Hi I am a beginner and unlike Objective C / C# / Microsoft topics and anything else I have tried to learn I find the Wix stuff impossible I even have read part of the Wix book and still cannot get things right. I do however think that the whole windows installer stuff is somehow strange and old. Anyway I have just done something like what you are doing and either I can help you cause I am doing it the right way or I will learn IF someone corrects it.
First you will need 2 Wix "things" The first is your msi to install your new Excel Addin. This alone is enough if you don't want or need to have the installer also install VSTO or any other package. If however you want to check if for example .Net 4 or VSTO is installed and then if it is not installed, install it then you need to create a Bootstrapper using Wix Burn. I will show you that as well. So here is an example of the MSI. I have deleted names so there might be a few errors in it now, but you can get the idea of what is happening. Cut and copy it into your project and you should be able to see it properly. In short this is adding the Minimum no of files you need to the package and then putting them on to the Users computer and then making the required registry entries. Note I am not registering any COM stuff here which you still have to work out. *************************************** <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Product Id="*" Name="addyourAppName" Language="1033" Codepage="1252" Version="2.0.1.0" Manufacturer="yourname" UpgradeCode="9655f7ee-3baf-4a53-b571-f94af4a8d2d2" > <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine"/> <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of Yourappname is already installed." AllowDowngrades="no"/> <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes"/> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="iYourAppForExcel" Level="1"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="YourAppForExcelComponents" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="ExcelRegistryComponents" /> </Feature> <Icon Id="YourAppForExcelIcon.exe" SourceFile="YourAppForExcelIcon.ico"/> <Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="YourAppForExcelIcon.exe" /> <Property Id="ARPNOREPAIR" Value="no" /> <Property Id="ARPCONTACT" Value="David Bowen" /> <Property Id="ARPHELPTELEPHONE" Value="+49 (0)89 636 40833" /> <Property Id="ARPNOMODIFY" Value="yes" /> <Property Id="ARPHELPLINK" Value="mailto:[email protected]?Subject=YourAppForExcel%20Help"; /> </Product> <Fragment> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="YourAppAddIns" > <Directory Id="YourAppFOREXCEL" Name="YourAppForExcel" /> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Fragment> <Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="YourAppForExcelComponents" Directory="YourAppFOREXCEL"> <Component Id="com_YourAppForExcel.dll" Guid="{CC76C440-4C5B-4059-A37F-B77B925C2F76}"> <File Id="file_YourAppForExcel.dll" Name="YourAppForExcel.dll" Source="..\..\YourAppForExcel\FilesForWix\YourAppForExcel.dll" KeyPath="yes"/> </Component> <Component Id="com_YourAppForExcel.dll.manifest" Guid="{9DBCFC5B-0287-4B28-A91E-5F151DB2BE02}"> <File Id="file_YourAppForExcel.dll.manifest" Name="YourAppForExcel.dll.manifest" Source="..\..\YourAppForExcel\FilesForWix\YourAppForExcel.dll.manifest" KeyPath="yes"/> </Component> <Component Id="com_YourAppForExcel.vsto" Guid="{993D6F46-1EF4-4542-8196-8383E4401A7C}"> <File Id="file_YourAppForExcel.vsto" Name="YourAppForExcel.vsto" Source="..\..\YourAppForExcel\FilesForWix\YourAppForExcel.vsto" KeyPath="yes"/> </Component> <Component Id="com_ExcelAddInHelper.dll" Guid="{150DEA4E-4637-4D58-9D5A-02290CD9092A}"> <File Id="file_ExcelAddInHelper.dll" Name="ExcelAddInHelper.dll" Source="..\..\YourAppForExcel\FilesForWix\ExcelAddInHelper.dll" KeyPath="yes"/> </Component> <Component Id="com_Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.v4.0.Utilities.dll_Excel" Guid="{32365055-C86E-46CB-8B98-D354AEB0ECEF}"> <File Id="file_Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.v4.0.Utilities.dll_Excel" Name="Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.v4.0.Utilities.dll" Source="..\..