V2 is the same as v3 in this regard. No built-in support for wildcard inclusion of files.
-----Original Message----- From: Martin Sustrik [mailto:sust...@fastmq.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:47 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer Thanks David, What about using v2? Can you point me to the place to look for the feature? Martin David Reed wrote: > I'm pretty sure that there used to be, Martin, but I don't see it in v3; IIRC, wildcard support was explicitly dropped "by design". > > If you figure it out and I missed it somewhere, LMK! We wrote a custom MSBuild task to rip through a directory tree and write out include files for WiX to do this. It's on out CodePlex now in our root project, but that reminds me that I've been meaning to contribute it to the MSBuild community tasks project... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Sustrik [mailto:sust...@fastmq.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:25 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer > > Hi, > > I have a directory tree I want to install at a user-specified location. > It's as simple as that... however, I don't want to manage large xml > definition file with an entry for each file to be packaged. > > Is there a way to do that with WiX? > > Thanks. > Martin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and > Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and > Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
