This is an "it just works" situation if you use the same component guid and the ServiceInstall/Control elements and stay away from code-based installs like ServiceInstaller classes. You could put the service in a merge module or WiX object/fragment thingy and share it between products.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Oleksandr Y. Nechyporenko [mailto:alexnc69...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:26 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Shared windows service between multiple products We have two versions of our product (Desktop and Enterprise). Both versions can be installed on the same computer on the same time. I.e. they have different product and upgrade code GUIDs. But each of these versions contains same windows service. This service should be installed only once and should be shared between two products. We've described this service as component. What is most correct way to include it to both installers? Is it enough to include it to both installers with same Component GUID? How we should "say" to installer to uninstall this service only if last of installed products will be uninstalled? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail inet.hqhelpd...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
