Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2014-07-07 Thread John Cooper
m] Sent: Monday, July 7, 2014 2:00 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea? Thanks for the information John. I'll prompt the developers on if they know what modes the servers will be ran under, but I would f

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2014-07-07 Thread TimM
Thanks for the information John. I'll prompt the developers on if they know what modes the servers will be ran under, but I would figure that it would be "Restricted". I do not have much/any experience in creating C#, so are you suggesting a wrapper .exe or custom action dll, which would therefor

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2014-07-07 Thread John Cooper
henry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: TimM [mailto:timmay...@smarttech.com] Sent: Monday, July 7, 2014 1:25 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea? Piping in a little later here, as

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2014-07-07 Thread TimM
Piping in a little later here, as had no requirements for PowerShell custom actions but now do. Our product team is developing a Server app and require a bunch of PowerShell actions to be ran, some only require triggering commands that are used to log server info, but others are more detailed/comp

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-12 Thread Christopher Painter
2013 12:06 PM To: "Raghu" , "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea? I have successfully executed PowerShell scripts as CustomActions in MSI packages. If you MUST use Po

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-12 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
March 11, 2013 6:05 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good > idea? > > Hello Wix users, > > I have a very simple custom action something on the lines of validating a key > as part of setup,

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-12 Thread Christopher Painter
uot;General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea? Before NETFX 4.0 came out it was not possible to build assemblies that targeted NETFX2.0 and beyond. That means, any packages with old manage

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-12 Thread Rob Mensching
13 9:59 AM > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action > a good idea? > > My personal point of view: write custom actions in native code, statically > link the CRT and have

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-12 Thread Christopher Painter
From: "Rob Mensching" Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:59 AM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea? My personal point of view: write custom actions in native code, sta

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-12 Thread Steven Ogilvie
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: March-12-13 10:57 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea? My personal point of view: write custom actions in native code, statically

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-12 Thread Rob Mensching
t; > > > From: "Hoover, Jacob" > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:29 PM > > To: "Raghu" , "General discussion for Windows > > Installer XML toolset." > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershe

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-11 Thread Hoover, Jacob
- > From: "Hoover, Jacob" > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:29 PM > To: "Raghu" , "General discussion for Windows > Installer XML toolset." > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action > a

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-11 Thread Christopher Painter
. From: "Hoover, Jacob" Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:29 PM To: "Raghu" , "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea? I wouldn't, simply because s

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-11 Thread Raghu
Windows Installer XML toolset. ; Raghu ; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea? Check out C# / DTF for managed custom action support instead of PowerShell

Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-11 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:05 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea? Hello Wix users,   I have a very simple custom action something on the lines of validating a key as part of setup, the min requirement tha

[WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea?

2013-03-11 Thread Raghu
Hello Wix users,   I have a very simple custom action something on the lines of validating a key as part of setup, the min requirement that the setup to run is on Win2k8 R2+. Now I can achieve the same thing in a dll but I feel its an overkill and is easily achieved in a script, for a while I wa