Re: [WiX-users] Extracting COM data from executable COM servers (AppID) with heat.exe
Eric Hybner wrote: I'll submit an enhancement request for Heat. It seems like we could add a switch (perhaps in file-mode only if it is too giving us much rope for directories) that would override the registry location, run an exe with the regserver switch, capture the diff, and provide the desired functionality. Slow and clunky, but functional. Perhaps if enough other people find it useful, it will be worth the trouble to add the functionality. Until I read Phil's e-mail, I would have said that it wasn't possible (based on RegOverridePredefKey working only in-proc). Best case, it's a lot of work for pretty niche functionality. I don't want to discourage the feature request, but unless someone's motivated to write it, it's unlikely to get written. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Extracting COM data from executable COM servers (AppID) with heat.exe
As always, thank you for your help, Bob. I'll submit an enhancement request for Heat. It seems like we could add a switch (perhaps in file-mode only if it is too giving us much rope for directories) that would override the registry location, run an exe with the regserver switch, capture the diff, and provide the desired functionality. Slow and clunky, but functional. Perhaps if enough other people find it useful, it will be worth the trouble to add the functionality. Eric Hybner wrote: Do y'all have any pointers for extracting COM data from executable COM servers? Bob Arnson wrote: The technique Heat uses to detect self-reg data only works on in-proc servers. I don't think there's a way for Heat to support out-of-proc servers. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Extracting COM data from executable COM servers(AppID) with heat.exe
FWIW, the RegSpy utility here http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/tt_analyze.htm (scroll down to RegSpy) can monitor registration of out of process servers. It initiates the process suspended with the /regserver command line, then injects code to call RegOverridePredefKey for the process, then resumes the process. The result is redirection of the registration entries to a substitute key in the registry (not a .reg for or wxs file). Source is available and I'm told it still works although it's rather dated now. Capturing registry diffs is tricky unless you can completely control what's happening on the system at the time, and anyway RegOverridePredefKey to write to a completely different registry location captures the relevant data - it just needs conversion from a bunch of registry items to a wxs or .reg file. Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Hybner Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 3:07 PM To: Bob Arnson Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Extracting COM data from executable COM servers(AppID) with heat.exe As always, thank you for your help, Bob. I'll submit an enhancement request for Heat. It seems like we could add a switch (perhaps in file-mode only if it is too giving us much rope for directories) that would override the registry location, run an exe with the regserver switch, capture the diff, and provide the desired functionality. Slow and clunky, but functional. Perhaps if enough other people find it useful, it will be worth the trouble to add the functionality. Eric Hybner wrote: Do y'all have any pointers for extracting COM data from executable COM servers? Bob Arnson wrote: The technique Heat uses to detect self-reg data only works on in-proc servers. I don't think there's a way for Heat to support out-of-proc servers. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
