IIRC, I don't think that's going to work out well. You can try but I think patching across directory moves probably doesn't work out great since IIRC moving Component directories during repair doesn't tend to work out real well either. But that's just from memory...
_______________________________________________________________ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Farrukhw [mailto:farru...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 10:13 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Using '*' in Component Guids and Patches Hi While searching for best practices, I came across this thread <http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Best-Practices-Using-quot-quot-for-GUID-automation-td5234716.html> , which is discussing the use of '*' instead of GUIDs in components. As far I know, while generating GUID dynamically from '*', if the destination of a Component is changes, so its GUID would also be changed. There may be some other factors as well. Let's say we released ver 1.0.0.0 and then in 1.0.1.0 we changed the destination of a Component from Dir1 to Dir2. *Question:* If we generate Differential Patch between these two versions, would the file get patched who's destination was changed in ver 1.0.1.0? Would using '*' in this case would be good? Regards Farrukh -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Using-in-Component-Guids-and-Patches-tp7594909.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The best possible search technologies are now affordable for all companies. Download your FREE open source Enterprise Search Engine today! Our experts will assist you in its installation for $59/mo, no commitment. Test it for FREE on our Cloud platform anytime! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=145328191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Time is money. Stop wasting it! Get your web API in 5 minutes. www.restlet.com/download http://p.sf.net/sfu/restlet _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
