[wix-users] WIX 3.10: How to create a service referencing a file in a different component ?

[Gary M]

Hi Rob

I made have mentioned the component where the file resides is generated by
heat. There are approximately 1200 components in that wxs. Since the scale
of the install requires a fully automated build, tracking down and adding
the service definition is not feasible at this point. I was considering
xslt to inject the service definition, but I ran out of road on my schedule.
 If WIX supported a FileRef tag or a searchable tag to returning a fileref,
it could be used populate the component_ column  in the  installservice
table. Yeah, this sounds like a new feaature

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Douglas, Keith (STATCAN) <
keith.douglas at canada.ca> wrote:

> Ah, that's good to know, and that's going to present a problem ...
>
> Oh well, I'll figure something out.
>
>
> Keith Douglas
>
> Programmer Analyst, Collection Systems Division
> Statistics Canada / Government of Canada
> Keith.Douglas at canada.ca / Tel : 613-854-5589
>
> Programmeur analyste, Division des systèmes de collecte
> Statistique Canada / Gouvernenment du Canada
> Keith.Douglas at canada.ca / Tél :613-854-5589
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Rob Mensching
> Sent: April-13-16 9:00 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] WIX 3.10: How to create a service referencing a
> file in a different component ?
>
> Depends what you want to "manipulate". The attributes modified by
> ServiceInstall are limited to the same Component. ServiceControl is not.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Douglas, Keith (STATCAN)
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 5:54 AM
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] WIX 3.10: How to create a service referencing a
> file in a different component ?
>
> (Sorry for piggy backing, but this is relevant to our situation too.) What
> is one supposed to do if one wants to create a package that manipulates the
> state of pre-existing services?
> Do I understand correctly that this is impossible?
>
>
> Keith Douglas
>
> Programmer Analyst, Collection Systems Division Statistics Canada /
> Government of Canada Keith.Douglas at canada.ca / Tel : 613-854-5589
>
> Programmeur analyste, Division des systèmes de collecte Statistique Canada
> / Gouvernenment du Canada Keith.Douglas at canada.ca / Tél :613-854-5589
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