My custom action in install the Microsoft Enterprise Library into the gac and register all their Instrumentation classes. This is Microsoft code and they have the installers in the code so I assumed it would be easiest to just call them.
Let me ask you this. I am not a c++ developer by any means. Can you point me to or give me some guidance on how to do this the right way. I would love to get this done right one time instead of wrong several times. Thanks John -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:01 AM To: John Hidey; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-devs] GAC and call Custom Action Yeah, that scenario just doesn't work right. The problem is that Assemblies going to the GAC aren't committed until the very end of the install. That means your InstallUtil calls (assuming InstallUtil can reach into the GAC, I've never tried) have to come after InstallFinalize. That means that your InstallUtil CustomActions can't be part of the installation transaction so when they fail, the install succeeds but is broken. This is just one more example of why using InstallUtil is a "bad thing". My suggestion (which is rarely popular <smile/>) is to just do the right thing the first time and save yourself the time you'll spend later trying to manage the InstallUtil hack. What is the CustomAction you're trying to do anyway? ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Hidey Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 1:36 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-devs] GAC and call Custom Action Here is my problem everyone. I have a msi that installs several files into the gac. I DO NOT create a shadow copy of these files on the file system until my property called CREATESHADOW has a value of 1. These assemblies have installers in them that I need to call. (I know managed installers in not recommended but have to get done quickly) When I put my custom action in and call InstallUtilLib the file isn't actually on the file system. Is there a way to have InstallUtilLib refer the file via its temporary location that is used by the installer? Thoughts? Thanks everyone in advance. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
