Have you looked at the help output from heat.exe? The -suid flag is what you're looking for.
Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: samuel.feren...@barclayscapital.com [mailto:samuel.feren...@barclayscapital.com] Sent: 11 February 2011 11:58 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] heat: the form of generated IDs Hi, when I run "heat dir", the output wxs file contains blocks like this: <Component Id="cmp165A6DA4BE9E310026E6B9DBFD968971" Guid="{4D4D3E1C-8200-49CE-A943-04F5F7A6BD24}"> <File Id="filA0FACDAD506A6D2A52C56C7997DB4ACF" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\foo.dll" /> </Component> Is there a way to make the generated IDs match the filenames, i.e. <Component Id="foo.dll" Guid="{4D4D3E1C-8200-49CE-A943-04F5F7A6BD24}"> <File Id="foo.dll" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\foo.dll" /> </Component> I am looking (Orca) at another MSI that was created this way (using heat), and it has these nice IDs. Thanks, Sam _______________________________________________ This e-mail may contain information that is confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, do not duplicate or redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any attachments and notify the sender that you have received it in error. Unless specifically indicated, this e-mail is not an offer to buy or sell or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities, investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Barclays. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Barclays. This e-mail is subject to terms available at the following link: www.barcap.com/emaildisclaimer. By messaging with Barclays you consent to the foregoing. Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, a company registered in England (number 1026167) with its registered offi! ce at 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP. This email may relate to or be sent from other members of the Barclays Group. _______________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
