By the way, the last sentence of Nicolás' remarks seems to be our single biggest problem "with WiX" here - so much stuff does unoptimal practice with installations, file locations, environment set up, OS settings, etc. it is difficult for a few people like myself to show that a more optimal practice is desirable ... I get "but XYZ does it that way!" a lot. We all learn from examples, and unfortunately it when it comes to installation especially examples are hard to find that illustrate various principles. For example, I am still (like many here) trying to figure out when one *would* do a Minor Upgrade vs. a Major Upgrade. I understand now what the difference in effect is, I think, but that still leaves why.
Keith Douglas Statistics Canada | 170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 Statistique Canada | 170, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 613-951-4405 Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-1966 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -----Original Message----- From: Nicolás Alvarez [mailto:nicolas.alva...@gmail.com] Sent: November-03-13 3:22 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Environment Variable Changes by MSI are not reflected 2013/11/1 Phil Wilson <phildgwil...@gmail.com>: > If there's a way to avoid using PATH, try to find it and use it. > There are always issues with that, not only install and uninstall but > corruption, files and Dlls being picked up from the wrong directory and so on. I concur. I had problems during development with an application failing to start, saying a DLL of a wrong architecture was being loaded. It turns out an Intel Wi-Fi driver (or whatever OEM crapware it was, but it was definitely from Intel) adds its program folder to the PATH, and there's a 64-bit zlib1.dll in there. That's just one of half a dozen directories the Intel crapware added to my PATH. Just because the big guys are doing it doesn't make it right. -- Nicolás ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
