Thanks Bob, A couple of follow up questions: Ok, so if I use "*" as component GUIDs, this means that small updates are out of the questions for this approach, right? > No. If the packages are mutually exclusive, you'll never run into a > problem. And even if they did both install on the same machine, it's > legal to have the same component in multiple products, as long as the > components have identical composition. Ok, so then I won't even bother with the "*". This seems not to be what is stated here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2005/10/24/windows-installer-on-64-bit-platforms.aspx in particular thsi section
If a 32-bit component is contained in both a 32-bit installation package and a 64-bit installation package it may have the same component ID but 32- and 64-bit components should have different component IDs, just as 32- and 64-bit products should have different product codes. Or am I reading this wrong? Thanks Andres > Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:40:48 -0400 > From: b...@joyofsetup.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Newbie x64 msi question > > On 30-Aug-10 01:36, Andres Juarez wrote: > > So, running candle with teh -arch switch does take care of marking the > > components at 64 bits, but if using the same Wix source file for the > > 32 and 64 bits installer with the only difference of the candle -arh > > switch, the Components GUIDS for the 64 and 32 bits installer are all > > the same. > > If you use "*" component guids, they'll be different based on the root > directory. > > > The two installers cannot install in the same box since the launch > > conditios are mutually exclusive. Do we still need to have unique > > GUIDS per components, I am almost sure we do, but just asking. > > No. If the packages are mutually exclusive, you'll never run into a > problem. And even if they did both install on the same machine, it's > legal to have the same component in multiple products, as long as the > components have identical composition. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
