Re: [WiX-users] Crystal Reports Merge Module Installation Woes

2007-12-30 Thread Mike Dimmick
Merge modules are generally now considered bad practice - they become impossible to service, because the module does not retain its identity. The only way to service them is to patch the products which have merged the module. Crystal Reports had a security patch earlier this year:

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.0 and IIS 7.0

2007-12-30 Thread Mike Dimmick
You have to turn on IIS6 Metabase Compatibility, and rollback is not supported - because in their infinite wisdom the IIS team didn't implement all the IIS metabase API, specifically not including the backup and restore APIs, which the WiX custom actions use to implement rollback. (Reference:

Re: [WiX-users] Crystal Reports Merge Module Installation Woes

2007-12-30 Thread Szentpali Janos
Merge modules are generally now considered bad practice... If this is true than what is the point of the whole MSI system? I mean if I have a 3rd party component (x.dll) that 4th party and 5th party are using too, how does the system decide that the x.dll component installed by the 4th party's

[WiX-users] ANN: WixExtension for Managed Custom actions

2007-12-30 Thread Krause, Henning
Hello, over the last few days I've created a WixExtension to simplify the use of managed custom actions (immediate and deferred). See http://www.infinitec.de/articles/development/wixmanagedcustomactionexten sion.aspx. Full source included, published under the same license as Wix (Common

[WiX-users] COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON

2007-12-30 Thread Phillip Page Moore Esq
I am Phillip Moore Page Esq. I am reaching out to you as regards the handling of an investment portfolio. I am soliciting your assistance in repatriating the funds and property left behind by my late client before it is confiscated by the government and declared unserviceble by the bank

[WiX-users] Dark - NullReferenceException due to rows in the AppSearch table

2007-12-30 Thread Frank Eden
I run dark against my MSI, and I get an exception. Ive tracked it down a bit, and I find that if I delete particular ros in the AppSearch table, I can get dark to work. Please find an attached MSI that demonstrates the problem. Its 4Mg - Sorry its so big!! Heres the output from dark