Is there a particular need you want heat.exe to preform? In all automation there are challenges to keep with the standards. If you use heat's DirectoryRef Id setting to seed the Ids and use the Component/Guid='*" command line switch you should be able to do most of what you are looking for.
Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) < edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote: > I have successfully automated heat in situations where I don't have to > register COM component *and* was only going to support Major Upgrades. In > these cases I use my build tool, MSBuild, to stage the files correctly for > me. I tell heat to let the compiler determine GUIDs for me as candle does > this in a very stable fashion now. I also make sure to schedule > RemoveExistingProducts early. If you _need_ to support other upgrade > mechanisms than Major Upgrades, then I would highly recommend using the more > heavy weight approaches described on other emails. > > Edwin G. Castro > Software Developer - Staff > Electronic Banking Services > Fiserv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kristoffer Danielsson [mailto:kristoffer.daniels...@live.se] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:57 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- > > us...@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. However, I do remember that this technique is > > not recommended - for some reason I don't know... > > > > > > > > > > From: cameron.ker...@philips.com > > > > To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:27:31 +0100 > > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component > > > > > > > > I'm sure this question has been asked before in some variety but > > searching the mail archives on SourceForge is awful. I am also new to > > WIX > > > > > > > > Anyways, in my build process I am outputting a bunch of files to a > > directory. 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