Doh! My brain is thinking .WIXLIB and my fingers type .WIXPDB. How embarrassing. :(
John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com +1-877-968-5528 -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 9:21 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WIXPDB: Good place for common functionality? It sounds like what you actually want is a .wixlib. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:12 AM, John Robbins <j...@wintellect.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on an install system that has seven different web sites in it. > I have a lot of common functionality (App Pools, etc.) and I was > thinking of putting that common functionality in .WIXPDB files to > treat those common pieces like a C++ library. I've done some quick > prototypes and everything seems to work, but just wanted to check if > this is a good use of WIXPDB files given that the only discussion of > them seems to be around patching. We aren't doing any patching (major > upgrades only). Before I got down the path too far and found out I was > making a mistake, I thought I'd ask the collective mind if I'm doing the > right thing. > > Many thanks for your help! > > John > Wintellect > http://www.wintellect.com > +1-877-968-5528 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and > other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all > the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and > devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance > at lower cost and gain new business insights. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
