No, there isn't a way to do that. Gather all files at the folder level and putting them into a component can lead to many problems.
What scenario do you have which requires this? Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Richard Horsley <richard.hors...@eicltd.com > wrote: > This removes the fragments (I had tried suppressing the fragments already) > but still generates one component per file. Is there any way to set > component generation at folder level rather than at file level? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tency Kuruvilla [mailto:tency.kuruvi...@kcs.com.kw] > Sent: 31 March 2010 12:04 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat harvesting and fragment/component generation. > > try > > heat.exe <harvestType> <harvester arguments> -out sourceFile.wxs Supported > harvesting types: > dir harvest a directory > file harvest a file > project harvest outputs of a VS project > website harvest an IIS web site > Options: > -ag autogenerate component guids at compile time > -gg generate guids now > -ke keep empty directories > -nologo skip printing heat logo information > -out specify output file (default: write to current directory) > -pog:<group> > specify output group of VS project, one of: > Binaries,Symbols,Documents,Satellites,Sources,Content > This option may be repeated for multiple output groups. > -scom suppress COM elements > -sfrag suppress fragments > -sreg suppress registry harvesting > -suid suppress unique identifiers for files, components, & directories > -sw<N> suppress all warnings or a specific message ID > (example: -sw1011 -sw1012) > -swall suppress all warnings (deprecated) > -t:<xsl> transform harvested output with XSL file > -template: use template, one of: fragment,module,product > -v verbose output > -wx[N] treat all warnings or a specific message ID as an error > (example: -wx1011 -wx1012) > -wxall treat all warnings as errors (deprecated) > -? | -help this help information > heat dir <directory path> -out imp.wxs -template:product -scom -sreg > -sfrag -gg -suid > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Richard Horsley [mailto:richard.hors...@eicltd.com] > Sent: Wed 3/31/2010 1:46 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Heat harvesting and fragment/component generation. > > > > Previously, I have created installers in WiX by hand-writing the .wxs > files myself, but I now have a fairly large folder structure (with lots of > subfolders) to put into an installer, and I am trying to use heat.exe to > harvest this for me. 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