[wix-users] What is "bind" time? (Was: Re: Empty WixVariable)

[Edwin Castro]

Thanks for the clarification, Rob! :-)

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Edwin G. Castro


On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 12:18 PM, Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> Link does not produce a package. Link produces a single section (merged
> from the referenced fragments). Bind takes that single section and collects
> all the “physical content information” (files on disk) to produce a package.
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> For example: file size, version and hashes are not available until bind.
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> Another way to think about it. Preprocess, candle, light are fast (working
> with memory for most part). Bind is slow (working with disk for most part).
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> *From:* Edwin Castro [mailto:egcastr at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, January 8, 2018 11:47 AM
> *To:* WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> *Cc:* Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com>
> *Subject:* What is "bind" time? (Was: Re: [wix-users] Empty WixVariable)
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> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 10:42 AM, Rob Mensching via wix-users <
> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
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> WixVariables are a "bind" time thing not "compile" time thing. <smile/>
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> build = preprocess + compile + link + bind
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> This isn't the first time I've heard or read about "bind" time. I think I
> understand preprocess, compile, and link. I think preprocess and compile
> are done by candle.exe and I think that link and bind are done by
> light.exe. I thought link combined a number of referenced fragments to
> produce a package but if that is the case, then what is left to do in
> "bind"?
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> Edwin G. Castro
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