Hello everyone,
I have recently started using WiX on Visual Studio 2010 due to the removal of
the Visual Studio Deployment Projects in Visual Studio 2012. I love the power
of WiX, but there are some places where I am experiencing some issues. One of
these issues is with transparent Heat automation through Visual Studio.
The first problem that have faced is that the aggregate values for Project
Output Groups does not cover the scenarios that I use. I am very much biased
against the use of aggregate values. I prefer straight Boolean values that can
be used for a generative command-line. The harvesting also seems to ignore the
Project Output Groups anyway, and this is causing Heat to fail. I would like to
approach both of these issues together. The problem that I am faced with, is
where to begin. I downloaded the source code, but I could only find processing
code for the Project Output Groups. I could not find the coding for the Visual
Studio property. I looked in the Votive 2010 code, but could not find anything
there. Can anyone tell me where I should be looking? Does anyone have any
thoughts to add?
The second problem is with the regeneration of component GUIDs each time Heat
harvests a project. I have read that generating new component GUIDs with patch
releases causes all of the components to be reinstalled as new, even if they
were not updated. My goal here would be to have Heat be able to update existing
harvested files and keep a history of the GUIDs. Does this goal have merit or
is the premise baseless? Is there a better way?
Best Regards,
David
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