Maybe, but it seems kind of silly. So if have a directory fill with a thousand help files, I need to manually maintain this. Even if the tool that generates the help files have a different name each time. This seems completely ridiculous that WiX doesn't have a way to handle this!
-----Original Message----- From: Kristoffer Danielsson [mailto:kristoffer.daniels...@live.se] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:57 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component 1) I believe I posted a detailed explanation on this. You should only use heat manually! > From: cameron.ker...@philips.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:19:54 +0100 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component > > Thanks. I guess people have been giving me two different responses here and > I'm trying to figure out the right way to do this. > > 1) Should I use heat each time during a build, to harvest all the files in a > directory (directory contains a executable and all of its associated dlls and > dependencies). Then include that fragment with my main wix project. > > 2) Or do I either use this WixFileTool or Heat to just generate this for me > once, add it to my Wix Project, and forever maintain that list of files. > Since we are still in the beginning of the development for this project, it > is likely files will be renamed/files will be added/files will be deleted. > > What is the proper way / benefits of each? > > Thanks, > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ivo Stoyanov [mailto:ivos...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:10 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component > > You can try this - simple GUI > http://flexsetup.codeplex.com/ > WiXFileTool: generates WiX file definitions and component definitions for a > collection of files > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "Kerber, Cameron" <cameron.ker...@philips.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 8:43:52 AM > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component > > Yes, I understand that you can put multiple files in a component, but that > means I have to write the Source for each of the files, and spell out each > file xml element. I basically just want to set the Source to a directory and > include all files under that directory. Or some process that converts a > directory to <File Id="A" Source="A.txt"> <File Id="B" Source="B.txt"> > > I can't be typing this each and everytime. > > Heat tool. I'll look into it. > > Do you know of any websites with tutorial on it? Any way to integrate into > MSBuild? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kristoffer Danielsson [mailto:kristoffer.daniels...@live.se] > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:36 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component > > > I'm also a newbie, so my solution below could be "wrong". However, it works: > > > > <Directory Id="SourceDirectoryDir" Name="Source"> > > <Component Id="BunchOfFiles" Guid="YOURGUID"> > > <File Id="FileX" Source="1.htm"> > > <File Id="FileY" Source="2.htm"> > > <File Id="FileZ" Source="3.htm"> > > </Component> > > </Directory> > > > Something like that. 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