Comments on: Walking through the creation of a complex installer package

By: LittleFox

LittleFox — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:50:00 +0000

What can I do if I have to work with versions???
I mean, if I create a msi with version 1.0 and then I’d like to add some dlls to my existing website, can I just create a repair (1.1) and ask to someone run it for me?? I expected that this new version (1.1) will copy only the files that is new!

To do that the Guid’s has to be the same every time, and only the new files added in the project has to be created with a new guid.

Is there a way to do that?
Thanks, this post is perfect and i really appreciate this… seriously.

By: vijay Kumar

vijay Kumar — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:18:38 +0000

Thanks for the excellent presentation.

By: Niko Will

Niko Will — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:01:35 +0000

Great Walkthrough!

I use Paraffin to create a fragment for WiX according to my filesystem. It works well and supports updates on the files, too. See http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2008/12/22/paraffin-3-0-now-with-full-wix-3-0-support.aspx

By: Gabriel N. Schenker

Gabriel N. Schenker — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:43:12 +0000

@Bob: thanks for the link. Unfortunately there is no help about heat available. But I’ll have a look…

By: Bob Soden

Bob Soden — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:01:55 +0000

Thanks for the excellent presentation.

Note that in Wix 3, you can generate file component lists using heat.exe. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/heat.htm