Re: [WiX-users] To regasm or to not regasm...

2012-08-29 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe 
When I last regasmed anything, I was using Wix2 and the tallow tool but the
process should apply to heat too. 

Regasm /regfile doesn't create type lib, so use tlbexp to create a type lib. 
Use  elements to register the type lib.
Use regasm /regfile to create a registration file.
Use heat to convert the registration file to  in wix source
code.
In the wix source code, replace any codebase (or other) paths with the
[SOMEPROPERTY] syntax. (Normally, you'd set the paths to [#DLL File ID].)

Ideally you should harvest from a machine that's as clean as possible. You
can set SOMEPROPERTY at install time to the full dll path.

-Original Message-
From: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] 
Sent: 29 August 2012 16:44
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] To regasm or to not regasm...

Hello folks,

me again :-D

The next problem I must solve requires some experience that I do not have, so
I hope I can get good advice as usual from here :)

Base problem is quite easy: I need to register some DLLs during installation
process.

But my initial situation is like this:
I do not install the DLLs on the local system! They are already located in a
mounted net drive (is it called like this in the Windows-World?). The proper
location can be different on every system, so one might have access to it
like this "X:\foo\bar\bin\MyDLL.dll" some other might have a different drive
name.  So the path to the dll differs.

My question is now: Is it possible to use ``heat`` to harvest the information
*once* from the build-server and integrate them into my wix-project as usual?
That is the way Rob mentioned here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1397481

But is that an option for my situation? Is the path something that affects
the registration? And is it possible just to keep some parts (e.g.
TypeLib-Part?!?) from the heat-output, as I do not want to install the dll
locally? So can I just "register" the dlls with wix or is there always an
installation process on top? And if so, what "parts" do I need?

If all else fails I think I just have to call ``regasm`` from a CustomAction
- that should not be the problem to implement. But as Rob mentioned, it is
perhaps not a good solution. So if it is possible to solve this with "plain"
wix, I would definitely appreciate that.

I hope it is understandable for you, sorry my English is not so good :(

If something is still confusing or not sufficiently explained, please let me
know. If not, please help me :)


Best regards,


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Christian Hausknecht
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Re: [WiX-users] To regasm or to not regasm...

2012-08-29 Thread Hoover, Jacob 
If you are only wanting to register these DLL's for your own private usage 
within a single application, I'd strongly suggest using registration free COM 
and deploy them with the application. This allows the OS to load the info into 
the activation context at application start, and would allow you to have 
multiple folders with multiple versions without the need to invoke a 
setup/repair operation when switching between them.

Regardless of if you register the DLL or use it in isolation, I seem to 
remember issues with .Net assemblies running on a network share being in a 
"sandboxed" zone where the CAS (prior to 4.0) would not allow the evil network 
binary to be able to do privileged operations without messing with the machine 
policy (granting full trust to our strong name).

Jacob

-Original Message-
From: Christian Hausknecht [mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:44 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] To regasm or to not regasm...

Hello folks,

me again :-D

The next problem I must solve requires some experience that I do not have, so I 
hope I can get good advice as usual from here :)

Base problem is quite easy: I need to register some DLLs during installation 
process.

But my initial situation is like this:
I do not install the DLLs on the local system! They are already located in a 
mounted net drive (is it called like this in the Windows-World?). The proper 
location can be different on every system, so one might have access to it like 
this "X:\foo\bar\bin\MyDLL.dll" some other might have a different drive name.  
So the path to the dll differs.

My question is now: Is it possible to use ``heat`` to harvest the information 
*once* from the build-server and integrate them into my wix-project as usual?  
That is the way Rob mentioned here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1397481

But is that an option for my situation? Is the path something that affects the 
registration? And is it possible just to keep some parts (e.g. TypeLib-Part?!?) 
from the heat-output, as I do not want to install the dll locally? So can I 
just "register" the dlls with wix or is there always an installation process on 
top? And if so, what "parts" do I need?

If all else fails I think I just have to call ``regasm`` from a CustomAction - 
that should not be the problem to implement. But as Rob mentioned, it is 
perhaps not a good solution. So if it is possible to solve this with "plain" 
wix, I would definitely appreciate that.

I hope it is understandable for you, sorry my English is not so good :(

If something is still confusing or not sufficiently explained, please let me 
know. If not, please help me :)


Best regards,


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Christian Hausknecht
Entwicklung

BeraCom
Beratung und Software-Entwicklung GmbH & Co. KG Weidestr. 134, 22083 Hamburg
T: +49 (0)40 547 241 - DW
F: +49 (0)40 547 241 - 60
M: chauskne...@beracom.de<mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de>
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[WiX-users] To regasm or to not regasm...

2012-08-29 Thread Christian Hausknecht 
Hello folks,

me again :-D

The next problem I must solve requires some experience that I do not have, so I 
hope I can get good advice as usual from here :)

Base problem is quite easy: I need to register some DLLs during installation 
process.

But my initial situation is like this:
I do not install the DLLs on the local system! They are already located in a 
mounted net drive (is it called like this in the Windows-World?). The proper 
location can be different on every system, so one might have access to it like 
this "X:\foo\bar\bin\MyDLL.dll" some other might have a different drive name.  
So the path to the dll differs.

My question is now: Is it possible to use ``heat`` to harvest the information 
*once* from the build-server and integrate them into my wix-project as usual?  
That is the way Rob mentioned here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1397481

But is that an option for my situation? Is the path something that affects the 
registration? And is it possible just to keep some parts (e.g. TypeLib-Part?!?) 
from the heat-output, as I do not want to install the dll locally? So can I 
just "register" the dlls with wix or is there always an installation process on 
top? And if so, what "parts" do I need?

If all else fails I think I just have to call ``regasm`` from a CustomAction - 
that should not be the problem to implement. But as Rob mentioned, it is 
perhaps not a good solution. So if it is possible to solve this with "plain" 
wix, I would definitely appreciate that.

I hope it is understandable for you, sorry my English is not so good :(

If something is still confusing or not sufficiently explained, please let me 
know. If not, please help me :)


Best regards,


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Christian Hausknecht
Entwicklung

BeraCom
Beratung und Software-Entwicklung GmbH & Co. KG
Weidestr. 134, 22083 Hamburg
T: +49 (0)40 547 241 - DW
F: +49 (0)40 547 241 - 60
M: chauskne...@beracom.de
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