Hi Blair, I just want the installer WIx file to be more manageable as there are very large number of folders. So I just want to keep the same structre as the root folder has.
The folders may contain XML, ASPX, CS and images. And my next step would be creating Virtual Directories. Thanks Jaspreet Singh ________________________________________ From: Blair [os...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:58 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure Any particular reason you want one component per folder? That is generally harder to service. What kinds of files are in these folders (executable, versioned, text, image)? -----Original Message----- From: Jaspreet Nabha [mailto:jaspreet.na...@headstrong.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:17 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure Thanks Sebastiaan..Its working now :) There is a query related to autogenerated wix file. I want one component for every sub directory. consider the following example : Root ----- Folder 1 -------------Sub Folder ---------- file ---------- Sub Folder -------------file -------------file -----Folder 2 -------------Sub folder ----------file ----------fille I want that there should be one component tag for all the files in sub folders. Please share if you have any idea/code snippet Thanks Jaspreet Singh ________________________________________ From: Sebastiaan Deckers [c...@pandion.im] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:50 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure I'm new to WiX but this is how I solved the problem of packaging hundreds of files in a directory: http://github.com/pandion/pandion/tree/master/Installer/WiX Heat will generate a huge WXS file that is then compiled and linked together with the rest of the setup as an argument to candle and light. My build script runs heat to harvest all files in the "Temp" directory and places them in a ComponentGroup called "CoreFiles" and in the Directory called "DESTINATION". heat.exe dir "./Temp" -nologo -cg "CoreFiles" -dr "DESTINATION" -srd -template:fragment -ke -gg -out "./components.wxs" I then refer to CoreFiles and DESTINATION from my product.wxs file as follows: <Directory Id="LocalAppDataFolder" Name="PFiles"> <Directory Id="PandionLocalFiles" Name="Pandion"> <Directory Id="DESTINATION" Name="Application"/> </Directory> </Directory> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Level="1" Title="Core Application"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="CoreFiles"/> ... </Feature> Hope this helps. Sebastiaan On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Jaspreet Nabha < jaspreet.na...@headstrong.com> wrote: > Thanks Brand, It it generationg the WXS w/ any error, But every components > is enclosed with fragmment tag. > It would be great if you can give some sample which simply put the folder > structure on user machine. > > For your reference I am using the below said WXS file, which put a file to > user machine. I just want to know how can I use the authogenerated(with > Heat.exe) WXS file in the below xml ? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; > > <Product Id="eb07f439-a13b-44e3-bc84-be303dbf1c26" Name="ANewWiX" > Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" > Manufacturer="NewWiX" UpgradeCode="d04bed30-d811-4bac-8954-a3e09e253eaf"> > <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" /> > <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> > > <!--Path property--> > <Property > Id="MYAPPPATH"><![CDATA[C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\FAWFramework\test]]></Property> > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > <Directory Id="MYAPPPATH" Name="." > > > <Component Id='MyComponent' > Guid='12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012'> > <File Id='DLL' Name='abc.dll' DiskId='1' src='C:\abc.dll' /> > > </Component> > > </Directory> > </Directory> > > <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="NewWiX" Level="1"> > <ComponentRef Id="MyComponent" /> > </Feature> > > </Product> > </Wix> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- > > ________________________________________ > From: Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) [wix+us...@instyler.com<wix%2bus...@instyler.com> > ] > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:56 AM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure > > You can suppress harvesting that using the -sreg argument in heat.exe. > Sample: > > heat dir c:\folder\with\files -out dynamic.wxs -ag -sreg > > -ag sets to component guid to "*" to have them autogenerated during compile > time. > > > Best regards, > Sebastian Brand > > Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. > http://www.instyler.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jaspreet Nabha [mailto:jaspreet.na...@headstrong.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 07:44 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure > > Blair, > > I have tried the HEAT.EXE, but it is giving me the error "Could not harvest > data from a file that was ecpected to be a assembly" > > I have some assemblies in the folder structure, which needs to be copied on > user machine. > > Please suggest for the solution > > Thanks > Jaspreet > > ________________________________________ > From: Blair [os...@live.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:28 AM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure > > Would some incantation of HEAT.EXE work? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jaspreet Nabha [mailto:jaspreet.na...@headstrong.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:02 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure > > Hi All, > > I am using WiX3.0 and trying to copy a folder structure to user machine. 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