Heat with WiX 3.0 does a pretty good job of coordinating and building WiX fragments.
Long before the updated WiX 3.0 Heat, I wrote a tool for my use, Paraffin that takes care of generating WiX fragments. (http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2009/06/28/paraffin3-1-new-and-improved.aspx). As with any tools that generate components, be extra careful and obey the component rules. :) John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 >-----Original Message----- >From: akapoor [mailto:anupama_kap...@yahoo.com] >Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:04 PM >To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to handle installing a large number of >files > > >Can you please share your experience? > >I also want to do exact same thing that you are talking about. I am not >sure, which way to go about. > > >Tom Crozier wrote: >> >> All - I need to know the best way to handle installing a large number >of >> files. As part of the project I have 2 different directories with >> approximately 24,000 files (including subfolders) in each. I could use >> heat to generate the initial list but then I am assuming I have to >> maintain the list from then on since I would not want the file id's >> changing from release to release. The other method would be to zip up >each >> directory and install the zip file. In this case I would need to write >a >> custom action to unzip the files (unless there is already something >> available). Ideas? Suggestions? >> >> Thanks - TopCat >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> > >-- >View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-handle- >installing-a-large-number-of-files-tp3148741p3269023.html >Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >------ >Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge >This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, >vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will >have >the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full >prize >details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge >_______________________________________________ >WiX-users mailing list >WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
