Is it smart enough to always generate the same guid in the face of the same 
file for 'upgrades' etc.?

Seems I have a lot more learning to do.

Thanks

Best regards
Mr. Gareth Williams
Trinity Digital


-----Original Message-----
From: ptr [mailto:ptrajku...@gmail.com]
Sent: 10 April 2013 13:09
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wildcards

You can easily use a HeatDirectory task to achieve what you want. Basically it 
will walk the directory tree and create a wix file that you can use in your 
project.


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Gareth Williams < gar...@trinitydigital.co.uk> 
wrote:

> Hello All.
>
> Considering using WiX to build an installation system for a clients
> product.
> However their file set can change quite dramatically depending on the
> customer for whom the installation is meant for - installs are
> specific to a customer.
> They propose to manage this by simply copying only the customer
> specific folder data to the 'installation file set' and then building
> the install image.
> There can be hundreds of files per customer and many customers world
> wide
> - so an "installation system" per customer is not practical either.
> Okay so every file for every customer could be included but there is a
> risk that it exposes the customer base - one customer could install
> files specific to another customer.
>
> Can WiX support wildcards to allow 'inclusion of a folder / its
> subfolders'?  My guess is not from reading the tutorials - every file
> has to be given a unique xml entry and guid?
>
> Best regards
>
> Mr. Gareth Williams
> Trinity Digital
>
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