Re: [WiX-users] regasm in wix?

2006-12-16 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:48:52 -0600 Erv Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You need to fill in the Registry table with the appropriate values. You can use either ProgId, Class Co. (which will fill in the Registry table behind the scenes when advertisement is turned off) or you can directly use

Re: [WiX-users] How to validate command line string argument based upon its length???

2006-12-16 Thread Rob Mensching
Not without a CustomAction, unfortunately. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nikhil more Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 19:32 To: nikhil more; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to validate command line string argument based upon its length???

Re: [WiX-users] ?define foo ? is invalid - bug in documentation?

2006-12-16 Thread Rob Mensching
In this case, I think the documentation needs to be updated. I say think because Derek actually did a lot of the clean-up in the Preprocessor to make it behave better (define's were particularly onerous). In a lot of cases, he simplified the number of supported cases. However, if we need the

Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: How can I force files to be overwritten?

2006-12-16 Thread Rob Mensching
1. It is buried somewhere. I think it may be around the File Versioning topic. 2. Shipping someone else's content to a shared location is a very dangerous thing to do. Are you using Merge Modules? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Palmer Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [WiX-users] regasm in wix?

2006-12-16 Thread Rob Mensching
I think you want heat file path\to\file.dll -out path\to\file.wxs. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christer Solskogen Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 05:36 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] regasm in wix? On

Re: [WiX-users] Wix/Heat Exception

2006-12-16 Thread Rob Mensching
Also, it sounds like a bug should be opened on this issue. A better error message *at least* is in order. smile/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Kaplan Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 18:51 To: Nawab Zada Asad Iqbal;

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Installer Patch question

2006-12-16 Thread Rob Mensching
Good question, but I have no idea. You might try a more general Windows Installer forum. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronald A. Buckton Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 08:45 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Windows Installer Patch

[WiX-users] chipmunk accident-prone

2006-12-16 Thread Sidney Roberson
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Re: [WiX-users] regasm in wix?

2006-12-16 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:17:36 -0800 Rob Mensching [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you want heat file path\to\file.dll -out path\to\file.wxs. Not if I want to convert a .reg-file to a .wxs, right? -- chs - Take

Re: [WiX-users] regasm in wix?

2006-12-16 Thread Rob Mensching
Oh, heh, sorry, I thought you wanted to grab the SelfReg out of a DLL. Uhh, you could use tallow to convert the .rg file to .wxs then use WixCop in v3 to convert that .wxs to a v3 .wxs. Long way around, for sure. Maybe someone would like to pick up heat and the code and make it a better

Re: [WiX-users] Determine the user running ASP.NET apps?

2006-12-16 Thread Rob Mensching
You'd need a CustomAction for sure. I *think* you can get the information out of the Metabase. I think a lot of the bits and pieces of the cod eyou need is in the WiX CustomActions but you'll have to do a block of work to put them together. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: How can I force files to be overwritten?

2006-12-16 Thread Scott Palmer
On 12/16/06, Rob Mensching [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. It is buried somewhere. I think it may be around the File Versioning topic. Got it.. very limited... makes installers hard to get right. The rules (i.e. omus vs amus) should be per component. 2. Shipping someone else's content to a

Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: How can I force files to be overwritten?

2006-12-16 Thread Rob Mensching
1. Agreed. It's been consistent feedback from me to the Windows Installer team that this is pain point. Admittedly, they've had bigger fish to fry. 2. Ahh, well, then that makes things easier. You don't need Merge Modules when installing to a private location. You just need to get the