Hey Neil, Brian, It works thanks for your help. Regards, Rahul.
-----Original Message----- From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers.br...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 7:30 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix Rahul, Yes, as Neil mentioned look into the -cg command line switch where you can set a static component group. This will nest all your <Component/> element references inside a <ComponentGroup/> which you can then reference under a <Feature/> using <ComponentGroupRef/@Id/>. Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com>wrote: > A separate component for every file is the recommended approach. It also > creates a component group so all you need to include in your main > project is the ComponentGroupRef. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] > Sent: 19 May 2009 11:29 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix > > Hi, > Thanks. Ya it takes all the files. However it is creating separate > <component> for each file so do we need to add all these ComponentRef in > <Feature> tag in main project? Or it creates some component group? > > > Thanks, > Rhaul. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:47 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix > > Heat can generate all the WiX source for you. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] > Sent: 19 May 2009 10:14 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix > > Hi, > I am using Mallow.exe to just copy all the files (.txt, .exe,.dll etc). > I think heat is only for registering the .dll files. Please correct me > if I am wrong. > > Thanks, > Rahul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:05 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix > > You should be able to everything you need with Heat, I am not sure why > you need Mallow. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] > Sent: 19 May 2009 08:58 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix > > Hi, > I used heat3.0 (a) option to create the .wxs file with registry entries. > However I am using Mallow.exe 3.0 to copy the files into TargetDir. > Now the same .dll file entry is there in both files (one for copy and > other for register) now how can I club this in one project. Do I need to > create separate Feature for these two separate component? > > > Thanks, > Rahul. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:49 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix > > 1. Which version of WiX, mallow is v2, heat is v3. > 1a. Yes, this should generate all the registration info for you. > 1b. Definitely not. > 1c. There are issues with this so I would avoid it but better that 1b! > 2. Yes as many as you like. > > Hope this helps. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] > Sent: 19 May 2009 06:37 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix > > Hi, > > I am using Wix for basic installation feature > > I have following questions > > 1) I have almost 100 .dll and 300 other files to copy. For this one > I am using Mallow.exe tool. 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