What you are describing is the expected behavior of the Windows Installer. The MSI SDK explains the Windows Installer behavior in a lot of detail... but is pretty dense material.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Anil Patel <apatel...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > As this is my first time in authoring WiX source files, I have a need to > use > the same component group (hence components) in different features. > The 'shared' components will only ever be installed in one location. > > What I would like to understand is if there are any dangers in this doing > this? > > I have also noticed that if I uninstall a feature, the 'shared' components > within that feature are not deleted. I can see why this is the case as > there > is another feature referencing it but how does the Windows Installer do > this? The features themselves have no unique identifiers (ie no GUIDs) > other > than the string feature id which have to be unique. > > Many thanks, > Anil. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
