Thanks for the fantastic detailed clarification on this issue! I will endeavour
to use the melt approach outlined in Bob's post.
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From: Nick Ramirez [mailto:nickra...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 8:02 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Creating patches using wixout (-bf flag deprecated)
Sounds like undocumented functionality
Sounds like undocumented functionality of Melt. I don't see anything about
using it that way in the WiX.chm.
Also, binder variable don't solve the problem of binding the source files
into the XML file. They only give you a way to list a bunch of paths to
probe. So they don't replace the
Hi All,
I am using light.exe to create .wixout files with the -bf flag, I now get a
warning saying that this flag is deprecated. I can't find information on why.
I'm using .wixout files with bundle binary data to create patches (as described
in the Wix 3.6 book) and am now wondering if this is
-users] Creating patches using wixout (-bf flag deprecated)
Ouch. So now you have to keep your old and new source files on hand. Would be
nice to keep the bind-files option or work it into the wixpdb. Also, not being
able to bind the files into the wixout or wixpdb means that if you move the
wixout
, January 8, 2015 11:50 AM
To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Creating patches using wixout (-bf flag deprecated)
You need to start using the bindpath variables in your wxs sources. Melt will
take care of pointing the wixpdb to the new location
Bind paths vs. Visual Studio project references (e.g.
$(var.MyProject.TargetDir))...the latter doesn't require passing custom
parameters to light. Why make the specifying of a source file more arcane
with a bind paths binder variable? Especially when the use case is a patch
file in the unseen
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Creating patches using wixout (-bf flag deprecated)
Bind paths vs. Visual Studio project references (e.g.
$(var.MyProject.TargetDir))...the latter doesn't require passing custom
parameters to light. Why make the specifying of a source file more arcane with
a bind paths
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Subject: [WiX-users] Creating patches using wixout (-bf flag deprecated)
Hi All,
I am using light.exe to create .wixout files with the -bf flag, I now get a
warning saying that this flag is deprecated. I can't find information on why.
I'm using .wixout files with bundle binary data to create
Ouch. So now you have to keep your old and new source files on hand. Would be
nice to keep the bind-files option or work it into the wixpdb. Also, not
being able to bind the files into the wixout or wixpdb means that if you
move the wixout/wixpdb and then try to run Pyro against it, all the paths
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Creating patches using wixout (-bf flag deprecated)
Ouch. So now you have to keep your old and new source files on hand. Would be
nice to keep the bind-files option or work it into the wixpdb. Also, not being
able to bind the files into the wixout
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