[wix-users] Heat harvest tool options

[Alan Wheeler]

I'm successfully creating a .msi file using Heat to generate my file list -
very cool (yes, I'm a novice and easily impressed J).

 

This is my heat.bat:

heat.exe project "<path to>\ wpfApp1.vbproj" -pog Binaries -gg -g1 -out
"<path to the setup project folder>\HeatFile.wxs"

 

When I run heat.bat my resultant HeatFile.wxs has the following Id's:

<DirectoryRef Id="wpfApp1.Binaries">

<ComponentGroup Id="wpfApp1.Binaries">

 

But the corresponding lines in the default product.wxs are:

In the 'directory fragment': <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name=./>

In the 'feature fragment': <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />

 

I tried to use -dr and -cg switches to change the HeatFile.wxs Id values to:

<DirectoryRef Id=" INSTALLFOLDER ">

<ComponentGroup Id=" ProductComponents ">

but nothing changed.

 

When using Heat, does "harvestType = project" combined with -pog switch
override the -dr & -cg switches?

 

Is there a place in the documentation that explains a little more detail
what's happening here?

 

Finally, is there a technique to get Heat to give me the  Id's I want, or do
I simply have to edit the product.wxs to get the Id's to automatically match
up?