Feature Requests item #959393, was opened at 2004-05-24 04:56 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by derekc You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642717&aid=959393&group_id=105970
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. >Category: compiler >Group: Already Exists >Status: Closed Priority: 5 Submitted By: Riko Eksteen (rikoe) >Assigned to: Derek (derekc) Summary: Auto-generate short file names Initial Comment: Currently it is not possible in WiX to exclude the "Name" attribute from the <File /> or <Directory /> elements. If a file or directory has a long name, it can be tedious to type in a short filename for each one of these. By excluding the "Name" attribute and only specifying the "LongName" attribute, WiX should automatically generate the short version of the directory/file name. If explicit instruction to auto-generate the short version is a prerequisite, the "Name" attribute could accept a value like "@auto-gen" or something similar. Alternatively, the automatic file inclusion tool being developed for WiX could support this feature. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Derek (derekc) Date: 2006-04-17 00:54 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=518766 Done and done - great suggestion! :) We changed the representation of this functionality in the schema a bit, but ultimately, this suggestion led to the change. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Jerry Dennany (jerdenn) Date: 2005-07-08 09:39 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=707226 I'd like to add my vote for this feature - this is really needed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Trejkaz Xaoza (trejkaz) Date: 2005-05-19 18:09 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=639492 This feature sounds great... I have to automate generation of a WiX file from a tree of files, and one of the problems is that in Java there is no way to even get the short filename. Ultimately, it should be possible to just specify "Name". Files which already have short filenames only require "Name" and not "LongName", so it would make sense for this feature to be consistent. If "LongName" is missing, and "Name" is a long filename, it should shorten the name automatically and at least conceptually move the attribute. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Jean-Marc Paulin (jm_paulin) Date: 2005-05-10 07:40 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=513312 I support this JM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642717&aid=959393&group_id=105970 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
