"Joe Goeke" <joe_goeke@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks again. I had seen this one already, but the poorly writen help
> steered me away before I read the entire page. The opening statement
> for this property is: "Determines whether a file, assembly, project
> output group, or merge module will be excluded from an installer or
> merge module" leads me to think the file will not even be put into
> the MSI.
>
> Thanks again!
> ---JHG
>
> "Phil Wilson" <pdjwilson@nospam.cox.net> wrote in message
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> > Each file should have an Exclude property you can set to False.
> > --
> > Phil Wilson
> > [MVP Windows Installer]
> > Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
> > http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280
> >
> > "Joe Goeke" <joe_goeke@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:77e8692f.0405171720.2d92268@posting.google.com...
> > > VS.NET 2003.
> > >
> > > "Phil Wilson" <Phil.Wilson@unisys.spamcom> wrote in message
> > news:<eWaCxTFPEHA.2864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> > > > Is this Visual Studio Installer (from VS 6) or is it VS.NET/2003?
> > > > --
> > > > Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer]
> > > > ----
> > > > "Joe Goeke" <joe_goeke@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:77e8692f.0405171005.6b7b5991@posting.google.com...
> > > > > I have a few setups that use the Visual Studio MSI Installer. My
> > > > > setup use a few custom actions and a custom bitmap. Everything
works
> > > > > fine, but after running the install, all of these CA files and
bitmap
> > > > > are installed in the target dir location of the project.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a way to reference files in a setup to be used by setup
> > > > > without installing them? The only way I can find to reference
these
> > > > > files is to first put them in a File System folder and therefore
they
> > > > > always get installed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance!