In general the advice is one file per component. I think Rob Mensching has some
information on this on his blog.
Neil
Neil Sleightholm
X2 Systems Limited
n...@x2systems.com <mailto:n...@x2systems.com>
________________________________
From: Maheswaran Selvaraj [mailto:maheswaran.selva...@proteans.com]
Sent: Wed 07/01/2009 06:00
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Defining components and Files in Wix Installer.
I am beginner in Wix installer development, I need Wix installer to be
created for my web application.
I need to get .wxs file generated for every build. My web application
folder structure look like this
I Images
ii Css
iii AspxPages
Each folder has some files. When i use Heat.exe to generate WXS file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi
<http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi> ">
<Product Id="PUT-GUID-HERE" Language="1033"
Manufacturer="PUT-COMPANY-NAME-HERE" Name="PUT-PRODUCT-NAME-HERE" >
<Package Compressed="yes" InstallerVersion="200" />
<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Level="1"
Title="PUT-FEATURE-TITLE-HERE">
<Fragment>
<DirectoryRef Id="AspxPages" FileSource="D:\AspxPages">
<Component Id="ActiveDirectoryUserHelper.cs"
Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE">
<File Id="ActiveDirectoryUserHelper.cs"
Name="ActiveDirectoryUserHelper.cs" KeyPath="yes"
Source="D:\ActiveDirectoryUserHelper.cs" />
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
<Fragment>
<DirectoryRef Id="CSS" FileSource="D:\Css">
<Component Id="ApplicationCSS" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE">
<File Id="ApplicationCSS" Name="Application.CSS"
KeyPath="yes" Source="D:\Application.CSS" />
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
</Fragment>
</Fragment>
</Wix>
Multiple components are created with single file as its resources. Is
this right way to organize our applications into components ?
Should not we put all the files in a single component ? Like
<Component id="WebApplication" Guid="Some-Guid">
<File id="AdminPage" name="AdminPage.aspx"/>
<File id="CSS" name="Application.CSS"/>
<File id="AdminIcon" name="Admin.Ico"/>
</Component>
Ideally removing one component should not influence on another. In this
case removing CSS component and its resources Make ASPX Component
invalid.
The file which resides in ASPX component have dependency on another CSS
or Images Component resource. is there any way to configure dependency
list ?
what is ideal approach for defining components for Web Application in
installer? It would be great if anybody explain on it.
Thanks
Maheswaran Selvaraj
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