Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN
Can Paraffin handle deprecated components? ( I.e. when a file disapears from the directory link a 0 byte file and set the transitive bit with a NOOP condition instead of removing the component element ). I need this feature in any tool that I use so that minor uprades will properly remove obsolete files. John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, As you all know, Tallow for WiX 2.0 can be a bit, how shall we say it, troublesome. :) I developed a better tool, PARAFFIN, which creates an easier to use WiX fragment and also handles updating the WiX fragment as files are added and removed from your directories. It's turned the hours and hours of manual WiX fragment editing down to minutes a day for me. I thought you all might find it useful. (Note that using PARAFFIN can break component rules so be careful.) Here's the links to the discussion and the code: http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/18/wix-hints -for-new-users-part-1-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/19/wix-the-p ain-of-wix-part-2-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-bet ter-tallow-paraffin.aspx Please let me know if you find any bugs or have feature requests. Hope it's helpful! John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN
Can Paraffin handle deprecated components? ( I.e. when a file disapears from the directory link a 0 byte file and set the transitive bit with a NOOP condition instead of removing the component element ). I need this feature in any tool that I use so that minor uprades will properly remove obsolete files. John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, As you all know, Tallow for WiX 2.0 can be a bit, how shall we say it, troublesome. :) I developed a better tool, PARAFFIN, which creates an easier to use WiX fragment and also handles updating the WiX fragment as files are added and removed from your directories. It's turned the hours and hours of manual WiX fragment editing down to minutes a day for me. I thought you all might find it useful. (Note that using PARAFFIN can break component rules so be careful.) Here's the links to the discussion and the code: http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/18/wix-hints -for-new-users-part-1-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/19/wix-the-p ain-of-wix-part-2-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-bet ter-tallow-paraffin.aspx Please let me know if you find any bugs or have feature requests. Hope it's helpful! John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN
How does Parrafin compare to heat.exe ? Heat is supposed to be the replacement for tallow in the v3 world. Personally, I like the way tallow worked. I am using a modified version of it myself. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Robbins Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:27 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN Hello, As you all know, Tallow for WiX 2.0 can be a bit, how shall we say it, troublesome. :) I developed a better tool, PARAFFIN, which creates an easier to use WiX fragment and also handles updating the WiX fragment as files are added and removed from your directories. It's turned the hours and hours of manual WiX fragment editing down to minutes a day for me. I thought you all might find it useful. (Note that using PARAFFIN can break component rules so be careful.) Here's the links to the discussion and the code: http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/18/wix-hints -for-new-users-part-1-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/19/wix-the-p ain-of-wix-part-2-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-bet ter-tallow-paraffin.aspx Please let me know if you find any bugs or have feature requests. Hope it's helpful! John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN
Robert, I'm only using WiX 2.0 so needed something that was easier to integrate and maintain instead of Tallow. Tallow was fine for getting you started but if you're working on a large web project with thousands of files and everything's in flux, it's a total pain to add and delete files manually. I thought that work should be automated. Paraffin has worked great for the projects I've been on. As for WiX 3.0, I've never looked at it because 1) it's under active development and I needed the stability of 2.0 and 2) it is essentially undocumented where 2.0 has Gabor's tutorial to get you going. Hope it helps! John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:11 AM To: John Robbins; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN How does Parrafin compare to heat.exe ? Heat is supposed to be the replacement for tallow in the v3 world. Personally, I like the way tallow worked. I am using a modified version of it myself. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Robbins Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:27 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN Hello, As you all know, Tallow for WiX 2.0 can be a bit, how shall we say it, troublesome. :) I developed a better tool, PARAFFIN, which creates an easier to use WiX fragment and also handles updating the WiX fragment as files are added and removed from your directories. It's turned the hours and hours of manual WiX fragment editing down to minutes a day for me. I thought you all might find it useful. (Note that using PARAFFIN can break component rules so be careful.) Here's the links to the discussion and the code: http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/18/wix-hint s -for-new-users-part-1-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/19/wix-the- p ain-of-wix-part-2-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-be t ter-tallow-paraffin.aspx Please let me know if you find any bugs or have feature requests. Hope it's helpful! John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 --- - - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN
Christopher, I'm not even sure what you're asking. :) (I've never claimed to know much about Windows Installer.) How do you express your requests in a File element? John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:03 AM To: John Robbins; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN Can Paraffin handle deprecated components? ( I.e. when a file disapears from the directory link a 0 byte file and set the transitive bit with a NOOP condition instead of removing the component element ). I need this feature in any tool that I use so that minor uprades will properly remove obsolete files. John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, As you all know, Tallow for WiX 2.0 can be a bit, how shall we say it, troublesome. :) I developed a better tool, PARAFFIN, which creates an easier to use WiX fragment and also handles updating the WiX fragment as files are added and removed from your directories. It's turned the hours and hours of manual WiX fragment editing down to minutes a day for me. I thought you all might find it useful. (Note that using PARAFFIN can break component rules so be careful.) Here's the links to the discussion and the code: http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/18/wix -hints -for-new-users-part-1-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/19/wix -the-p ain-of-wix-part-2-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix -a-bet ter-tallow-paraffin.aspx Please let me know if you find any bugs or have feature requests. Hope it's helpful! John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 -- --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN
Hello, As you all know, Tallow for WiX 2.0 can be a bit, how shall we say it, troublesome. :) I developed a better tool, PARAFFIN, which creates an easier to use WiX fragment and also handles updating the WiX fragment as files are added and removed from your directories. It's turned the hours and hours of manual WiX fragment editing down to minutes a day for me. I thought you all might find it useful. (Note that using PARAFFIN can break component rules so be careful.) Here's the links to the discussion and the code: http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/18/wix-hints -for-new-users-part-1-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/19/wix-the-p ain-of-wix-part-2-of-3.aspx http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/10/21/wix-a-bet ter-tallow-paraffin.aspx Please let me know if you find any bugs or have feature requests. Hope it's helpful! John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
