Re: [WiX-users] Auto-Generated GUIDs

2015-06-18 Thread Phill Hogland
From the link provided: Correct where “goes” means “installs to”. ... 1. I found the implementation at `Uuid.NewUuid` in `src\tools\wix\Uuid.cs`. 2. Seems to be derived from the full KeyPath of the component. So as long as everything goes to the same place the GUID will not change. I

Re: [WiX-users] Auto-Generated GUIDs

2015-06-18 Thread Hoover, Jacob
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2009/12/31/simplifying-wix-component-authoring/ -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:16 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Auto-Generated GUIDs From the link provided

[WiX-users] Auto-Generated GUIDs

2015-06-17 Thread Griesshammer, Christoph (GE Healthcare)
I have the following component that has an Auto-Generated GUID. I am seeing that every build, however, the GUID is the same. I've tried different things, such as: -Having a DirectoryRef to a directory besides the TARGETDIR -Setting KeyPath on the component -Setting

Re: [WiX-users] Auto-Generated GUIDs

2015-06-17 Thread Phill Hogland
I am seeing that every build, however, the GUID is the same. The GUID is generated based on the source path so if it did not change then the generated GUID will have the same result (appear to be the same GUID), which is fine in most situations when a Component has a single resource. See this

Re: [WiX-users] Auto-Generated GUIDs

2015-06-17 Thread Griesshammer, Christoph (GE Healthcare)
The GUID is generated based on the source path so if it did not change then the generated GUID will have the same result (appear to be the same GUID), which is fine in most situations when a Component has a single resource. The source path? I'm confused there. I have registry entries so they're