Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation
My apologies for not being complete. That is the exact procedure I use and found it works well. Ken -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:13 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation I'd add use RegSpy to generate a .reg file, then tallow from WiX2 to generate a wix fragment, then wixcop from v3 to update it. A bit long winded but you only need to do it once or twice. Neil -Original Message- From: Ken Halprin [mailto:khalp...@autosoln.com] Sent: 01 February 2010 15:09 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation I've used the free utility 'RegSpy' to capture .reg files for my COM servers (exe, dll, and tlb). It works well. Ken -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:48 AM To: sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation Unfortunately, the way heat.exe works right now, it cannot capture registration from an executable. I've heard of a tool out there called regcap.exe that can get you a .reg file. On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:17 PM, sean farrow wrote: > Hi: > > I have a com server (a .exe file). How do I go about registering this file > within an installation. Can I use heat to give me the wix source code? > > Any help appreciated. > > Sean. > > > -- > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation
I'd add use RegSpy to generate a .reg file, then tallow from WiX2 to generate a wix fragment, then wixcop from v3 to update it. A bit long winded but you only need to do it once or twice. Neil -Original Message- From: Ken Halprin [mailto:khalp...@autosoln.com] Sent: 01 February 2010 15:09 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation I've used the free utility 'RegSpy' to capture .reg files for my COM servers (exe, dll, and tlb). It works well. Ken -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:48 AM To: sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation Unfortunately, the way heat.exe works right now, it cannot capture registration from an executable. I've heard of a tool out there called regcap.exe that can get you a .reg file. On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:17 PM, sean farrow wrote: > Hi: > > I have a com server (a .exe file). How do I go about registering this file > within an installation. Can I use heat to give me the wix source code? > > Any help appreciated. > > Sean. > > > -- > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation
I'd second the recommendation of RegSpy, it's worked pretty well for me in the past. Do keep in mind that you should tweak the the wxs file to resolve things like file references before you start building with it. --Nathan On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Ken Halprin wrote: > I've used the free utility 'RegSpy' to capture .reg files for my COM servers > (exe, dll, and tlb). It works well. > > Ken > > -Original Message- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:48 AM > To: sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk; General discussion for Windows Installer > XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation > > Unfortunately, the way heat.exe works right now, it cannot capture > registration from an executable. I've heard of a tool out there called > regcap.exe that can get you a .reg file. > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:17 PM, sean farrow > wrote: > >> Hi: >> >> I have a com server (a .exe file). How do I go about registering this file >> within an installation. Can I use heat to give me the wix source code? >> >> Any help appreciated. >> >> Sean. >> >> >> > > -- >> The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation >> Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the >> business >> Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts >> Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com >> ___ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> > > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > -- > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > -- > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- --Nathan Stohlmann Minneapolis, MN USA nathan.stohlm...@gmail.com -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation
I've used the free utility 'RegSpy' to capture .reg files for my COM servers (exe, dll, and tlb). It works well. Ken -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:48 AM To: sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation Unfortunately, the way heat.exe works right now, it cannot capture registration from an executable. I've heard of a tool out there called regcap.exe that can get you a .reg file. On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:17 PM, sean farrow wrote: > Hi: > > I have a com server (a .exe file). How do I go about registering this file > within an installation. Can I use heat to give me the wix source code? > > Any help appreciated. > > Sean. > > > -- > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation
You could use ProcessMonitor from
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx and
run the COM server registration process ( the command line is probably
{yourexename} /regserver ).
The ProcessMonitor will give you the registry keys accessed by the
process.
Normally you should have entries under HKCR and HKCR\CLSID.
Then I think somebody more experienced with Wix can tell you how to
write these entries in the
registry at installation time and also ensure they are removed at uninstall.
Dan
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Subject: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation
Hi:
I have a com server (a .exe file). How do I go about registering this file
within an installation. Can I use heat to give me the wix source code?
Any help appreciated.
Sean.
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Re: [WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation
Unfortunately, the way heat.exe works right now, it cannot capture registration from an executable. I've heard of a tool out there called regcap.exe that can get you a .reg file. On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:17 PM, sean farrow wrote: > Hi: > > I have a com server (a .exe file). How do I go about registering this file > within an installation. Can I use heat to give me the wix source code? > > Any help appreciated. > > Sean. > > > -- > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Registering a com server within an installation
Hi: I have a com server (a .exe file). How do I go about registering this file within an installation. Can I use heat to give me the wix source code? Any help appreciated. Sean. -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
