Hi all I've started the arduous process of recreating a new installer using WiX to replace our existing VS2010 Setup Projects.
Unfortunately it's not been smooth sailing, because to be able to create some basic installation capabilities like dependencies discovery, website installation, content harvesting, etc. has taken a lot of time and research. I've bridged most of those with various solutions from the web, but have now struck out with the installation of a service. Specifically we harvest content and dependencies using heat (during Build Event) because website projects, and other projects have content that regularly change) and it's simply not feasible to manually update the .WXS file for those changes. One of those projects for installation is a Windows service (in fact it's a .NET Service with a ServiceInstaller implemented). The frustration I'm having is being able to point <ServiceInstall ... /> to the service executable, without having to place the <ServiceInstall /> for it inside the generated (harvested) .WXS file (within in the same <Component ... /> for the <File />). Given my relatively basic understanding of WiX I'm wondering if there is a way to reference that component in a fragment or something so that the <ServiceInstall ... /> can find the service it needs to install. Stating the same problem differently, the <File /> pointing to the Service executable is located in one .WXS (a generated one) and the <ServiceInstall /> for it is located in another .WXS file (manually maintained) - how can I marry the Service Install to make it work? I also have another question regarding some of the properties for Service Install - and I'm not sure why they are there, for example DisplayName, Description, Account, etc. - these are already defined in the .NET ServiceInstaller code and should just be used not so? Thanks all Johann ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
