[WiX-devs] Extending Heat

[James Carter]

Hello,

I'm not sure which list this belongs on, but here goes.

I'm writing an extension for heat (3.0.1621.0) to give me the ability to re-generate my setup without breaking the component rules (a component catalog).

I noticed that the UtilMutator mutator extension is always added to the Mutator extensions by UtilHeatExtension. I would like to set the properties on it from my HeatExtension, but there is no way to enumerate the existing Mutators (my heat extension loads last).

Can the addition of the UtilMutator mutator extension be moved inside the "if (active) {}" code block? If so, then I could instantiate and initialize my own UtilMutator.

I figured I'd ask before moving it myself and screwing up your design :).

Note, if it is moved, then the IIsHeatExtension will need to load UtilMutator (it currently doesn't).

In other words, this would keep the user (me) from having to specify template, genguids, and so forth on the command line. I'd like them to be on by default for my extension.

Thanks,
James