Bob, yes I'm talking about Hxs files (this was called Help2 as opposed
to Help1 [chm file] within Microsoft and other circles) or some say MSDN
and HTML. When you generate the MSDN content it creates html bits that
are referenced in the index and collections file. For example I have 28
classes plus three namespace files which generate > 500 files of
documentation that must be packaged up for deployment.
I KNOW what you mean about uncharted areas. Most of the usage/tutorial
doc still has v2 or early v3 related content and I've had to learn by
trail and the schema how things are hooked up. Anyway, I do have the
component way working and I'm abstracting out targets in msbuild that
all projects can use so they don't have to go through the pain of
figuring this bit out.
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From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:51 AM
To: Bob Arnson; Eddleman, Don
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Survey on technique
Actually, I view that a little bit differently. There are plenty of
people that have chartered that unsupported territory. You can see
their carcasses all over. I happen to know that Bob is dealing with one
right now.
There *are* dragons in the code generation space. It is nowhere near as
trivial as it seems like it should be. The Component Rules make code
generation very, very difficult.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:39 AM
To: Eddleman, Don
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Survey on technique
Eddleman, Don wrote:
Help2 content is generated from the code plus added content (like
namespace documentation) and creates many files
How many? When you say "Help2," are you referring to .HxS files or raw
HTML files?
My point here is I think it is a misnomer to think that you should hand
manage every bit of content that goes into an msi especially for things
that get generated every time.
You're in uncharted, unsupported territory. Here be dragons.
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