Looks like the server is down right now. Been having the problem a lot lately. Been thinking about moving to a new hosting provider because of it. Check back later... it'll be back (eventually).
Jason Zhang wrote: > Rob: > that link is broken: > > 404 - File or directory not found. > The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name > changed, or is temporarily unavailable. > > > do you have alternative links ? > > --Jason > >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:58:06 -0700 >> From: Rob Mensching <r...@wixtoolset.org> >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] component and guid >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Message-ID: <4a27ef0e.6000...@wixtoolset.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed >> >> I suggest reading: >> http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2003/10/18/Component-Rules-101 >> >> You'll find that the rules are very strict but not enforced and you >> won't notice until you try to patch or upgrade. >> >> Jason Zhang wrote: >> >>> As a beginner, although I already read through the wix tutorial, still >>> have some questions on guid attribute on component element: >>> >>> 1. same guid in different product: >>> >>> if I accidentally copied a guid from a component in product A to another >>> component in product B. What happened if I install product B after >>> product A is installed, does msi will rollback since there is same guid >>> in different product ? >>> >>> 2. same component in same product but in different version >>> >>> Assuming in product 1.1, I have a component which contains foo.exe. Then >>> when product 1.2 is released, I still have a component which contains >>> foo.exe, but foo.exe is updated, e.g. different from the one in 1.1, so >>> >>> 2.1 shall I use different guid for this component if I change the >>> Version attribute of product ? >>> >>> 2.2 shall I use same guid for this component if I does not change the >>> Version attribute of product ? >>> >>> 3. dynamically generate guid for same component in same product in same >>> version >>> >>> Can I dynamically generate guid for every component in build, which >>> means my build script will dynamically create guid for each component, >>> in this way, every time I build my msi, every component will get >>> different guid from last time, is that OK or bad practice ? >>> >>> Best Regards >>> Jason >>> >>> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises > looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest > innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and > enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. > Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
