[WiX-users] Deploying mshtml PIA assembly

2009-10-22 Thread John Hall
Hi,

My application now has a dependency on mshtml. I therefore need to deploy 
Microsoft.mshtml.dll, the PIA assembly. The only redistributable I can find is 
vs_piaredist.exe - is this really the only way of redistributing the file? I'd 
rather not add another step to my bootstrapper or add a custom action.

I'm tempted to just deploy the file locally in my application's directory. Are 
there any issues doing that?

Regards,
John
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Re: [WiX-users] Deploying mshtml PIA assembly

2009-10-22 Thread Rob Mensching
I'm not sure if the .exe is the only thing available but if there is no
license for you to redist the PIA file with your application stand-alone
then it isn't legal to do so.
Also, if you did that, what Component GUID would you give it?

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:25 AM, John Hall john.h...@cambridgetechgroup.com
 wrote:

 Hi,

 My application now has a dependency on mshtml. I therefore need to deploy
 Microsoft.mshtml.dll, the PIA assembly. The only redistributable I can find
 is vs_piaredist.exe - is this really the only way of redistributing the
 file? I'd rather not add another step to my bootstrapper or add a custom
 action.

 I'm tempted to just deploy the file locally in my application's directory.
 Are there any issues doing that?

 Regards,
 John

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Re: [WiX-users] Deploying mshtml PIA assembly

2009-10-22 Thread Andreas Mertens
I took a look at vs_piaredist.exe, and found you can extract the .cab or
.msi from it (using WinRAR or other such tools).  Perhaps you can just grab
one of those and package that up in your install?

Andreas Mertens

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Subject: [WiX-users] Deploying mshtml PIA assembly

Hi,

My application now has a dependency on mshtml. I therefore need to deploy
Microsoft.mshtml.dll, the PIA assembly. The only redistributable I can find
is vs_piaredist.exe - is this really the only way of redistributing the
file? I'd rather not add another step to my bootstrapper or add a custom
action.

I'm tempted to just deploy the file locally in my application's directory.
Are there any issues doing that?

Regards,
John

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Re: [WiX-users] Deploying mshtml PIA assembly

2009-10-22 Thread John Hall
Rob Mensching wrote:
 I'm not sure if the .exe is the only thing available but if 
 there is no license for you to redist the PIA file with your 
 application stand-alone then it isn't legal to do so.

The exe is the only thing I can find reference to, and the fact that it is 
install in c:\Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules says something :)

 Also, if you did that, what Component GUID would you give it?

Would it matter what GUID it had if it was installed in my application's 
directory and not in the GAC?

Your point about licensing is valid, however, and it looks like the only way to 
redistribute is via the exe, so I'll have to do that.

Thanks,
John
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Re: [WiX-users] Deploying mshtml PIA assembly

2009-10-22 Thread John Hall
Andreas Mertens wrote:

 I took a look at vs_piaredist.exe, and found you can extract 
 the .cab or .msi from it (using WinRAR or other such tools).  
 Perhaps you can just grab one of those and package that up in 
 your install?

Yes, I've found those. However, Rob is correct, and the license only allows you 
to ship vs_piaredist.exe unmodified.

Regards,
John
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