It's about file versions, and always has been (with the exception of the GAC sometimes). Higher file versions replace lower. The latest version and the winner is the highest file version. This is a standard Windows Installer thing, no matter what you use to build the MSI file:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368599(VS.85).aspx Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Bill McCormick (LIST) [mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:27 AM To: WiX Subject: [WiX-users] How to handle shared files Hello, What is the best practice for dealing with shared binaries like .NET assemblies or DLL's? If I have some number of VS projects that each output a a COMMON.DLL to their respective bin\Release folder, how can WiX know which COMMON.DLL is the latest version? Does WiX have any features similar to the VS installer, where you can add the output of a project in the solution to the build process? I have already used heat to create wxs files for legacy VB applications. Is heat also the right tool to use for .NET applications as well? If this is all well documented somewhere, please point me in the right direction. If all of this is covered in the tutorial, I seem to have missed it. Thanks, Bill McCormick -- ACE-CO 5355 Dietrich Rd. San Antonio, TX 78219 (210) 661-4111 x512 (800) 676-4111 Toll Free (210) 662-6177 Fax (210) 216-6641 Cell mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com http://www.ace-co.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail inet.hqhelpd...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
