[WiX-users] How to mix hand-generated and auto-generated .wxs content
I have a project that has a large number of files. Between versions of our software, new files get added and some get removed. Therefore, in automating our build process, I would like to have heat auto-generate a .wxs file (let's call it files.wxs). But then there are certain hand-generated items, like the product element with its associated version and environment tags for environment variables that we need to set. These never change (except for the version number which increments). Right now, I have put all of that in a file named product.wxs. How can I best combine them into one .msi? Do I need to create a component element inside the product element for each of the fragments that were auto-generated in the files.wxs file? If so, that kind of defeats the purpose of auto-generating that file. I'm hoping there is another way. Help!Thanks, in advance. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-mix-hand-generated-and-auto-generated-wxs-content-tp7595738.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to mix hand-generated and auto-generated .wxs content
Sounds like you need to give a component group name in your heat call -cg MyComponentGroup Add the wxs file generated from heat to your project. Add the a ComponentGroupRef to your feature or another componentgroup depending on your preferences to the hand rolled wxs file. Done -Original Message- From: eric [mailto:eric.bu...@lmco.com] Sent: July-09-14 12:48 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to mix hand-generated and auto-generated .wxs content I have a project that has a large number of files. Between versions of our software, new files get added and some get removed. Therefore, in automating our build process, I would like to have heat auto-generate a .wxs file (let's call it files.wxs). But then there are certain hand-generated items, like the product element with its associated version and environment tags for environment variables that we need to set. These never change (except for the version number which increments). Right now, I have put all of that in a file named product.wxs. How can I best combine them into one .msi? Do I need to create a component element inside the product element for each of the fragments that were auto-generated in the files.wxs file? If so, that kind of defeats the purpose of auto-generating that file. I'm hoping there is another way. Help!Thanks, in advance. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-mix-hand-generated-and-auto-generated-wxs-content-tp7595738.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to mix hand-generated and auto-generated .wxs content
Thanks, scubasteve2! That got me through my current error and led me on to my next. I'll go ahead and post that as a separate question, though. Thank you so much! scubasteve2 wrote Sounds like you need to give a component group name in your heat call -cg MyComponentGroup Add the wxs file generated from heat to your project. Add the a ComponentGroupRef to your feature or another componentgroup depending on your preferences to the hand rolled wxs file. Done -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-mix-hand-generated-and-auto-generated-wxs-content-tp7595738p7595746.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
