Yes wix seems to use some MD5 checksum guid on the relative path of the file. So if you won't move the file to a different subdirectory the guid will stay the same
Raj On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Gareth Williams < gar...@trinitydigital.co.uk> wrote: > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of > > advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs > > for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. > > Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. > > Get a free account! > > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our > toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
