Re: [WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions

2007-04-09 Thread Wilson, Phil
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Igor Lemsky Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 9:34 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions So I dont understand - if I want managed dlls which will have access to the installer session - I will have problems? But if i wrote

Re: [WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions

2007-04-08 Thread Igor Lemsky
with config files etc. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Kaplan Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 8:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions Also, if the CA is an EXE instead of a DL

Re: [WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions

2007-04-07 Thread Bob Arnson
Wilson, Phil wrote: > I was about to say the same thing. It's not all managed code custom actions > that are "evil", it's really just the installer class mechanism that requires > the shim Dll, loading a framework into msiexec etc etc. Functionally, a > managed code exe has the same capability

Re: [WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions

2007-04-06 Thread Wilson, Phil
] On Behalf Of Joe Kaplan Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 8:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions Also, if the CA is an EXE instead of a DLL-type CA or something, then you can launch it with an EXE CA. Joe K. - Original Message - From: "

Re: [WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions

2007-04-06 Thread Joe Kaplan
Also, if the CA is an EXE instead of a DLL-type CA or something, then you can launch it with an EXE CA. Joe K. - Original Message - From: "DEÁK JAHN, Gábor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WiX-users" Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 6:13 AM Subject: [WiX-users] dot Net

[WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions

2007-04-06 Thread DE�K JAHN, G�bor
On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 13:21:35 +0700, Igor Lemsky wrote: Igor, http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson3.php#3.5 lists the reasons while you shouldn't do it, although it is technically possible using an undocumented DLL. Bye, Gábor ---

Re: [WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions

2007-04-05 Thread Nitin Chaudhari
You can run dot net code during installation, although there are some reason why you should not. I have been executing .net code in my installation for quite a while now Anyways here how to do it : Include the following In a class library project, add a installer class. Check out http://g

[WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions

2007-04-05 Thread Igor Lemsky
I need to launch some .net code during installation. Which possibilities do I have? As I hear there are problems with .net custom actions in Windows Installer. So I cant add my .net assembly exe into the product as file or binary stream and use one of the custom actions types to launch it? Only wa