DTF is a direct replacment of InstallUtil. Also I'm not sure where in the post it was stated what exactly the InstallUtil classes were doing. ( e.g. Registry ) Although my experience tells me that whatever it is they are doing, it's generally not good. <wink/>
--- Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Tue, 5/10/11, Skildum, Mathew <mathew.skil...@aspect.com> wrote: From: Skildum, Mathew <mathew.skil...@aspect.com> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 2:14 PM There is no runtime or build time solution to replace installutil.exe. The only options are to extract the registry entries that are created and include them in the project or running installutil.exe at runtime. The best option is to extract the registry either by having InstallUtil create a registry file or use the WIX tools. Mat Skildum -----Original Message----- From: Srivatson Tirumalai [mailto:srivatson.tiruma...@citrix.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:00 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives Hi, Is there a good alternative for installutil.exe in general available in Wix? We have a number of places in our installers where we have to invoke installutil.exe via a custom action for running the installer components in the assembly. One of the main problems in invoking InstallUtil.exe via a custom action is that it results in the ugly DOS windows appearing in the middle of setup. I do not want to use heat/tallow etc. I am looking for some kind of Wix extension. Is there any good solution available in Wix for this? Thanks, -Srivatson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users