\YourAppForExcel\FilesForWix\Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.v4.0.Utilities.dll" KeyPath="yes"/> </Component> </ComponentGroup> <ComponentGroup Id="ExcelRegistryComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER"> <Component Id="com_ExcelRegistry" Guid="{5081ACD3-5BA5-4975-864C-6728DF5822A3}"> <RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="Software\Microsoft\Office\Excel\Addins\YourAppForExcel"> <RegistryValue Name="Description" Value="YourApp Excel Addin" Type="string" /> <RegistryValue Name="FriendlyName" Value="YourApp Excel Addin" Type="string" /> <RegistryValue Name="LoadBehavior" Value="3" Type="integer" /> <RegistryValue Name="Manifest" Value="[YourAppFOREXCEL]YourAppForExcel.vsto|vstolocal" Type="string" Action="write" /> </RegistryKey> </Component> </ComponentGroup> </Fragment> </Wix> ***************************************** Now once your MSI is working and you can for example install this alone and it works then you can move on to packaging this. You need to make a bootrapper. This you will see only does two things - 1 checks if VSTO is present and if not downloads it from Microsoft. Note you could inlcude the VSTO redistributable in the package if you want. Then it adds your MSI. **************************************** <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension"; xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";> <Bundle Name="YourAppForExcel" Version="2.0.1.0" Manufacturer="myname" UpgradeCode="a37e1142-86b4-49ff-a9ee-ea82276bb28e" HelpTelephone="my phone number" HelpUrl="mailto:myemail"; DisableModify="yes" IconSourceFile="../../YourAppForExcelIcon.ico" > <BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.HyperlinkLicense"> </BootstrapperApplicationRef> <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaLicenseUrl" Value=""/> <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaThemeXml" Value="../../HyperlinkTheme.xml"/> <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaThemeWxl" Value="../../HyperlinkTheme.wxl"/> <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaLogo" Value="../../YourAppForExcelPng.png"/> <util:RegistrySearch Id="VSTORuntimeTest" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSTO Runtime Setup\v4R\" Value="VSTORFeature_CLR40" Variable="VSTORFeature"/> <util:RegistrySearch Id="VSTORuntimeVersionV4R" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSTO Runtime Setup\v4R\" Value="Version" Variable="VSTORVersionV4R"/> <util:RegistrySearch Id="VSTORuntimeVersionV4" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSTO Runtime Setup\v4R\" Value="Version" Variable="VSTORVersionV4"/> <Chain> <ExePackage Id="VSTORuntime" Name="VSTOFILEEXE" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes" Cache="no" Compressed="no" DownloadUrl="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=158917"; PerMachine="yes" InstallCommand="/q /norestart" DetectCondition="VSTORFeature" InstallCondition="NOT VSTORFeature OR NOT (VSTORVersionV4R >=v10.0.40303) OR NOT (VSTORVersionV4 >=v10.0.21022)" > <RemotePayload Description="Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime 2010" ProductName="Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime 2010" Version="10.0.40820.0" Size="40051808" Hash="D40DB6440BD2B5B5AA00DA63F408469FF22A9542"/> </ExePackage> <MsiPackage Vital="yes" SourceFile="../../../../iYourAppForExcel\iYourAppForExcel\bin\Debug\iYourAppForExcel.msi" /> </Chain> </Bundle> </Wix> *************************************** Once again I have removed some personal information from this so there might be a few errors and also I am currently working on but have errors with customizing the UI of this so you will see some strange things in the above. Like this bit - just remove it. <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaLicenseUrl" Value=""/> <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaThemeXml" Value="../../HyperlinkTheme.xml"/> <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaThemeWxl" Value="../../HyperlinkTheme.wxl"/> <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaLogo" Value="../../YourAppForExcelPng.png"/> Once again I am not registering any come visible stuff here but in a standard VSTO project with excel I am not sure what you have COM visible DLL anyway. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-install-VSTO-Excel-add-in-that-use-dll-with-COM-visible-objects-tp7593336p7593464.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. 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