Do you have any links or places that I could go to read on these strategies?
I'm reluctant to put everything in one (or two) wixlib's since these are dll's and exe's that contribute to the overall functionality of several programs. Can't wix just 'ignore' when a wixlib has a reference to a file that's already been included? you know? "Hey, I know you, I'd recognize that guid anywhere..." On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@wixtoolset.org> wrote: > Putting the same content in different .wixlibs is going to lead to no > end of troubles. I don't know the specifics but there are several ways > to restructure the example below to end up with content only in one > .wixlib. I highly recommend picking one of those strategies (for > example, you could put all of the below in one .wixlib that is highly > Fragmented). > > Stryder Crown wrote: > > Ok, I'm sure this has been asked here before, but I wasn't able to find > the > > thread or a resolution... > > > > How does anybody else deal with this situation: > > > > I have several WiX projects that share common dependencies that I'm > > compiling into wixlibs for larger projects. I want to ensure that a > > compiled wixlib (with the object inside) contains all of it's required > > dependencies. I would like to be able to build my wixlibs in just one > place > > and then include them in other projects (MSI installers) as needed. This > > way, when my team updates some dll or exe, I only need to update/change > the > > related wixlib, and not 3 (or 30) other files. Things start to break > down > > when I have relative directories (coming out of svn) and WiX sees a file > > more than once in the final output. Specifically, WiX won't overlook the > > fact that the same file (and guid) has been added more than once. Even > > through the directory structure is exactly the same. Is this a bug? or > is > > there something else I should be doing? > > > > Here's an example of the structure I currently have: > > > > Project 1 > > - wixlib A > > Object 1 needs: > > -Component X > > -Component Y > > Object 2 needs: > > -Component Z > > > > Project 2 > > - wixlib B > > Object 3 needs: > > -Component X > > -Component Z > > > > Project 3 > > Requires Object 1 and Object 3. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks > to > > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK > i700 > > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK > i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
