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Epligam
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Reputation: 783

Automatic way to update component code in InstallShield Basic MSI project

I have InstallShield 2013 Basic MSI project Is there an automatic way using a tool or script to automatically update all component code in the project ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1348

Answers (1)

Stein Åsmul
Stein Åsmul

Reputation: 42206

First question: why do you want to do that? A component GUID is set in stone for all absolute paths it references. See a description of this here: Change my component GUID in wix?

If you are familiar with COM automation, you should be able to automate the generation of new GUIDs in your project using the Installshield automation interface.

There are only a few cases where such an operation is logical and valid. If you are looking to install the same product many times, you can check out instance transforms. I have no real experience with this - I dislike the concept, but here are some pointers:

Upvotes: 2

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