So, it sounds like you're trying to create an installer, but have recent builds of your product incorporated in automatically? A sort of constant-integration installer?
I think you may be on the right track by using Heat. It's a good tool for generating a WiX source file for you. You probably already know its general use, but if not: You give it the path to a directory and it will look at all of the files in that directory and create a .wxs file that defines the components you'd need to include those files in your installer. This auto-generated .wxs file is has a Fragment element as its root. You can include Fragments in your main .wxs file (the one you got when you created a WiX project) by including a reference to one of the components (via a ComponentRef) or many components grouped together (ComponentGroupRef). The main .wxs file will tie all of your external fragments together. So, you could create a .wxs file with Heat and include it in your project. When Heat runs again, that .wxs file will of course change. But as long as the ComponentGroups stay the same, it shouldn't matter. Sorry, this is a lot of info and maybe a little confusing if you're just starting out. It might help to start simpler and learn the basics first. There are some excellent resources available. ----- Learn WiX with the book: https://www.packtpub.com/wix-a-developers-guide-to-windows-installer-xml/book WiX: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/msbuild-and-WIX-How-to-include-net-binaries-in-wix-tp5663169p5682799.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
