[wix-users] Visual studio CA project layout

[Carter Young]

My 2 Cents
Let me just say that's one of the reasons I stay with this group.   
While the answer that Phil gave is probably not the answer that you  
wanted to hear, it is the "correct" answer, as it leads to a modular  
approach, with a reusable extension, and not a reusable table.

Quoting Phill Hogland <phill.hogland at rimage.com>:

> Look at any of the WixExtension projects in the wix src.  IIRC the  
> GamingExtension was pretty easy to understand and use as a model of  
> how to create a compiler extension.  The table definition is  
> included as an Embedded Resource of the complier extension.  I used  
> to use separately defined custom tables, but it is definitely worth  
> the effort to create a CompilerExtenstion, and then just reference  
> that extension in each consuming project just like you do for other  
> WixExtensions.
>
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> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf  
> of Joseph L. Casale <jcasale at activenetwerx.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:48:43 AM
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> Subject: [wix-users] Visual studio CA project layout
>
> I have a custom action defined in a vs project that several  
> installation projects utilize.
> This CA requires a custom table, wow do you guys handle the  
> inclusion of a predefined
> table from an alternate project (such as a wxi ref) so the CA can be  
> self-contained and
> I don't have to edit copies of all the dependencies?
>
> Thanks,
> jlc
>
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