breaking apart a wxs development
project but now the element name used to reference those fragments has changed
and the scope of what they contain is defined by how they are referenced?
Saying Goodbye to FragmentRef's
March 15, 2007
After many months of being deprecated, its time to say goodbye (builds >=
3.0.2716.0). All FragmentRef's will need to be converted to one of the
supported reference elements in WiX 3.0. Examples of these are ComponentRef,
FeatureRef, PropertyRef, or CustomActionRef among others.
Regarding response to q2 - Using the <?if?> flag and $(var.variables)
preprocessor references will impact the results of my msi output at compile
time based on the host I used to compile versus what happens at msi runtime
during installation right? Is creating x64 and x86 specific msi build output
the current recommended approach versus a single msi that at runtime can handle
x64 and x86 installation differences?
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 3:10 PM
To: Robert O'Brien
Cc: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] are fragments still the right way to componentize
development and is there a recommended wix3 solution for targeting
installationlocation at c:\Program Files (x86)\... on x64 systems and
c:\Program Files\... on x86 systems
Robert O'Brien wrote:
q1 - Are fragments still the recommended way for breaking apart a wxs
development project into feature associated source files?
Yes.
q2 - Is there a recommended wix3 solution for targeting installationlocation at
c:\Program Files (x86)\... on x64 systems and c:\Program Files\... on x86
systems?
Use the preprocessor, either $(var.variables) or <?if?> based on a flag you
pass in to the compiler.
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