Also, only very limited number of attributes take the ? GUID. It isn't a general purpose thing because this is a very strange requirement to have. It'll be an interesting thing to try to repair, upgrade and patch as well... why do you need it?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Enns Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 07:08 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX That GUID would be generated at MSI build time, not at MSI install time, so it won't be unique for each user. Neil ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:51 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX You could try something like <?define MyGuid = "{????????-????-????-????-????????????}"?> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stas Klyachkovsky Sent: 28 July 2008 12:32 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX Hi there, I need to generate a GUID during the setup and put it in the registry key. Is there a simple way to generate random GUID in Windows Installer during installation? Is there WiX tag to do this? Thanks, Stas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users About Microsoft Ireland: www.microsoft.com/ireland<http://www.microsoft.com/ireland> Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited. A company incorporated and registered in Ireland number 256796. Microsoft Ireland Research. A company incorporated and registered in Ireland number 342235. Registered office 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users