Thanks to everyone for your responses. This helps a great deal and I am most grateful. The link to the suggested post seems to confirm what everyone is saying:
"...Took us a long time to get to a algorithm that is stable for Component Guids. Huge win for everyone once it worked. :) – Rob Mensching <http://stackoverflow.com/users/23852/rob-mensching> Apr 22 '13 at 11:06 <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16120473/wix-is-it-safe-to-use-autogenerated-guid-on-component-tags#comment23067092_16121146> " On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 3:52 PM, cknoll <caleb.kn...@ni.com> wrote: > Also see Rob's response here: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16120473/wix-is-it-safe-to-use-autogenerated-guid-on-component-tags > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-does-heat-maintain-consistent-GUIDs-tp7599757p7599762.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for > all > things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs > to > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the > conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
