If multiple products install the same component in the same folder, the
component is reference-counted, and it is removed when all the products
having that component are uninstalled. This is one of the main features of
Windows Installer and the reason for most of the "component rules".

El viernes, 6 de diciembre de 2013, Smagin Alexander escribió:

>  If two products use the same componanet and they are installed in the
> same folder. product A  complements product B, nevertheless these products
> can be installed separately.  in this case does the shared component
> (files)  leave unchnaged  If one of them is uninstalled ? if not how to
> implement it, i.e. if they are instralled in the same folder shared files
> will no be deleted whe one of the product is uninstalled.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Alex.
>
> Пятница,  6 декабря 2013, 8:41 -08:00 от Phil Wilson <
> phildgwil...@gmail.com <javascript:;>>:
> >Yes - that's what merge modules do. They are the same resource component
> in
> >a package used to build multiple products to keep the sharing working
> >properly. Put the shared components in merge modules to be safer. If
> you're
> >all WiX there are WiX fragments.
> >
> >This assumes that the resource is the same actual thing. It's asking for
> >trouble to have completely different resources with the same component id.
> >
> >Phil Wilson
>
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