OK. I'll construct a transform, but this seems like a daunting task.
I always have to run heat after every check out. The developers can
change anything over time, branches, and releases, and the build isn't
supposed to break, so the smoothest policy for me is to limit
assumptions by always running heat against what ever is present.
I couldn't figure out how to modify the Component in the heat generated
file, so my transform chops it out, and I manually create the Component
in another file, with file associations. This seems to be the easiest
way to solve the problem and I don't have to be an xslt wizard.
First, my Product element contains:
<Feature Id='Complete' Level='1'>
<!-- Pull in file association -->
<ComponentRef Id="FileAssociations" />
</Feature>
<!-- Directory Structure -->
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir" >
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="Pfiles" >
<Directory Id="MYPRODUCTSDIR" Name="$(var.MyCompanyNameShort)" >
<Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="$(var.MyProductName) $(var.Version)" >
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
Second, another .wxs file contains the Component for my exe and file
associations:
<Fragment>
<DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR">
<Component
Id="FileAssociations"
Guid="$(var.Guid_ProgramFile)"
>
<File
Id="MainExeFile"
KeyPath="yes"
Source="$(var.dist)\foo.exe"
/>
<!-- associate .fooProject file extension with foo.exe -->
<ProgId
Id="fooProject"
Description="Foo Project"
>
<Extension Id="galileoGlobalProject" >
<Verb
Id="open"
TargetFile="MainExeFile"
Argument=""%1""
/>
</Extension>
</ProgId>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
</Fragment>
My xslt transformation file cuts out the exe Component from the
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
xmlns:wix="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>
<!-- strip out the exe files from the fragment heat generates. -->
<xsl:template match="@*|*">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />
<xsl:key name="exe-search" match="wix:Component[contains(wix:File/@Source,
'foo.exe')]" use="@Id" />
<xsl:template match="wix:Component[key('exe-search', @Id)]" />
<xsl:template match="wix:ComponentRef[key('exe-search', @Id)]" />
</xsl:stylesheet>
Commands:
heat.exe dir dist -dr INSTALLDIR -cg group_ProductFiles -gg -g1 -sf -srd -var
env.dist -t .\wix_project\MyProgram.filter2.xsl -out
.\wix_project\MyProgram.resource_list.wxs
candle.exe -dwxi_variables=MyProgram.variables.wxi -i MyProgram.variables.wxi
-v -arch x86 -trace -out wixobj/ .\wix_project\MyProgram.wxs
.\wix_project\MyProgram.resource_list.wxs .\wix_project\MyProgram.shortcuts.wxs
light.exe -out foo.msi -b dist -ext WixUIExtension wixobj/MyProgram.wixobj
wixobj/MyProgram.resource_list.wixobj wixobj/MyProgram.shortcuts.wixobj
And it all worked.
I think the documentation could really benefit from a practical example
like this, so people don't have to search though the mailing list
threads.
On Thu, 2013-08-15 at 16:27 -0700, Blair Murri wrote:
> That's why I use a transform to insert the file association code under the
> file element and I don't harvest my icons.
>
> To ne fair, harvesting was originally intended to be performed just once, not
> each build. Most projects don't need to be harvested each time, but there are
> systems that do require it.
>
>
> "jo...@msli.com" <jo...@msli.com> wrote:
>
> If heat generates a file with unique identifiers for each element, is it
> true that the Id of a particular element can't be referenced elsewhere,
> as there is no way to determine the correct name?
>
> I am facing this situation by trying to create a file association, where
> my exe has an Id that changes every time I run heat, yet creating a file
> association requires a TargetFile and Icon that refer to an Id, and not
> the name of the file it self.
>
> The following is a file association, but the '?' are the areas of
> interest:
> <ProgId Id="galileoGlobalProject" Description="Galileo Global Project"
> Icon="?" IconIndex="0" >
> <Extension Id="galileoGlobalProject" >
> <Verb Command="Open" Id="open" TargetFile="?" Argument=""%1"" />
> </Extension>
> </ProgId>
>
> A hack is calling heat.exe with argument -suid, which sets the Id = file
> name, and I simply use the file name in TargetFile="file_name.exe", but
> it has issues if two files have the same name in different areas (i
> think).
>
> Since heat is part of wix it seems like in the design of how all the
> parts fit together there must be a better way.
>
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