Jon Drnek wrote:
> If I would use the same .wxs file for each build, I know I would need a
> different Guid for the product ID, and the upgrade code. Would I need a
> different Guid for each component as well? We do want the ability to have
> all the different products installed on our computers.
>
As long as each product is installed to a different directory, you can
have each product use the same component GUIDs; MSI lets different
products install the same component to different directories.
> I'm also still not clear on the best way to assign files to components. Its
> very unlikely that we would ever install a subset of our product, so my
> first thought is to only have a couple of components. All the examples I
> see though seem to have 1 component per file. We would have maybe a hundred
> components if we went this way. What benefit do I get from having that many
> components if we would never do a partial install?
>
Here are two:
1. It's easier to build patches.
2. With one file per component, you can use Guid="*" to tell WiX to
generate the component GUID.
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