Interesting. How is this supposed to be enforced? Currently, we've
implemented an automated process that examines our projects and builds
MSMs and MSIs for them, even going so far to crack open the MSM's and
follow the dependency chain for our "external" MSM's to make sure our
reference counts for uninstalling are correct. The developer who
implemented the generation of the WXS files put those into the MSI
source and everything appears to build properly.
If we crack open the MSM, we see a very short dependency chain; just
three items in one instance, matching the WXS file for the merge module.
If we open up the matching MSI, we see a longer dependency list that
matches up with the dependency elements in the MSI's WXS file.
Based on what you're saying below, this should not work. The question
then becomes: Are we taking advantage of an undocumented feature or bug
here?
Thanks!
Rory
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From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 2:28 PM
To: Rory Clark; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: Question about the Dependency element?
1. Dependency element is only allowed in Modules.
2. None.
3. None.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rory Clark
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:56 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Question about the Dependency element?
I have a question about the Dependency element:
What is the difference between have a Dependency element in a MSM and an
MSI?
What is the gains of putting it in one and not that other? For example,
in the MSI and not in the MSM?
What are the problems of listing the dependencies in the MSI and not in
the MSM?
Thanks!
Rory
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