The SSRS data driven CA prototype I sent you back in November has a custom table with a Component_ column. The _ signifies it's a FK back to the PK of the Component table.
MSI is only loosely a relational database. There aren't any real foreign key constraint capabilities. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Sun, 2/22/09, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> wrote: > From: Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DTF - install, rollback and uninstall > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 6:15 AM > Do you have an example of creating a custom table with the > component reference? > > Neil > > Neil Sleightholm > X2 Systems Limited > n...@x2systems.com <mailto:n...@x2systems.com> > > > ________________________________ > > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] > Sent: Sat 21/02/2009 22:27 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DTF - install, rollback and > uninstall > > > > Neil Sleightholm wrote: > > I think I understand the component state approach but > I am not sure this is possible with the current > implementation of custom tables as I can't see how they > can be associated with a component. > > > > WiX's custom tables have a foreign key into the > Component table (or an > indirect reference, as in a File id that works off the > file's component > parent). > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, > San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open > Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open > source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the > source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, > San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open > Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open > source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the > source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H_______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
