Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules?
Actually, no. Say I have two wixlibs for two different features. I run heat as a prebuild on both libs (so in total it is run twice) with the -cg option which very nicely generates componentgroups, but the ID's for each directory are things like 'folder1'. Now when both libraries have directories with the same Id it is there that I run into trouble. -Nick -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] Sent: 03 November 2009 18:21 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? For me this more sounds like a bug in heat. IDs should be GUID -- *unique* IDs. Regards Markus -Original Message- From: Nick Ball [mailto:nick.b...@grantadesign.com] Sent: Dienstag, 3. November 2009 16:07 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? I've had a problem using wixlibs in that auto-generated (heat.exe) libraries can end up having the same ID's for components, which then fails to build. This doesn't happen with merge modules - which is what I've ended up doing. -N -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: 02 November 2009 21:02 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? More-or-less yes, you have it right. There are several servicing issues related to Merge Modules, and some of those issues are carried into the way that WiX incorporates Merge Modules (making them even harder to deal with than they already would have been, especially as relates to patching/patch generation). You can create binary wixlibs, which are compiled fragments that carry the files they otherwise incorporate by reference in the wixlib itself, making them have all the advantages of merge modules except the portability with other toolsets. The typical decision path is: prefer either fragments or wixlibs over merge modules when you don't need to incorporate the shared code with non-wix toolsets. Note that wix 3.5 and 3.0 can share the same wixlibs, while wix 2.0 can't share the same libs with 3.x (or the same source code without some transformation either). -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? If I understand correctly, there are two ways to modularize my setup: Fragments and Merge Modules. So the question is: Which one to use? For me it looks like Merge Modules being a more heavy weight solution, but the benefit is that those are a product-independent standard (i. e. InstallShield or Wise can use them, too), while Fragments are more light weight, but can be used only by WiX. Is that correct? Or did I missed the point? Maybe there is a more essential difference (besides the fact that a Fragment is a *source object* while a Merge Module is a *binary (compiled and linked) object*)? What is the typical decision path (when to prefer Fragments over Merge Modules and vice versa)? Thanks Markus --- - -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users --- --- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules?
Just what I say: IDs should be GUIDs. If actually is not, it is a bug, since you run in the problem that you actually run into. If I were you, I would file a bug report describing the problem. Regards Markus -Original Message- From: Nick Ball [mailto:nick.b...@grantadesign.com] Sent: Mittwoch, 4. November 2009 12:56 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? Actually, no. Say I have two wixlibs for two different features. I run heat as a prebuild on both libs (so in total it is run twice) with the -cg option which very nicely generates componentgroups, but the ID's for each directory are things like 'folder1'. Now when both libraries have directories with the same Id it is there that I run into trouble. -Nick -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] Sent: 03 November 2009 18:21 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? For me this more sounds like a bug in heat. IDs should be GUID -- *unique* IDs. Regards Markus -Original Message- From: Nick Ball [mailto:nick.b...@grantadesign.com] Sent: Dienstag, 3. November 2009 16:07 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? I've had a problem using wixlibs in that auto-generated (heat.exe) libraries can end up having the same ID's for components, which then fails to build. This doesn't happen with merge modules - which is what I've ended up doing. -N -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: 02 November 2009 21:02 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? More-or-less yes, you have it right. There are several servicing issues related to Merge Modules, and some of those issues are carried into the way that WiX incorporates Merge Modules (making them even harder to deal with than they already would have been, especially as relates to patching/patch generation). You can create binary wixlibs, which are compiled fragments that carry the files they otherwise incorporate by reference in the wixlib itself, making them have all the advantages of merge modules except the portability with other toolsets. The typical decision path is: prefer either fragments or wixlibs over merge modules when you don't need to incorporate the shared code with non-wix toolsets. Note that wix 3.5 and 3.0 can share the same wixlibs, while wix 2.0 can't share the same libs with 3.x (or the same source code without some transformation either). -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? If I understand correctly, there are two ways to modularize my setup: Fragments and Merge Modules. So the question is: Which one to use? For me it looks like Merge Modules being a more heavy weight solution, but the benefit is that those are a product-independent standard (i. e. InstallShield or Wise can use them, too), while Fragments are more light weight, but can be used only by WiX. Is that correct? Or did I missed the point? Maybe there is a more essential difference (besides the fact that a Fragment is a *source object* while a Merge Module is a *binary (compiled and linked) object*)? What is the typical decision path (when to prefer Fragments over Merge Modules and vice versa)? Thanks Markus --- - -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users --- --- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules?
