Ahh, that is absolutely a bug in the documentation. Please do file it. The harvesting related steps there need to be removed or, at least, moved to a footnote with a pointer to the documentation that says how harvesting is disabled by default. That is absolutely the kind of bug we can miss when updating documentation. Thanks for pointing it out.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:46 AM, David Lowndes <dav...@mvps.org> wrote: > >The documentation is supposed to explicitly call out that harvesting was > disabled in WiX v3.6 due to many issues that arose at the end of WiX v3.5. > Can you point out the documentation that still recommends harvesting so we > can fix it? > < > > It's in help file supplied with the latest download - under the topic > "Creating a Simple Setup". > > There are 2 (major) steps to create a test application and a Wix installer > project and then it says: > > "That's it! Now you have a working installer that installs and uninstalls > the application." > > Which I patently didn't have! > > It also says: > > "Note: After step 5, the appropriate WiX authoring is auto-generated to > reference the application project. To disable auto-generation, right-click > on the MyApplication project reference and go to Properties, then set the > Harvest property to False. > " > > Nit-picking point - the step 5 mentioned above is really "sub-step 5 of > step > 2" on that page. > > Dave > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
