Thanks Brand, It it generationg the WXS w/ any error, But every components is enclosed with fragmment tag. It would be great if you can give some sample which simply put the folder structure on user machine.
For your reference I am using the below said WXS file, which put a file to user machine. I just want to know how can I use the authogenerated(with Heat.exe) WXS file in the below xml ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; <Product Id="eb07f439-a13b-44e3-bc84-be303dbf1c26" Name="ANewWiX" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="NewWiX" UpgradeCode="d04bed30-d811-4bac-8954-a3e09e253eaf"> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" /> <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> <!--Path property--> <Property Id="MYAPPPATH"><![CDATA[C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\FAWFramework\test]]></Property> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="MYAPPPATH" Name="." > <Component Id='MyComponent' Guid='12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012'> <File Id='DLL' Name='abc.dll' DiskId='1' src='C:\abc.dll' /> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="NewWiX" Level="1"> <ComponentRef Id="MyComponent" /> </Feature> </Product> </Wix> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________ From: Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) [wix+us...@instyler.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:56 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure You can suppress harvesting that using the -sreg argument in heat.exe. Sample: > heat dir c:\folder\with\files -out dynamic.wxs -ag -sreg -ag sets to component guid to "*" to have them autogenerated during compile time. Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. http://www.instyler.com -----Original Message----- From: Jaspreet Nabha [mailto:jaspreet.na...@headstrong.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 07:44 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure Blair, I have tried the HEAT.EXE, but it is giving me the error "Could not harvest data from a file that was ecpected to be a assembly" I have some assemblies in the folder structure, which needs to be copied on user machine. Please suggest for the solution Thanks Jaspreet ________________________________________ From: Blair [os...@live.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:28 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure Would some incantation of HEAT.EXE work? -----Original Message----- From: Jaspreet Nabha [mailto:jaspreet.na...@headstrong.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:02 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure Hi All, I am using WiX3.0 and trying to copy a folder structure to user machine. Th efolder structure is very huge in depth and i dont want to copy every single file. Can you please help me out from this problem. Thanks Jaspreet ***The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. 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