The handle to the current session is not passed through to the managed code Dll in Installer classes. The InstallUtilLib shim is a standard C++ entrypoint, designed to be called deferred, and getting data via CustomActionData. The handle to the session is of limited use anyway in deferred custom actions. So using the InstallUtilLib shim to call a managed code Dll has no substantial added functionality when compared with a managed code exe where you pass a bunch of properties through the command line.
Phil Wilson ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[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 console managed application which will work with comand line or xml configuration that is changed from installer - there are no problems? I will use only custom action which launch exe file from installed and all will be ok? On 4/6/07, Wilson, Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 as an installer class (properties pass one way into the code, no access to the install session) and if it's an exe that you're installing it can run in the application context, with config files etc. Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [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 DLL-type CA or something, then you can launch it with an EXE CA. Joe K. ----- Original Message ----- From: "DEÁK JAHN, Gábor" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WiX-users" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 6:13 AM Subject: [WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > DEÁK JAHN, Gábor -- Budapest, Hungary > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
