1 - References are probably Visual Studio's doing since you have your projects all in the same solution. Dark simply creates XML from an MSI, it doesn't create a .wixproj or modify any .sln.
2 - yes you should be using heat.exe to harvest your .NET assemblies. 3 - Surprisingly you'll find information on WiX extensions in the WiX documentation. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/advanced_wix_topics_index.htm & http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/schema_index.htm or your WiX.chm which is installed along with the WiX compilers. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Bill McCormick (LIST) [mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com] Sent: 23 March 2010 21:59 To: WiX Subject: [WiX-users] .NET Applications I'm working on an installer project that has a mix of legacy VB applications and .NET applications. Originally, I exposed /dark /to an existing MSI, but I wasn't happy with the output. So I thought I'd give /heat/ a try; I used /heat /to melt the old VB apps down to wxs files and I can sort of see where all that's heading with all the various fragments and component groups. Then I noticed that my WiX project has references to all the .NET projects that I'd like to install and I don't recall adding the references. Is this something that /dark /did? Or is this a consequence of having my WiX project part of a solution with all the other .NET projetcts? Is this something that is required for installing .NET applications? Should I be using /heat/ to melt the bin\Release of my .NET projects? Or is there a better/easier method? Where can I get detailed info on all the Extensions (WixNetFxExtension, WixUIExtension, et. al.)? Thanks, Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