Markus, This old blog post of mine might be useful as well: http://www.robmensching.com/blog/posts/2008/10/10/What-are-.wixlibs-and-why-would-you-use-them. You've hit the high points already though. On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Blair os...@live.com wrote: More-or-less yes, you have it right. There are several servicing issues related to Merge Modules, and some of those issues are carried into the way that WiX incorporates Merge Modules (making them even harder to deal with than they already would have been, especially as relates to patching/patch generation). You can create binary wixlibs, which are compiled fragments that carry the files they otherwise incorporate by reference in the wixlib itself, making them have all the advantages of merge modules except the portability with other toolsets. The typical decision path is: prefer either fragments or wixlibs over merge modules when you don't need to incorporate the shared code with non-wix toolsets. Note that wix 3.5 and 3.0 can share the same wixlibs, while wix 2.0 can't share the same libs with 3.x (or the same source code without some transformation either). -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? If I understand correctly, there are two ways to modularize my setup: Fragments and Merge Modules. So the question is: Which one to use? For me it looks like Merge Modules being a more heavy weight solution, but the benefit is that those are a product-independent standard (i. e. InstallShield or Wise can use them, too), while Fragments are more light weight, but can be used only by WiX. Is that correct? Or did I missed the point? Maybe there is a more essential difference (besides the fact that a Fragment is a *source object* while a Merge Module is a *binary (compiled and linked) object*)? What is the typical decision path (when to prefer Fragments over Merge Modules and vice versa)? Thanks Markus -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules?
I've had a problem using wixlibs in that auto-generated (heat.exe) libraries can end up having the same ID's for components, which then fails to build. This doesn't happen with merge modules - which is what I've ended up doing. -N -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: 02 November 2009 21:02 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? More-or-less yes, you have it right. There are several servicing issues related to Merge Modules, and some of those issues are carried into the way that WiX incorporates Merge Modules (making them even harder to deal with than they already would have been, especially as relates to patching/patch generation). You can create binary wixlibs, which are compiled fragments that carry the files they otherwise incorporate by reference in the wixlib itself, making them have all the advantages of merge modules except the portability with other toolsets. The typical decision path is: prefer either fragments or wixlibs over merge modules when you don't need to incorporate the shared code with non-wix toolsets. Note that wix 3.5 and 3.0 can share the same wixlibs, while wix 2.0 can't share the same libs with 3.x (or the same source code without some transformation either). -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? If I understand correctly, there are two ways to modularize my setup: Fragments and Merge Modules. So the question is: Which one to use? For me it looks like Merge Modules being a more heavy weight solution, but the benefit is that those are a product-independent standard (i. e. InstallShield or Wise can use them, too), while Fragments are more light weight, but can be used only by WiX. Is that correct? Or did I missed the point? Maybe there is a more essential difference (besides the fact that a Fragment is a *source object* while a Merge Module is a *binary (compiled and linked) object*)? What is the typical decision path (when to prefer Fragments over Merge Modules and vice versa)? Thanks Markus -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules?
Blair, thank you for your comments. If WiX makes using Merge Modules more complex than it should be, why not improving that issue? I mean, shouldn't WiX make dealing with MSI easier than harder? Regards Markus -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Montag, 2. November 2009 22:02 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? More-or-less yes, you have it right. There are several servicing issues related to Merge Modules, and some of those issues are carried into the way that WiX incorporates Merge Modules (making them even harder to deal with than they already would have been, especially as relates to patching/patch generation). You can create binary wixlibs, which are compiled fragments that carry the files they otherwise incorporate by reference in the wixlib itself, making them have all the advantages of merge modules except the portability with other toolsets. The typical decision path is: prefer either fragments or wixlibs over merge modules when you don't need to incorporate the shared code with non-wix toolsets. Note that wix 3.5 and 3.0 can share the same wixlibs, while wix 2.0 can't share the same libs with 3.x (or the same source code without some transformation either). -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? If I understand correctly, there are two ways to modularize my setup: Fragments and Merge Modules. So the question is: Which one to use? For me it looks like Merge Modules being a more heavy weight solution, but the benefit is that those are a product-independent standard (i. e. InstallShield or Wise can use them, too), while Fragments are more light weight, but can be used only by WiX. Is that correct? Or did I missed the point? Maybe there is a more essential difference (besides the fact that a Fragment is a *source object* while a Merge Module is a *binary (compiled and linked) object*)? What is the typical decision path (when to prefer Fragments over Merge Modules and vice versa)? Thanks Markus --- - -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users --- --- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules?
