Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-23 Thread Blair
AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Blair os...@live.com wrote: Aaron's blog will help you with building your two MSIs (32- 64-bit) using the exact same sources. On a 64

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Blair
...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Michael Clark mcl...@fullarmor.com wrote: a) Objectively, is WiX the right option

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
I was looking at sharing file extension registrations between applications only yesterday. This page and its related content were most useful http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166183(VS.80).aspx -Original Message- From: Happy Hondje [mailto:happyhon...@gmail.com] Sent: 19

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Jan Wester
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Chad Petersen chad.peter...@harlandfs.com wrote: Aren't shell extensions either a DLL or OCX file as the entry point? Think about what you have to do to manually deploy your shell extensions and write down the steps (if it helps). These are the steps that you

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Jan Wester
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Blair os...@live.com wrote: Aaron's blog will help you with building your two MSIs (32- 64-bit) using the exact same sources. On a 64-bit OS, explorer.exe will be a 64-bit app, so you won't need the 32-bit mirrored installation. However, if you feel you

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Jan Wester
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe pshirtcli...@sdl.com wrote: I was looking at sharing file extension registrations between applications only yesterday. This page and its related content were most useful http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166183(VS.80).aspx That is an

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe pshirtcli...@sdl.com wrote: I was looking at sharing file extension registrations between applications only yesterday. This page and its related content

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Clark
a) Objectively, is WiX the right option, or should I look at other installers for this purpose? [Michael] It's a great tool for this purpose and its free! b) Are there any samples of scripts that install shell extensions? I have looked around, but found nothing. Reinventing the wheel is something

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-19 Thread Jan Wester
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Michael Clark mcl...@fullarmor.com wrote: a) Objectively, is WiX the right option, or should I look at other installers for this purpose? [Michael] It's a great tool for this purpose and its free! b) Are there any samples of scripts that install shell

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-19 Thread Chad Petersen
if needed -Original Message- From: Jan Wester [mailto:happyhon...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Michael Clark mcl