Shmarya Rubenstein wrote: > - A set of merge-modules for various "software components". The first question: Do you need merge modules at all? They complicate things, as you've discovered, and with .wixlibs, they're not necessary unless you need to distribute them outside your organization.
You have to link to create a merge module, so WiX has to resolve all the references. .wixlibs can have "dangling" references up until you link, which would solve this problem. > What seems to happen is that when linking the merge-module, the entire > ExitDialog is brought into the module and 're-branded' to be GUID > qualified. IE: I end up with a bunch of > "ExitDialog.CF74FF55_B670_488B_85AE_785C01C14AFB " Dialog keys all > over the show. Most importantly, for the DoAction event in the > ControlEvent table. Yes, that makes sense. It's legal to have a dialog in a merge module. Having a control event for a dialog would create a reference to the dialog. So when you link the module, WiX would pull in the referenced sections. > When the merge-module is linked into the actual MSI build (which also > has the wixui.wixlib linked so taht it can display UI), ExitDialog is > *again* brought into the final MSI, such that there are both " > ExitDialog.CF74FF55_B670_488B_85AE_785C01C14AFB" and "ExitDialog" > Dialog keys. Again, that makes sense from the WiX perspective -- they're two different dialogs. Light has to treat merge modules as black boxes, so it can't know that the dialog is one it already knows about. The easiest solution is to stop using merge modules. Another approach would be to keep all your UI in one section (presumably the product). You can keep the CA in the module and then publish the DoAction control event from the product. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
