[WiX-users] How to refer to an icon from a tag

2008-04-27 Thread Lewis G. Pringle, Jr.
Suppose I have: In my WIX source file. This produces - when I install - a .ico file installed to C:\Windows\Installer\{CLSID}\CCRFileIcon.ico Which I can then refer to in a registry setting (say a file icon specification). The docs for the

[WiX-users] Very confused by the structure of ProgId/Verbs/etc - for non-trivial case of specifying file associations

2008-04-27 Thread Lewis G. Pringle, Jr.
Folks: I understand how to use the ProgID for some simple cases, such as this example: The problem is - how

[WiX-users] WIX and private assemblies for Windows 2000

2007-12-22 Thread Lewis G. Pringle, Jr.
Folks: I have an activeX control I deploy with my Win32 application which requires registry settings. I've created a manifest for this OCX, so that it can be installed on WinXP and later without any registry settings (so works more nearly side-by-side with other programs that might use

[WiX-users] Subclassing WIX dialogs

2007-11-06 Thread Lewis G. Pringle, Jr.
Folks: It appears the standard methodology for making changes in dialogs is to copy the dialog into your own .wxs file, and anything that referred to it (like a UI sequence) also has to be copied and modified. Are there any plans (maybe in Wix v3?) to include an ability

[WiX-users] OPTIONALLY start service after its been installed (Wix v3)

2007-09-19 Thread Lewis G. Pringle, Jr.
I'm using the latest daily build of Wix v3. I have a windows service I'm installing, and I've found I can do: To install my service without starting at installation time, or: To get it to run automatically after installation. Next, I added a che

[WiX-users] setup.exe has no icon?

2007-07-13 Thread Lewis G. Pringle, Jr.
Folks: The setup.exe built using setupbld.exe in the latest (3.0.3106.0) version of WIX doesn't include an application icon. Most other installers appear to have some kind of installer icon. Is this choice intentional? I realize I can make a manual copy

[WiX-users] Permission Element, and next v3 pre-release build?

2007-04-30 Thread Lewis G. Pringle, Jr.
Folks: I've just tried WIX, after a decade of suffering with Installshield, and I'm truly impressed! This is a major improvement! I'm using the latest WIX v3 pre-release build 3.0.2420.0. One of the few (blocking) bugs I've run into appears to be a known