Thanks Arun. I think what you are saying is to have an installer for the common components as well which makes sense to me as I was thinking of doing that too. Anyone know of any gotchas regarding this approach?
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Arun Perregatturv < aperregatt...@napcosecurity.com> wrote: > Reese, > > We have exactly the same situation as yours. We have Database > Server/Server/Web Server/Client Installation. > The way I did before wix was to create individual installers for each of > the Installation type. That was a disaster because if I had to fix something > that's common to all then I literally have to make sure its fixed in all the > installers, it's a pain in the neck. > > Now, I combined Database Server/Server/Client into one Installer and Web > Server as another. > > This way depending on user selection I can set the features and their > components accordingly. Also, this helps with upgrade as the Product code > will be the same for all 3. > > Hope this helps. > > Arun Perregattur > > -----Original Message----- > From: Reese [mailto:quattro...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:38 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multi-project development > > Hi Rob, sure, we have a small team of about 4 developers and I'm the only > one who has MSI / build / installation knowledge. I want to get to a point > where (obviously with some of my help) the others projects, solutions, etc. > can be merged or built into a master installer or installers. One thing we > are debating is whether to have an installation for each application or one > master suite for all the applications. Most likely the installations will > possibly look like this --> one for our database, one for our > application/web server and n for our client applications. The development > will likely include multiple solutions. Should there be a WiX merge module > project for each .NET project which we compose into an installation? Any > recommendation or guidance would be much appreciated, thanks. > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Rob Mensching > <rob.mensch...@microsoft.com>wrote: > > > Can you provide a few more specifics about your situation? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Reese [mailto:quattro...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 16:01 > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] Multi-project development > > > > Hi, what is the current recommendation regarding multiple project/ > > developer > > installation authoring via WiX. At one point I heard it might be to go > with > > the merge module project but is there a better way? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
