I'm not sure this is something the core toolset should do. We really need to stabilize the core. What about building this as a Binder extension? I'd rather make changes in the core toolset to enable these scenarios via extensions rather than continue to grow the core toolset.
Thoughts? -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Windows Installer XML toolset developer mailing list Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Use URI's for file source Thomas S. Trias wrote: > I am considering adding support for arbitrary URI's as the Source of > WixFile elements to Candle.exe. Besides the section around line 2956 of > Binder.cs (inside UpdateFileInformation), are there any other areas that > may be affected? I figure if I perform the download at that point to a > temporary location, I can build the FileInfo from the temporary file and > rewrite the in-memory records to reflect the temporary file location so > as not to break subsequent logic. You'd also have to clean up the temporary files and maintain the original source path, so the .wixpdb points to the real sources. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
