Re: [WiX-users] Using the same component in different features

2011-07-05 Thread Anil Patel
Hi Rob, Appreciate your reply on this and will look through the MSI SDK to understand this. Regards, Anil. On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > What you are describing is the expected behavior of the Windows Installer. > The MSI SDK explains the Windows Installer behavior in

Re: [WiX-users] Using the same component in different features

2011-07-04 Thread Rob Mensching
What you are describing is the expected behavior of the Windows Installer. The MSI SDK explains the Windows Installer behavior in a lot of detail... but is pretty dense material. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Anil Patel wrote: > Hello, > > As this is my first time in authoring WiX source files

[WiX-users] Using the same component in different features

2011-07-01 Thread Anil Patel
Hello, As this is my first time in authoring WiX source files, I have a need to use the same component group (hence components) in different features. The 'shared' components will only ever be installed in one location. What I would like to understand is if there are any dangers in this doing thi