Hi Bob, > 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.
That's good to know, so when the wix tutorial says "all component GUIDs have to be unique." it's only per product rather than per msi db? http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson1.php#1.2 >> [snip] 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. Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place, but is this missing from the documentation? http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_component.htm makes no mention of auto-generating the Guid. It is mentioned in the Product code Id Guid http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_simple_type_autogenguid.htm So auto-generated component Guid are ok for (major) upgrades? That would be very useful! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
