Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

2008-07-28 Thread Erik Garcia
Ohh, I completely understand the many possible uses, but that sounds more like an app configuration problem than something that WiX is geared towards. I'm just a proponent of picking the right tool for the job, and in this case WiX isn't the best tool for the job, a CA is... IMHO. On Mon, Jul 28,

Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

2008-07-28 Thread Richard
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Erik Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Pardon my french, but why the frak would you want to do something > nondeterministic in a setup/installation package? Perhaps you want to uniquely identify each install for bug reporting purposes. -- "The Direct3D

Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

2008-07-28 Thread Rob Mensching
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Enns Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 07:08 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX That GUID would be generated at MSI build time, not at MSI install time, so it won't be

Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

2008-07-28 Thread Erik Garcia
l discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX > > You could try something like > > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stas > Klyachkovsky > Sent: 28 Ju

Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

2008-07-28 Thread Neil Enns
ssion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX You could try something like -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stas Klyachkovsky Sent: 28 July 2008 12:32 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

2008-07-28 Thread Pat Higgins
You could try something like -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stas Klyachkovsky Sent: 28 July 2008 12:32 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX Hi there, I need to generate a GUID during the

[WiX-users] GUID generation in WiX

2008-07-28 Thread Stas Klyachkovsky
Hi there, I need to generate a GUID during the setup and put it in the registry key. Is there a simple way to generate random GUID in Windows Installer during installation? Is there WiX tag to do this? Thanks, Stas - This SF.