Well said, Dacian.
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Scott,
Not everything that goes
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Thanks for the heads up. I'll bear that in mind.
Presumably, changing the root folder for the files each time would solve
this problem then.
so
sample-v1
sample-v2, etc would fix
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Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Using heat.exe as part of an automated build process
Thanks Rob. But the code divination that you speak of is not really what I'm
looking for. I'm not looking for some voodoo that will get me out of doing my
job, I'm just looking for a way to do
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The problem here is that Microsoft tools are already in the habit of automatic
code generation - and they all are designed to produce code for SELF
REGISTRATION. The process of self registration
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The problem here is that Microsoft tools are already in the habit
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To: Scott Palmer
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Scott Palmer wrote:
Anyway... I'm just looking for a build process, including creating the
installer, that doesn't suck...
Just FYI: Saying
: Mike Dimmick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Yes, you're breaking rule 1 of the component rules: a file installed
After receiving emails from people on this subject asking about our
process, I will reply to all publicly here.
Unfortunatly my employer 'owns' the code, getting OS in the door is hard
enough, getting it out is not an option I am afraid.
However for those interested the general methodology
(LNG-CON)
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Heat isn't designed to be used in an automated build process.
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Palmer
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But it obviously should be. I hope this can be fixed, since we are stuck
with having to deal with all the problems of COM and for some silly reason
(I haven't seen a good argument against it yet) SelfReg is not supported and
officially broken for dynamically linked DLLs on Vista.
Microsoft
Mensching
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But it obviously should be. I hope this can be fixed, since we are
stuck with having to deal with all the problems of COM and for some
silly reason (I haven't seen a good
Yexley, Robert (LNG-CON) wrote:
Is WiX designed to be used in an automated build process?
The WiX tools, of course. The subject of this thread is your setup
*authoring*.
The code based that it needs to be generated from is a moving
target...changes on a ~weekly basis.
Because the WiX
, May 21, 2007 6:19 AM
To: Rob Mensching; Scott Palmer
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Is WiX designed to be used in an automated build process? If so, is there any
guidance anywhere on how to do so? I need
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WiX is intended to be used in an automated build system. It fits in
extremely well with every
Wieser Software ltd
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From: Yexley, Robert (LNG-CON)
To: Rob Mensching ; Scott Palmer
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Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using heat.exe as part of an automated build
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Thanks Rob. But the code
I'm still learning the ins and outs of WiX. I'm working on trying to
integrate the generation of an MSI into our automated build process, and
was wondering about the possibility of using heat.ext to harvest the
files needed for the features and components for the MSI. I've read a
few archived
Not exactly. If you use Heat on a COM DLL, Heat inserts PUT-GUID-HERE for
the GUID so you can do a search/replace as part of the automated build to
keep the GUID correct and always the same for that component.
Other issues are with the directory structure that Heat uses and the fact
that it's
Heat isn’t designed to be used in an automated build process.
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