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volks73 / cargo-wix

A cargo subcommand to build Windows installers for rust projects using the WiX Toolset
https://volks73.github.io/cargo-wix
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About adding external DLLs in certain directory #161

Closed powerory closed 2 years ago

powerory commented 2 years ago

Hi,

According to comment(https://github.com/volks73/cargo-wix/issues/76#issuecomment-522729742), adding external DLL to package could be done by adding some lines to main.wxs.

But in case of that there are too many DLLs to be included, modifying main.wxs manually can be a burden. Is there a way to include all files(or only .dll) in specific directory?

volks73 commented 2 years ago

Thank you for your question. Please take a look at my comment in https://github.com/volks73/cargo-wix/issues/140#issuecomment-835830170. Specifically,

If there are a relatively large number of files, then I would recommend investigating the Heat utility provided with the WiX Toolset, which is specifically designed to harvest and/or bundle folders of files into an installer. The StackOverflow question, Include all Files in Bin folder in Wix Installer, provides some excellent answers for using Heat and including whole folders in a WXS file.

It sounds like the Heat utility provided by the WiX Toolset would help with automating the inclusion of a large number of DLLs, or other external resources/assets.

powerory commented 2 years ago

Oh, I am sorry for that I did not find that question and answer. Thank you for your guide! :)

volks73 commented 2 years ago

No worries. It is all good. It looks like this question has been answered, so I am going to close this issue. Thank you!