Thanks Neil - but for the moment Heat is actually working for me, once I put in the XSLT post-processing.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com>wrote: > Take a look at mallow (there is v3 version here: > http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/mallow-for-wix-v3.html) it > might do what you want. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenene...@gmail.com] > Sent: 08 January 2009 23:45 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> wrote: > > > Colin Fox wrote: > > > First - The fragment file that Heat produces has absolute paths for > all > > the > > > file references, which is unacceptable in a multi-developer project. > This > > > directory is going to change maybe once every couple of years, so > there > > is > > > no point in rebuilding the .wxs fragment for every compile. I would > like > > to > > > create it once and just use it, but I need relative paths, like in > all > > the > > > other files. > > > > > > > Two solutions come to mind: > > > > <...> > > > > > > 2. Use the -t switch to specify an XSL transform to fix it up however > > you want (within the limits of what XSLT can do). > > > > I like this approach - the only problem is that XSLT is fantastic at > transforming XML & attributes into something else, it's not so strong > when > it comes to transforming a string. What I need is regex - because I > basically need to be able to convert: > c:\Users\myname\Documents\Maindir\V4\Proj\Templates to just Templates. > There > are string operations in xslt, but they're a little clumsy. > > Before I even get to that stage though, I've got another little problem > with > Heat output. > > There are 3 different output templates Heat can use - Product, Fragment > and > Module. The one that most closely matches what I'm looking for is > Fragment.However, when I create it, if I use -sfrag I end up with one > ComponentGroup that I can use (which is great) but I also en up with a > Directory heirarchy that candle complains about. > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > <Fragment> > <Directory Id="Template" Name="Template"> > <Directory Id="_12" Name="12"> > <Directory Id="FEATURES" Name="FEATURES"> > <Directory Id="AnnouncementsList" Name="AnnouncementsList"> > > (If I don't use -sfrag, I just end up with a bunch of undifferentiated > fragments and no way to reference the entire bundle). > > I've added both the main Project.wxs and the template.wxs (output of > heat) > in my project in Visual Studio, but when it tries to build the > template.wxs > file I get this error: > > Error 1 The Directory with Id 'Template' is not a valid root > directory. There may only be a single root directory per product or > module > and its Id attribute value must be 'TARGETDIR' and its Name attribute > value > must be 'SourceDir'. > C:\Users\colinf\Documents\Metalogix\V4\RMWix\tmpl.wxs 4 1 RMWix > > > So, to recap: Apparently the only way to bundle in a directory with a > big > bunch of files is to use Heat to produce a .wxs file. But I can't figure > out > to get that .wxs file integrated into my project. > > Does anyone have any docs describing this process, or an example? > > Thanks, > Colin > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > 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 > -- Regards, cf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
