tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post209163142738860896..comments2023-08-20T04:16:39.520-05:00Comments on Deployment Engineering Archive: Burning In Hell With HeatChristopher Painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167478740431444267noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-62134958816790887152007-07-16T18:24:00.000-05:002007-07-16T18:24:00.000-05:00You might need to turn on the Merge Module option....You might need to turn on the Merge Module option...<BR/><BR/>"heat.exe dir C:\directory -out sourceFile.wxs -template:module"<BR/><BR/>See...<BR/>http://installing.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html <BR/><BR/>Yeah the user stories are really not there. What this tool needs is a component catalog to reconcile everything (guid's and ID's etc) while not breaking all the component rules.<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-39525538948135996742007-06-13T14:39:00.000-05:002007-06-13T14:39:00.000-05:00The last time I checked, SFWI doesn't support crea...The last time I checked, SFWI doesn't support creating merge module projects nor does it support VS integration and MSBuild support.<BR/><BR/>Lots of cool tools but frankly none of them is measuring up yet. I really hope they do soon because I am eager to try new things.Christopher Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12167478740431444267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-66645907971077314952007-06-13T13:32:00.000-05:002007-06-13T13:32:00.000-05:00There's also Setup Factory for Windows Installer t...There's also <A HREF="http://www.setupfactory.com/site/index.php" REL="nofollow">Setup Factory for Windows Installer</A> that you could try. (SFWI is out of beta now.)Starbounderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17734112308607430925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-18758137393752782562007-06-13T11:39:00.000-05:002007-06-13T11:39:00.000-05:00BTW, I also tried to dark the existing merge modul...BTW, I also tried to dark the existing merge module. All of the files are extracted in GUID.GUID format which makes it practically impossible to rebuild against the original source tree that's available in build automation.<BR/><BR/>And finally I tried to use WiXAware to create the WXS and then port it over to Votive for building....<BR/><BR/>The first problem here is that WiXAware generates WixChristopher Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12167478740431444267noreply@blogger.com