Hi Rob, Appreciate your reply on this and will look through the MSI SDK to understand this.
Regards, Anil. On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > What you are describing is the expected behavior of the Windows Installer. > The MSI SDK explains the Windows Installer behavior in a lot of detail... > but is pretty dense material. > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Anil Patel <apatel...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > As this is my first time in authoring WiX source files, I have a need to > > use > > the same component group (hence components) in different features. > > The 'shared' components will only ever be installed in one location. > > > > What I would like to understand is if there are any dangers in this doing > > this? > > > > I have also noticed that if I uninstall a feature, the 'shared' > components > > within that feature are not deleted. I can see why this is the case as > > there > > is another feature referencing it but how does the Windows Installer do > > this? The features themselves have no unique identifiers (ie no GUIDs) > > other > > than the string feature id which have to be unique. > > > > Many thanks, > > Anil. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously > valuable. > > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security > > threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > > sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
