Another option is to stage your files as they should exist at install time and harvest the resulting directory structure. So, instead of harvesting MyFolderA and MyFolderB you would copy the files from those folders into MyFolderC and harvest only MyFolderC. That will move the decision between choosing MyFolderA\file1.txt and MyFolderB\file2.txt up to "staging-time". If they really are identical and always will be identical then you can simply have one overwrite the other. If they could potentially be different at some point in time then you want to change your target directory structure or change filenames.
Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----Original Message----- From: Tobias S [mailto:tobias.s1...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 2:17 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Generating fragments using heat Try to manually modify one of the component codes after harvesting. It's not Windows Installer best practice to include the same file (component) several times in the installation. Also comp. http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Install-the-same-file-into-multiple-directories-td693128.html 2010/9/3 <abdoulaye.souleyma...@rohde-schwarz.com>: > > Hello all, > i have the following problem: > > I try to harvest the two directories below using heat: > > C:\MyfolderA > C:\MyfolderB > > MyFolderA contains: file1.txt, file2.txt MyFolderB contains file1.txt, > file3.txt > > file1.txt in MyFolderA and file1.txt in MyFolderB are identical. > > Later the collected files should be installed in MyFolderC. > > I harvested the dierctories above with the follwing commands. > > heat dir C:\MyfolderA -cg AFiles -ag -scom -sreg -sfrag -srd -dr > MyFolderC -out AFilesFragment.wxs heat dir C:\MyfolderB -cg BFiles -ag > -scom -sreg -sfrag -srd -dr MyFolderC -out BFilesFragment.wxs > > After harvested the directories i included the files > AFilesFragment.wxs and BFilesFragment.wxs into my project installer. > > The componentGroup created hier are now referenced in the feature part > of my product > > Try to build the project produced the folloqing errors: > Duplicate symbol 'Component:cmp07DE19D84BED137D10D525F675F6F293' found > in file BFilesFragment.wxs. > > It is obvious that this error leads to the common file file1.txt . > > Can anyone help me solve this problem? > > > > MfG > Abdoulaye Souleymanou > Stangl Software Integration > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
