[WiX-users] heat parameters for harvesting a reg file

2012-06-12 Thread mba
I want to harvest a reg file using heat. The wxs file is generated using: heat reg data.reg -ag -sfrag -cg Registry -o Registry.wxs The call to heat succeeds but when I build the installer the following error message occurs: Registry.wxs (4): The Directory element requires the Name attribute

Re: [WiX-users] Hot do I replace specific files of a wixlib with newer versions in my installer?

2012-05-16 Thread mba
Yes, I use -bf to bind all files in the library file. Maybe I should clarify what I want to do. I have a file A that is contained in the wixlib, but I want a newer file A to be installed. So I include the new version of A in the main wxs and want the old version of A in the wixlib to be ignored.

[WiX-users] Hot do I replace specific files of a wixlib with newer versions in my installer?

2012-05-15 Thread mba
Hi, I am using a large wixlib file in my wix installer. Now, I want to include newer versions of a few files in my installer which are included in the wixlib, without rebuilding the wixlib. Instead, I want to include the newer version of these files in my main wxs file. I learned that the Ids of