Re: [WiX-users] how to create a single component in output wxs file for whole directory using heat
heat.exe doesn't support this out of the box - it was designed to encourage the best practice, which is one file - one component. However, you can apply an XSL transform to the heat output and change it the way you need. You can also take a look at the Paraffin tool ( http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-better-tallow-paraffin.aspx), created by John Robbins some time ago - it has a switch to support your scenario. However, I've never tried it myself. -- Yan On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Sanjay Rao s...@noida.interrasystems.comwrote: Hi, I have a directory having thousand of files and directories in it. Since these files/folders updated rarely in one version to another version, So I just want to create minimum number of component for this directory to make the installer faster. This is just an experiment to check whether installer become faster or not after having a less number of components. Does anybody knows that how to create minimum number of components for one directory using heat ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] how to create a single component in output wxs file for whole directory using heat
You can also use WiXEdit (http://sourceforge.net/projects/wixedit/) to do that but you'll need to use version 0.7.2.3 or older as they changed it to work as per heat.exe from 0.7.3 onwards. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Yan Sklyarenko [mailto:yansklyarenko+...@gmail.com] Sent: 22 March 2011 07:08 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to create a single component in output wxs file for whole directory using heat heat.exe doesn't support this out of the box - it was designed to encourage the best practice, which is one file - one component. However, you can apply an XSL transform to the heat output and change it the way you need. You can also take a look at the Paraffin tool ( http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-better-tallow-paraffin.aspx), created by John Robbins some time ago - it has a switch to support your scenario. However, I've never tried it myself. -- Yan On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Sanjay Rao s...@noida.interrasystems.comwrote: Hi, I have a directory having thousand of files and directories in it. Since these files/folders updated rarely in one version to another version, So I just want to create minimum number of component for this directory to make the installer faster. This is just an experiment to check whether installer become faster or not after having a less number of components. Does anybody knows that how to create minimum number of components for one directory using heat ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] how to create a single component in output wxs file for whole directory using heat
Yan, This comes up from time to time and I want to stress that there is no universal best practice that states every file should be the keyfile of it's own component. 1:1 is the most common situation that you would want to do this but it is not universally true. The MSI SDK talks about this and I can speak from experience that I know of a number of situations where I would want to author in a non 1:1 fashion. Defining Installer Components: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368269(v=vs.85).aspx Regards, Chris --- Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me - Original Message From: Yan Sklyarenko yansklyarenko+...@gmail.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 2:07:53 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to create a single component in output wxs file for whole directory using heat heat.exe doesn't support this out of the box - it was designed to encourage the best practice, which is one file - one component. However, you can apply an XSL transform to the heat output and change it the way you need. You can also take a look at the Paraffin tool ( http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-better-tallow-paraffin.aspx), created by John Robbins some time ago - it has a switch to support your scenario. However, I've never tried it myself. -- Yan On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Sanjay Rao s...@noida.interrasystems.comwrote: Hi, I have a directory having thousand of files and directories in it. Since these files/folders updated rarely in one version to another version, So I just want to create minimum number of component for this directory to make the installer faster. This is just an experiment to check whether installer become faster or not after having a less number of components. Does anybody knows that how to create minimum number of components for one directory using heat ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
