I've been following this discussion and still I haven't seen the solution we've build;
When we create an installer set we harvest the files into the appropriate folders, then we have create a tool which scans which files are there. The files are stored into a database where they are assigned a GUID for the current release version (version 1.0, 1.2, 2.0 etc..) When the file is already in the database only a datetimestamp is modified and the GUID (for that specific version) stays the same. These files are also marked as active. At the end all files for the current release version where the datetimestamp is not altered are marked as inactive. >From this database we have a tool which can generate the WiX (component) files for Minor updates, Major Updates and even patches between versions. In this system there are more features like language independency, x86/x64/IA64 handling etc. I cannot donate this system to the community since it is a business thing :) But I could describe parts of it so someone can build this for the WiX community :) We use it in our nightly builds to generate test-branche sets and development-brance sets. For a definitive release we manyaly generate a clean set and a set of patches. The system is also WiX version independent; It can generate for WiX 2.0, 3.0 (current active release version) and 3.5. Maybe this can help somebody started? Regards, Albert van Peppen -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Kerber, Cameron [mailto:cameron.ker...@philips.com] Verzonden: woensdag 17 maart 2010 14:17 Aan: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Onderwerp: Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component Maybe, but it seems kind of silly. So if have a directory fill with a thousand help files, I need to manually maintain this. Even if the tool that generates the help files have a different name each time. This seems completely ridiculous that WiX doesn't have a way to handle this! -----Original Message----- From: Kristoffer Danielsson [mailto:kristoffer.daniels...@live.se] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:57 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component 1) I believe I posted a detailed explanation on this. You should only use heat manually! > From: cameron.ker...@philips.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:19:54 +0100 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component > > Thanks. I guess people have been giving me two different responses here and I'm trying to figure out the right way to do this. > > 1) Should I use heat each time during a build, to harvest all the files in a directory (directory contains a executable and all of its associated dlls and dependencies). Then include that fragment with my main wix project. > > 2) Or do I either use this WixFileTool or Heat to just generate this for me once, add it to my Wix Project, and forever maintain that list of files. Since we are still in the beginning of the development for this project, it is likely files will be renamed/files will be added/files will be deleted. > > What is the proper way / benefits of each? > > Thanks, > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ivo Stoyanov [mailto:ivos...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:10 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component > > You can try this - simple GUI > http://flexsetup.codeplex.com/ > WiXFileTool: generates WiX file definitions and component definitions for a collection of files > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "Kerber, Cameron" <cameron.ker...@philips.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 8:43:52 AM > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component > > Yes, I understand that you can put multiple files in a component, but that means I have to write the Source for each of the files, and spell out each file xml element. I basically just want to set the Source to a directory and include all files under that directory. Or some process that converts a directory to <File Id="A" Source="A.txt"> <File Id="B" Source="B.txt"> > > I can't be typing this each and everytime. > > Heat tool. I'll look into it. > > Do you know of any websites with tutorial on it? Any way to integrate into MSBuild? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kristoffer Danielsson [mailto:kristoffer.daniels...@live.se] > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:36 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component > > > I'm also a newbie, so my solution below could be "wrong". However, it works: > > > > <Directory Id="SourceDirectoryDir" Name="Source"> > > <Component Id="BunchOfFiles" Guid="YOURGUID"> > > <File Id="FileX" Source="1.htm"> > > <File Id="FileY" Source="2.htm"> > > <File Id="FileZ" Source="3.htm"> > > </Component> > > </Directory> > > > Something like that. 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