Rob, thank you very much for this interesting insights. Using wixlibs seems to be the right solution unless external partners come into play. Thanks Markus -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Dienstag, 3. November 2009 16:04 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? Markus, This old blog post of mine might be useful as well: http://www.robmensching.com/blog/posts/2008/10/10/What-are-.wixlibs- and-why-would-you-use-them. You've hit the high points already though. On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Blair os...@live.com wrote: More-or-less yes, you have it right. There are several servicing issues related to Merge Modules, and some of those issues are carried into the way that WiX incorporates Merge Modules (making them even harder to deal with than they already would have been, especially as relates to patching/patch generation). You can create binary wixlibs, which are compiled fragments that carry the files they otherwise incorporate by reference in the wixlib itself, making them have all the advantages of merge modules except the portability with other toolsets. The typical decision path is: prefer either fragments or wixlibs over merge modules when you don't need to incorporate the shared code with non- wix toolsets. Note that wix 3.5 and 3.0 can share the same wixlibs, while wix 2.0 can't share the same libs with 3.x (or the same source code without some transformation either). -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? If I understand correctly, there are two ways to modularize my setup: Fragments and Merge Modules. So the question is: Which one to use? For me it looks like Merge Modules being a more heavy weight solution, but the benefit is that those are a product-independent standard (i. e. InstallShield or Wise can use them, too), while Fragments are more light weight, but can be used only by WiX. Is that correct? Or did I missed the point? Maybe there is a more essential difference (besides the fact that a Fragment is a *source object* while a Merge Module is a *binary (compiled and linked) object*)? What is the typical decision path (when to prefer Fragments over Merge Modules and vice versa)? Thanks Markus - --- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - - Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC --- --- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules?
For me this more sounds like a bug in heat. IDs should be GUID -- *unique* IDs. Regards Markus -Original Message- From: Nick Ball [mailto:nick.b...@grantadesign.com] Sent: Dienstag, 3. November 2009 16:07 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? I've had a problem using wixlibs in that auto-generated (heat.exe) libraries can end up having the same ID's for components, which then fails to build. This doesn't happen with merge modules - which is what I've ended up doing. -N -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: 02 November 2009 21:02 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? More-or-less yes, you have it right. There are several servicing issues related to Merge Modules, and some of those issues are carried into the way that WiX incorporates Merge Modules (making them even harder to deal with than they already would have been, especially as relates to patching/patch generation). You can create binary wixlibs, which are compiled fragments that carry the files they otherwise incorporate by reference in the wixlib itself, making them have all the advantages of merge modules except the portability with other toolsets. The typical decision path is: prefer either fragments or wixlibs over merge modules when you don't need to incorporate the shared code with non-wix toolsets. Note that wix 3.5 and 3.0 can share the same wixlibs, while wix 2.0 can't share the same libs with 3.x (or the same source code without some transformation either). -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? If I understand correctly, there are two ways to modularize my setup: Fragments and Merge Modules. So the question is: Which one to use? For me it looks like Merge Modules being a more heavy weight solution, but the benefit is that those are a product-independent standard (i. e. InstallShield or Wise can use them, too), while Fragments are more light weight, but can be used only by WiX. Is that correct? Or did I missed the point? Maybe there is a more essential difference (besides the fact that a Fragment is a *source object* while a Merge Module is a *binary (compiled and linked) object*)? What is the typical decision path (when to prefer Fragments over Merge Modules and vice versa)? Thanks Markus --- - -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users --- --- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules?
If I understand correctly, there are two ways to modularize my setup: Fragments and Merge Modules. So the question is: Which one to use? For me it looks like Merge Modules being a more heavy weight solution, but the benefit is that those are a product-independent standard (i. e. InstallShield or Wise can use them, too), while Fragments are more light weight, but can be used only by WiX. Is that correct? Or did I missed the point? Maybe there is a more essential difference (besides the fact that a Fragment is a *source object* while a Merge Module is a *binary (compiled and linked) object*)? What is the typical decision path (when to prefer Fragments over Merge Modules and vice versa)? Thanks Markus -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules?
More-or-less yes, you have it right. There are several servicing issues related to Merge Modules, and some of those issues are carried into the way that WiX incorporates Merge Modules (making them even harder to deal with than they already would have been, especially as relates to patching/patch generation). You can create binary wixlibs, which are compiled fragments that carry the files they otherwise incorporate by reference in the wixlib itself, making them have all the advantages of merge modules except the portability with other toolsets. The typical decision path is: prefer either fragments or wixlibs over merge modules when you don't need to incorporate the shared code with non-wix toolsets. Note that wix 3.5 and 3.0 can share the same wixlibs, while wix 2.0 can't share the same libs with 3.x (or the same source code without some transformation either). -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Fragments or Merge Modules? If I understand correctly, there are two ways to modularize my setup: Fragments and Merge Modules. So the question is: Which one to use? For me it looks like Merge Modules being a more heavy weight solution, but the benefit is that those are a product-independent standard (i. e. InstallShield or Wise can use them, too), while Fragments are more light weight, but can be used only by WiX. Is that correct? Or did I missed the point? Maybe there is a more essential difference (besides the fact that a Fragment is a *source object* while a Merge Module is a *binary (compiled and linked) object*)? What is the typical decision path (when to prefer Fragments over Merge Modules and vice versa)? Thanks Markus -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
