wixlib

WiX and shared, versioned components

This has to be a common need yet I find hardly ANY references to it on the web... I've got a product that has three sets of components, one installed on the server, one on the web head, and one on the developer's machine. All three sets could be installed on one machine and should peacefully coexist. As I had it yesterday, each compon...

I'm referencing an WiX extension in a WiX library project -- how do I avoid having to reference this extension in other projects that use this wixlib?

I'm referencing a WiX extension in a WiX library project. This WiX library project is itself referenced by my main WiX MSI project. Why does the main project have to also reference the WiX extension, even though it doesn't directly need it? I'd like to keep my wixlib's as self-contained as possible, so that other projects that use them ...

How do I share a WiX fragment in two WiX projects?

We have a WiX fragment in a file SomeDialog.wxs that prompts the user for some information. It's referenced in another fragment in InstallerUI.wxs file that controls the dialog order. Of course, Product.wxs is our main file. Works great. Now I have a second Visual Studio 2008 Wix 3.0 Project for the .MSI of another application and ...

MyDocuments from current User, buildin variable in Wix?

Hi, i need to install some file to C:\Documents and Settings\currentUser\SomeFolder. I can't find some buildin function/variable for it. Can someone help/tell me the <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR"> structure or the solution for my problem? Thanks. ...

How to pass additional wxs files to candle when using votive?

When building a wixlib from Visual Studio using votive, how do you speficy to candle where to find additional wxs files that are not part of the visual studio project (and are also not part of a referenced project)? I do not want to add the wxs files to the project because they are updated by heat during the build process, and therefore...