[wix-users] How to Create multiple dirs in a component ?

[Gary M]

Hi Stijn,

Thanks, I was hoping for something different, but I guess its the best wix
currently supports..  I was hoping for an inversion of createfolder.. , I
hoped I missing it reading the ref docs.But I guess not..

Thank you very much, it is appreciated.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 3:05 AM, Winter,Stijn S. de <
stijn.dewinter at student.fontys.nl> wrote:

> Hello Gary,
>
> You could run a bat file in a customaction before install which creates
> the dirs.
> But why does the application fail if you do not create the dirs before
> installing?
> Normally if you reference a directory and put something inside it WiX will
> automatically create the directory.
> You can also create empty directories:
> <ComponentGroup Id="EmptyDirs">
>     <Component Id="EmptyDir1Component" Directory="EmptyDir1"
> Guid="YOUR-GUID-HERE">
>         <CreateFolder />
>     </Component>
> </ComponentGroup>
>
> If you think that it will be to much work to do this for all 90
> directories you can use heat or write a script.
> The installation i am making is way too big to write by hand so i have to
> create a program that will create the installer.
>
> Could you provide more information so we can help?
>
> Best Regards,
> Stijn de Winter
>
> ________________________________________
> Van: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> namens Gary M <
> garym at oedata.com>
> Verzonden: vrijdag 18 maart 2016 9:25
> Aan: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> Onderwerp: Re: [wix-users] How to Create multiple dirs in a component ?
>
> Hi Stijn
>
> As in the prior email, each file and dir must be tracked individually. Not
> usually a big issue. However, some directories are require to be created
> before the application component executes, otherwise the application fails.
>
> Placing the multiple dirs under one component makes upgrades
> and feature substitution easier.  Again this would be not an issue.
> However, I have about 90 directories in total.
>
> v/r
> gary
>
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 1:57 AM, Winter,Stijn S. de <
> stijn.dewinter at student.fontys.nl> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Do you want to create multiple empty directories or to copy files to
> > multiple directories?
> > As far as i know you can only reference 1 Directory in the <Component>
> > tag, this would make you unable to create multiple dirs in one component.
> >
> > But why would you want to create multiple directories in a single
> > component?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Stijn de Winter
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > Van: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> namens Gary M <
> > garym at oedata.com>
> > Verzonden: vrijdag 18 maart 2016 6:09
> > Aan: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> > Onderwerp: [wix-users] How to Create multiple dirs in a component ?
> >
> > I'm new to wix and I'd like to create multiple dirs within components. Is
> > there a way to do this ?
> >
> > thx
> > -g
> >
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