Yes. Documentation is a never ending struggle. I have copious and growing documentation.
Basically, the components and binary table entries are different depending on the database deployment method I'm using on a particular project. I have projects that deploy using the WiX SqlExtension, I have projects that deploy using VsdbCmd, and I have projects that deploy using SqlPackage. There is a common set of table-driven custom actions for SQL connection string retrieval, building, validation, and encryption. There are no additional bits needed for SqlExtension. VsdbCmd requires a significant payload and SQL CE 3.5 SP2 (both x86 and x64 since the x64 bits are only thunks on top of the x86 bits) and it's own tables for database-specific deployment. SqlPackage has a lesser payload and doesn't use SQL CE 3.5 SP2, and has its own binary and data tables. And all this swims in a large group of custom actions to support configuring WCF services and IIS 7/8. If I had to link that in on every installer, they would be fat, slow, and unhappy. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -----Original Message----- From: TimM [mailto:timmay...@smarttech.com] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 10:43 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding .wixlib reference to Wix Install project question Okay that makes sence So do you then just document what components and/or CompoentGroups are in your wixlib so that if someone needs to add this wixlib to their project(s) that they know what is in it and what they would have to reference to have it installed with their project(s)? I basically just need to know the best way to handle these shared wixlibs so that new developers know what they would need to do to add a shared wixlib to their projects. Thanks, Tim. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Adding-wixlib-reference-to-Wix-Install-project-question-tp7588106p7588108.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
