Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install

2014-01-27 Thread Blair Murri
from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/hh825838.aspx “You can develop applications by using the DISM API on any computer where you have installed the Windows® Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK).” So, I interpret that as saying that you can’t statically link the DISM

Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install

2014-01-24 Thread Phill Hogland
I do not have the ADK or the path either. And the API docs talk about creating a 'application' which will modify /online images. Here is a sample: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh824804.aspx I am preparing a CA to test pieces of this code relating to the query of a feat

Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install

2014-01-23 Thread Blair Murri
That directory does not exist on my Win8.1 box (where I have not yet installed the ADK). So, that can’t be the runtime requirement, unless the API cannot be used outside of generating ISOs/DVDs. Blair From: Phill Hogland Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎January‎ ‎23‎, ‎2014 ‎6‎:‎45‎ ‎AM To: General

Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install

2014-01-23 Thread Phill Hogland
I above been reading up on the dism api, and while I have not gotten very far, one thing that confuses me is the requirement stated in the following link of: "The binary files for your customized solutions must be saved in the same directory as the DISM binaries installed by the Windows ADK. For ex

Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install

2014-01-21 Thread Phil Wilson
[mailto:delam...@doxense.com] > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 7:17 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install > > Hi, > > I used a command line tool embedded in my burn package like a prerequisite, > t

Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install

2014-01-21 Thread John Cooper
341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Loïc Delambre [mailto:delam...@doxense.com] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 7:17 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install Hi, I used a

Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install

2014-01-20 Thread Loïc Delambre
lto:s...@gtl.biz] Envoyé : vendredi 17 janvier 2014 19:11 À : General discussion about the WiX toolset. Objet : [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install Hi, following up on an issue that came up in another thread, we have the need to enable platform features such as MSMQ during our in

Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install

2014-01-17 Thread Phil Wilson
The DISM API might be able to do this - it says it works for an online Windows installation. The key might be to do the DismOpenSession() with DISM_ONLINE_IMAGE and then use something like DismEnableFeature. I've never tried it though, There's often some concern about doing this without making it

[WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install

2014-01-17 Thread Stephen I. Woolhead
Hi, following up on an issue that came up in another thread, we have the need to enable platform features such as MSMQ during our install. At the moment we do this during install with dism.exe in a custom action. This so far has worked well for us but it was hinted this was not ideal. Does an