I find the wix-users mailing list to be sufficient.
I had terrible experiences with InstallShield and InstallShield's forums
over the years. I've used InstallShield 7, 10/X/10.5 and now 2008. I avoid
the forums as much as possible.
WiX has actually helped me become a better InstallShield packager
WiX isn't hard. Keeping to MSI's rules is.
Creating visual designers to abstract people away from the complexities can
be a bad thing. For example, try to get your software certified for Vista
without a good understanding of MSI and ICE.
InstallShield Developer/7 was terrible, 10/X/10.5 wasn't mu
This should happen by default.
If your INSTALLDIR/TARGETDIR is all uppercase, it's a public MSI property.
Any command line parameters will override its value. No CA required.
Cheers,
David.
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Sent: Friday, 3 August 2007 7:38 AM
To: 'David Howell'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.0.2925 heat TypeLib RegistryValue
Generally you should endeavour not to break binary compatibility!
As
un heat in Vista for ActiveX/COM DLLs?
Cheers,
David.
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From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 1 August 2007 5:28 AM
To: 'David Howell'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Wix 3.0.2925 heat TypeLib RegistryValue
Generally you sh
od Luck!
Dave.
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Sent: Wednesday, 1 August 2007 9:19 AM
To: David Howell; Mike Dimmick; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.0.2925 heat TypeLib RegistryValue
Thanks Dave,
esday, 1 August 2007 5:58 AM
To: Mike Dimmick; David Howell; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.0.2925 heat TypeLib RegistryValue
Hey mike,
What would you consider the future of heat? I don't see heat as
a starting point at all, I see it as a b
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Sent: Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:48 PM
To: David Howell; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.0.2925 heat TypeLib RegistryValue
I've been using WiX 3.0.2925 to install some of our COM DLLs (created by
Visual Bas
Hello,
I've been using WiX 3.0.2925 to install some of our COM DLLs (created by
Visual Basic 6.0 SP6).
With WiX 3.0.2925 when I use:
"heat file MyLibrary.dll -out MyLibrary.wxs"
I will often get a mixture of entries (which is what I want) and a
mixture of entries (which seem to be inste
Hi Again,
I am now trying to using the MDAC27ENU.MSM in my wix-3.0 project.
Again, this msm was obtained from the InstallShield (or MS) website.
When I run light, I receive the following warnings and errors:
Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Linker version 3.0.2015.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft C
> your MSI file before the merging occurs. Add something like the following
> for each table reported below:
>
>
>
> Derek
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> Sent: Wednesday, Augus
Hi,
I recently converted one of my Wix-2.0 projects to Wix-3.0.
The project uses multiple merge modules obtained from InstallShield (as
we use InstallShield X too).
In particular, I am using the OLEAUT32.MSM, COMCAT.MSM and MSVBVM60.MSM
merge modules (plus others, MSXML4, Common Controls etc
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