Re: [WiX-devs] Embedding a directory with files

2006-11-28 Thread Bob Arnson
Justin Rockwood wrote: If you use tools to autogenerate your components for you, just be extremely careful about the component rules. It would be very, very easy for the autogeneration to get you into a state where your components are no longer patchable. Having said that, however, I can see

Re: [WiX-devs] Embedding a directory with files

2006-11-28 Thread Justin Rockwood
-devs@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Embedding a directory with files At first I didn't like adding all my files, either, but once I got used to it I liked it because it allows you to diff the Wix script and see exactly what happened between installer versions. To each his o

Re: [WiX-devs] Embedding a directory with files

2006-11-28 Thread Matthew Janulewicz
: Re: [WiX-devs] Embedding a directory with files Just have a single element which points to your premade CAB file. I do that w/ several signed controls. The contents of the CAB are "your business" - WiX and MSI don't care about that. ;) On 11/28/06, Subscriber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [WiX-devs] Embedding a directory with files

2006-11-28 Thread John Watson
Just have a single element which points to your premade CAB file. I do that w/ several signed controls. The contents of the CAB are "your business" - WiX and MSI don't care about that. ;) On 11/28/06, Subscriber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I would like to embed an entire directory includin

[WiX-devs] Embedding a directory with files

2006-11-28 Thread Subscriber
Hi, I would like to embed an entire directory including subfolders and files into my MSI package, but how do I do that? The only option I can see, is to add each file one at as a time with a element. But that is not good as I have apprx. 1300 files that never changes and writing a File elem