Actually, this has been deprecated in Wix 3.5. Windows Installer no longer has this restriction.
To your questions, WiX would have been fine. The issue would have been on machines before Windows 2000. Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 5:18 PM, jeff00seattle <jeff_tan...@earthlink.net>wrote: > > heat.exe : warning HEAT5155 : Although there are no limitations to the size > of a ComponentGroup, Windows Installer has a limit of 1600 components per > feature. Please consider reducing the size of ComponentGroup > '$(var.ComponentGroupName)' from current count of '3037'. > > What is the impact of my install if I exceed 1600 components per feature? > Will WiX only package 1600 components? > > In my case, I exceed 3000 components. > > Thanks > > ----- > Thanks > Jeff in Seattle > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/heat-exe-warning-limit-of-1600-components-per-feature-what-will-happen-tp4928703p4928703.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
