The point appears to be moot - For whatever reason, WiX is picking up the proper help icons correctly without needing any whacked shortcut associations. Not sure why InstallShield fails at this.
On Jan 8, 2008 2:13 PM, Mike Dimmick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No you _can't_. That will embed hh.exe, which isn't yours to redistribute, > in your MSI. You could open hh.exe in a resource editor (e.g. in Visual > Studio, go to File > Open > File, select the file, then click the down-arrow > next to Open and select Open With..., then pick Resource Editor from the > list) then copy the icon to a file (e.g. right-click it and choose Export.) > You can then embed it in your own resource-only DLL. > > That's still dodgy from a copyright perspective but I don't think there's > any way to just get Windows Installer to use the icon for the associated > file type (which is ridiculous). Microsoft's position on cloning icons for > standard metaphors, so that icons are used consistently across the whole > system, has generally been permissive, however. > > -- > Mike Dimmick > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SaiTeja > Sent: 08 January 2008 04:40 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to create help file shortcut icon? > > > You can use hh.exe > C:\windows\hh.exe as source. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- -Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
