Re: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link
When I did this, I still got the ugly folders. From: Justin Rockwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:51 PM To: Cullen Waters; Justin Rockwood; 'Mark Capaldi'; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link Another thing you can try, which is the way it's supposed to "officially" work, is this: FileName.cs I can't remember if this works in Votive or not. I think it does, though. Try it out and let me know. Justin From: Cullen Waters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:47 PM To: Justin Rockwood; 'Mark Capaldi'; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link If you edit the project file directly, you can do this. In the Section, just add another entry like this: Now, there is a catch. When you reload the project in VS, it's going to be ugly. VS will add a tag for each folder in the relative path from your project directory to the file. And it adds one folder entry for each level of folder. For instance, I have a file that is two directories up from my project file. So, when I open the project in VS, I have an empty folder for .., an empty folder for ..\.., and a folder that is for ..\..\, but has the item in it. Not pretty, but it works. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin Rockwood Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:28 PM To: 'Mark Capaldi'; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link It's one of the things on my list to do, but linked files do not currently work yet. Sorry about that. Justin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Capaldi Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:10 AM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link Hi, I'm playing around with Votive v3.0.2211.0 in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers. I would like to add an existing item into my WiX project as a link, but the dialog box doesn't have the drop down box on the Add button like other projects. I can only Add files, which means that the file is physically copied into the project folder on the file system Is there any way to add files to a Votive projects as a link? Regards, Mark Capaldi - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link
Another thing you can try, which is the way it's supposed to "officially" work, is this: FileName.cs I can't remember if this works in Votive or not. I think it does, though. Try it out and let me know. Justin From: Cullen Waters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:47 PM To: Justin Rockwood; 'Mark Capaldi'; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link If you edit the project file directly, you can do this. In the Section, just add another entry like this: Now, there is a catch. When you reload the project in VS, it's going to be ugly. VS will add a tag for each folder in the relative path from your project directory to the file. And it adds one folder entry for each level of folder. For instance, I have a file that is two directories up from my project file. So, when I open the project in VS, I have an empty folder for .., an empty folder for ..\.., and a folder that is for ..\..\, but has the item in it. Not pretty, but it works. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin Rockwood Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:28 PM To: 'Mark Capaldi'; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link It's one of the things on my list to do, but linked files do not currently work yet. Sorry about that. Justin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Capaldi Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:10 AM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link Hi, I'm playing around with Votive v3.0.2211.0 in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers. I would like to add an existing item into my WiX project as a link, but the dialog box doesn't have the drop down box on the Add button like other projects. I can only Add files, which means that the file is physically copied into the project folder on the file system Is there any way to add files to a Votive projects as a link? Regards, Mark Capaldi - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link
If you edit the project file directly, you can do this. In the Section, just add another entry like this: Now, there is a catch. When you reload the project in VS, it's going to be ugly. VS will add a tag for each folder in the relative path from your project directory to the file. And it adds one folder entry for each level of folder. For instance, I have a file that is two directories up from my project file. So, when I open the project in VS, I have an empty folder for .., an empty folder for ..\.., and a folder that is for ..\..\, but has the item in it. Not pretty, but it works. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin Rockwood Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:28 PM To: 'Mark Capaldi'; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link It's one of the things on my list to do, but linked files do not currently work yet. Sorry about that. Justin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Capaldi Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:10 AM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link Hi, I'm playing around with Votive v3.0.2211.0 in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers. I would like to add an existing item into my WiX project as a link, but the dialog box doesn't have the drop down box on the Add button like other projects. I can only Add files, which means that the file is physically copied into the project folder on the file system Is there any way to add files to a Votive projects as a link? Regards, Mark Capaldi - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link
It's one of the things on my list to do, but linked files do not currently work yet. Sorry about that. Justin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Capaldi Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:10 AM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link Hi, I'm playing around with Votive v3.0.2211.0 in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers. I would like to add an existing item into my WiX project as a link, but the dialog box doesn't have the drop down box on the Add button like other projects. I can only Add files, which means that the file is physically copied into the project folder on the file system Is there any way to add files to a Votive projects as a link? Regards, Mark Capaldi - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
