I would start by asking what exactly you are looking to accomplish with the
transforms, however this would be better suited for the wix-users group or some
other MSI specific forum. It is much more active and more appropriate for this
style of questioning.
If you need instance transforms then you are venturing into a less commonly
traveled area. I've dabbled around a bit with them (and submitted a pull
request a while back to enhance some Wix core features), but have since decided
the extra complexity and overhead wasn't worth it. I simply build separately
branded/instanced versions of my MSI and I utilize external CAB files to share
the common files. I do remember instance transforms made upgrades and patching
a nightmare to try to keep strait. As for creating the transforms, with my
patch I submitted I was able to get the Wix core to build and embed the
transforms within the existing MSI (My needs were unique). With that, you could
provide the transforms by name prefixed with a : to indicate it was a
predefined transform.
INSTANCE TRANSFORMS -
http://wix.codeplex.com/SourceControl/network/forks/jchoover/Instances/contribution/1652
fixes for SF features 3223373, 3434688.
My pass at allowing * for Instance/@ProductCode and allow specifying
Instance/@UpgradeCode.
To start with, have a look on the wix-users newsgroup and the CHM
documentation for <InstanceTransforms> and <Instance> elements. These may be
all you need to get your transforms working.
Jacob
-----Original Message-----
From: jeamis [mailto:jonathan.a...@intergraph.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 3:00 PM
To: wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Creating MultiTransform msi using wix.
Jacob,
Thank you.
So how do I create a basic transform? Is this doable in a Wix wsx file
used in the msi project?
I get a sense, reading the internet that the msi can have embedded
transforms, yet I don't know how to add such thing to wix msi code. Is the
only way to do this is via scripts seen on the web?
I have used torch.exe to create a mst and then I tried passing the mst created
as the TRANSFORMS value in my Wix msiPackage...wix compiled but setup did not
like it.
I have used Orca to create a mst file and get the same result.
Thank you.
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- jon
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