Re: [WiX-users] WiX and dynamic file linking
Sorry, I did not mean during Minor/Patch creation that files can be deleted, but during regular development that they can be. As long as each component is correctly set up with single folder link and a static key file then each build will not generate a new guid/keyfile. Anyways as I mentioned I am new to WiX and therefore just trying to learn the tool in's and out's as IS did a lot of the background msi database work for you and therefore you did not need to know what was necessarily going on in the back ground to create a complex install. Thanks, Tim. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-and-dynamic-file-linking-tp688166p7283873.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WiX and dynamic file linking
Danish, The tool that you were creating to help with Dynamic linking of files to a WiX install is it done yet? If so where can we get it to try it out? Now I am really new to WiX and therefore do not know the in's or out's of it as I have been using InstallShield for quit some time now. Now I also try to stay away from Dynamically linking files/folders, but in the cases where I have to use it I would usually do each folder as a separate component and then for each one I would add a static versioned file to set as the key file. This way the component name/ID remain the same and so does the key file for each build. It does not then matter if files are added or removed from the component and therefore the build generation between versions are still compatable for Minor/Patch creation. So does your tool handle that? I just know that if the key files, component ID changes between each build will break minor upgrade/patch creation and therefore not work as we need. Also as stated we will not have folders dynamically linked as this will definitly break Minor Upgrade/Patch creation. So what do you do in these cases? Thanks, Tim Mayert. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-and-dynamic-file-linking-tp688166p7281979.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WiX and dynamic file linking
Uhh, where did you hear that it was okay to add and remove files from a Component during an minor upgrade/patch? That definitely does not work correctly in all scenarios. On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:19 PM, TimM timmay...@smarttech.com wrote: Danish, The tool that you were creating to help with Dynamic linking of files to a WiX install is it done yet? If so where can we get it to try it out? Now I am really new to WiX and therefore do not know the in's or out's of it as I have been using InstallShield for quit some time now. Now I also try to stay away from Dynamically linking files/folders, but in the cases where I have to use it I would usually do each folder as a separate component and then for each one I would add a static versioned file to set as the key file. This way the component name/ID remain the same and so does the key file for each build. It does not then matter if files are added or removed from the component and therefore the build generation between versions are still compatable for Minor/Patch creation. So does your tool handle that? I just know that if the key files, component ID changes between each build will break minor upgrade/patch creation and therefore not work as we need. Also as stated we will not have folders dynamically linked as this will definitly break Minor Upgrade/Patch creation. So what do you do in these cases? Thanks, Tim Mayert. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-and-dynamic-file-linking-tp688166p7281979.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
