"8*" is interesting but I wonder if "80+" might be clearer? I'm open to
suggestions.
There isn't anything like this now. Most of the work to find the next free
port will have to be in the native CustomAction code since it will have to
scan the machine. However, doing all the parsing of the string format (i.e.
"8*" or "80+" or "80-") in the extension would be ideal and maybe just set
an attribute to say, "search for next free port".
One of the more challenging problems will be to remember which port was
automatically picked so that on uninstall the correct website is removed.
That's possibly the hardest part of this feature.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:52 AM, Blair Murri <[email protected]> wrote:
> For one of my clients we did this, and discovered that it wasn't as
> straightforward as we had hoped (just because a port doesn't have an active
> current listener doesn't mean it isn't "taken"). Alas, that client owns the
> implementation we came up with so I don't have a starting point I could
> share but I could contribute to the discussion (and possibly even to the
> final solution).
>
> Is this something your willing to fund to contribute to the community?
>
> Blair
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 11:34:45 +1000
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [WiX-devs] Wix IIS Extension: New feature discussion
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> @robmen suggested I email this group regarding another feature (that I
> think is missing/would be very useful)
>
> My concept is that I should be able to tell Wix to install the website
> component on the next available 8* port (i.e. if 80 is used, try 81, of 81
> used goto 82 etc)
>
> Has anyone else noticed the lack of this functionality.
>
> How does everyone feel about this idea?
>
> Had anyone out there already written a custom task that does this that we
> could use as a starting point to implement natively in the IIS Extension?
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew
> @agrayz
> @ 360DegSolutions
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service
> to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer
> high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for
> all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j
> _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments:
> 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations
> 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services
> 3. A single system of record for all IT processes
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j
> _______________________________________________
> WiX-devs mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows:
Build for Windows Store.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev
_______________________________________________
WiX-devs mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
