There is always a KeyPath for a Component: Directory, File, Registry or ODBC (who uses that anymore?). Directory is the weakest KeyPath so if the others are present WiX will default to the first one. This is all in the Component KeyPath documentation:
If this attribute's value is set to 'yes', then the Directory of this Component is used as the KeyPath. To set a Registry value or File as the KeyPath of a component, set the KeyPath attribute to 'yes' on one of those child elements. If KeyPath is not set to 'yes' for the Component or for a child Registry value or File, WiX will look at the child elements under the Component in sequential order and try to automatically select one of them as a key path. Allowing WiX to automatically select a key path can be dangerous because adding or removing child elements under the Component can inadvertantly cause the key path to change, which can lead to installation problems. _____________________________________________________________ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 7:40 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] KeyPath by default? Me too, not following. The question is a practical one. If someone built an MSI containing a file in a Component with no key path (which is therefore going to be the containing directory) , is there a way to build an equivalent MSI with WiX? A KeyPath setting maybe? I'm not following because the gist of all this seems to be that WiX will always set a key path, therefore I can't build that equivalent MSI, therefore there are scenarios in which a WiX-built MSI may not correctly update a non-WiX-built MSI because of key path differences. --------------- Phil Wilson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
