Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

[Erik Garcia]

Ohh, I completely understand the many possible uses, but that sounds
more like an app configuration problem than something that WiX is
geared towards.  I'm just a proponent of picking the right tool for
the job, and in this case WiX isn't the best tool for the job, a CA
is... IMHO.

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>"Erik Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  writes:
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>> Pardon my french, but why the frak would you want to do something
>> nondeterministic in a setup/installation package?
>
> Perhaps you want to uniquely identify each install for bug reporting
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Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

[Richard]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Erik Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  writes:

> Pardon my french, but why the frak would you want to do something
> nondeterministic in a setup/installation package?

Perhaps you want to uniquely identify each install for bug reporting
purposes.
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Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

[Rob Mensching]

Also, only very limited number of attributes take the ? GUID.  It isn't a 
general purpose thing because this is a very strange requirement to have.  
It'll be an interesting thing to try to repair, upgrade and patch as well... 
why do you need it?

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That GUID would be generated at MSI build time, not at MSI install time, so it 
won't be unique for each user.

Neil


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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

You could try something like




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Subject: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

Hi there,
I need to generate a GUID during the setup and put it in the registry key.
Is there a simple way to generate random GUID in Windows Installer during 
installation? Is there WiX tag to do this?

Thanks,
Stas
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Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

[Erik Garcia]

Pardon my french, but why the frak would you want to do something
nondeterministic in a setup/installation package?

(You'd probably have to write your own CA for this.)

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Neil Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That GUID would be generated at MSI build time, not at MSI install time, so 
> it won't be unique for each user.
>
> Neil
>
> 
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Higgins [EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:51 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX
>
> You could try something like
>
> 
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stas 
> Klyachkovsky
> Sent: 28 July 2008 12:32
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX
>
> Hi there,
> I need to generate a GUID during the setup and put it in the registry key.
> Is there a simple way to generate random GUID in Windows Installer during 
> installation? Is there WiX tag to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Stas
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Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

[Neil Enns]

That GUID would be generated at MSI build time, not at MSI install time, so it 
won't be unique for each user.

Neil


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Higgins [EMAIL 
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To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

You could try something like




-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stas Klyachkovsky
Sent: 28 July 2008 12:32
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

Hi there,
I need to generate a GUID during the setup and put it in the registry key.
Is there a simple way to generate random GUID in Windows Installer during 
installation? Is there WiX tag to do this?

Thanks,
Stas
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Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

[Pat Higgins]

You could try something like




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Subject: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

Hi there,
I need to generate a GUID during the setup and put it in the registry key.
Is there a simple way to generate random GUID in Windows Installer during 
installation? Is there WiX tag to do this?

Thanks,
Stas
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[WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

[Stas Klyachkovsky]

Hi there,
I need to generate a GUID during the setup and put it in the registry key.
Is there a simple way to generate random GUID in Windows Installer during 
installation? Is there WiX tag to do this?

Thanks,
Stas
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