you should avoid managed or script custom actions.
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Mike Dimmick
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
>
> DEÁK
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Why not the Windows Installer team blog?
http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team.
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From: John Vottero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:35 AM
To: Rob Mensching; Bob Arnson; [
ibrary of
CAs to support the common tasks.
Joe K.
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From: "DEÁK JAHN, Gábor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WiX-users"
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 4:08 PM
Subject: [WiX-users] C# .dll
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:38:16 +, Fredrik Gr
The main reason being individuals like me (newer developers) who more or
less started programming in C#; that was primarily the reason why I started
this thread anyway. Folks like Phil Wilson proposed the idea of learning
C++, and that had a meaningful end.
But more or less, more and more people
let Managed Custom Action fans speakJ
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Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:38 PM
To: Danish Waheed; 'John Vottero'; 'Bob Arnson'
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .d
>
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:38:16 +, Fredrik Grohn wrote:
>
> First to all, please, clear out all the participants from the To: and
> CC: lines and keep the discussion on the list itself. I guess we all
> monitor it regularly so it's really not beneficial to receive every
> posting twice, both
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:38:16 +, Fredrik Grohn wrote:
First to all, please, clear out all the participants from the To: and CC: lines
and keep the discussion on the list itself. I guess we all monitor it regularly
so it's really not beneficial to receive every posting twice, both directly and
n'
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'WiX-users'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
IMO, it is very easy to blame it on Windows Installer team without actually
knowing/considering the work and requests they get from so many different teams
within Microsoft, let alone third parties and without c
uests from different
people/groups for the same feature, how can they ignore so many customers?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Vottero
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 11:54 AM
To: Bob Arnson
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users
Subject: Re: [WiX-user
John Vottero wrote:
I agree that writing a good CA is hard but, I'll bet it's easier in C#
than it is in C.
The guts -- whatever the CA actually needs to do -- can be. But that's
unlikely to encourage table-driven, state-driven CAs.
I also agree that eliminating a CA is the best way to
Bob Arnson wrote:
John Vottero wrote:
The System.Configuration.Installer base class has virtual methods for
Install, Uninstall, Commit and Rollback. Doesn't that mean that that it
can support Rollbacks?
Yes, they can. The number that do is vanishingly small. Doing it right
is hard, r
Why not the Windows Installer team blog?
http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team.
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From: John Vottero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:35 AM
To: Rob Mensching; Bob Arnson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: WiX-users
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] C# .dll
John Vottero wrote:
The System.Configuration.Installer base class has virtual methods for Install, Uninstall, Commit and Rollback. Doesn't that mean that that it can support Rollbacks?
Yes, they *can*. The number that do is vanishingly small. Doing it right
is hard, regardless of language. H
> > The situation is clearly broken and it's up to Microsoft to fix it.
> >
> > John Vottero
>
> So, John, why don't you go complain to Microsoft and more specifically
> the Windows Installer team? I know there are a number of us on the
> mailing list that work for Microsoft and we really do try
> The situation is clearly broken and it's up to Microsoft to fix it.
>
> John Vottero
So, John, why don't you go complain to Microsoft and more specifically the
Windows Installer team? I know there are a number of us on the mailing list
that work for Microsoft and we really do try to help wher
>
> DEÁK JAHN, Gábor wrote:
> > Anyway, it's not a WiX limitation but a Windows Installer limitation,
> so until WI can call a managed DLL, there is nothing WiX can do about
> it. Much the same way as with Unicode. We're here starting to run on
> the fourth Windows platform with full Unicode suppo
DEÁK JAHN, Gábor wrote:
> Anyway, it's not a WiX limitation but a Windows Installer limitation, so
> until WI can call a managed DLL, there is nothing WiX can do about it. Much
> the same way as with Unicode. We're here starting to run on the fourth
> Windows platform with full Unicode support (
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:14:11 -0500, Joe Kaplan wrote:
Joe,
> try to use them. Having C++ as the only viable alternative is very
> limiting.
Why would C++ be the only viable alternative? There are a plethora of languages
and development tools that can create Win32 DLLs. C, Pascal (and successor
m all those guys
> who only have C#.
>
> Phil Wilson
>
>
>
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dhaval
> Patel
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 4:20 PM
> To: Levi Wilson
> Cc: Danish Waheed; wix-users@lis
aplan
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:14 PM
To: Dhaval Patel; Wilson, Phil
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
FWIW, I'm totally with Dhaval on the idea that managed custom actions would
be a good thing. It just makes a lot of sense. I think it makes a lot mo
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To: "Wilson, Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
> Thanks for those words of wisdom :)
>
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To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
One other concern in making custom actions in C# (or
anything else) is
that as Rob regularly ob
ose guys
who only have C#.
Phil Wilson
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Patel
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 4:20 PM
To: Levi Wilson
Cc: Danish Waheed; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
Phil: My PM and all the senior e
st my two cents.
>
> Thanks
>
> Danish Waheed
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
One other concern in making custom actions in C# (or anything else) is
that as Rob regularly observes, custom actions are very difficult to get
right - especially when considering installation failure (rollback) and
appropriate uninstall ope
in C++.
Just my two cents.
Thanks
Danish Waheed
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One other concern in making
: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
One other concern in making custom actions in C# (or anything else) is
that as Rob regularly observes, custom actions are very difficult to get
right - especially when considering installation failure (rollback) and
appropriate uninstall operation. Speaking for myself, I try
Patel
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:45 AM
To: Rob Mensching
Cc: Joe Kaplan; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
"Folks like me," meaning people who have minuscule experience
programming in VBScript or C++. I pretty much started learning to
program in C# bac
ilson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Patel
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:45 AM
To: Rob Mensching
Cc: Joe Kaplan; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
"Folks like me," meaning people who have minuscule experie
Do all the correct .NET Frameworks get loaded? Are you
going to test it?
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Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 11:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .
ed in an MSI via Extension advertisement? Do all the correct .NET
Frameworks get loaded? Are you going to test it?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Kaplan
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 11:43 PM
To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sou
What you mean by "But making this functionality available would open all kinds
of doors for folks like me"?
From: Dhaval Patel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 11:15 PM
To: Rob Mensching
Cc: Levi Wilson; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users]
evi Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dhaval Patel"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
More importantly, the Windows Installer doesn't support it today. There are
actually "neat" problems you can in
o the Windows Installer process.
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Levi Wilson
*Sent:* Friday, March 16, 2007 10:40 AM
*To:* Dhaval Patel
*Cc:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
I don't know for certain, but my guess would b
16, 2007 10:40 AM
To: Dhaval Patel
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll
I don't know for certain, but my guess would be that there's no guarantee that
the .NET Framework has been installed on the client.
On 3/16/07, Dhaval Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<m
I don't know for certain, but my guess would be that there's no guarantee
that the .NET Framework has been installed on the client.
On 3/16/07, Dhaval Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Will WIX 3.0 be adding the capability to call C# .dll files? If not,
WHY? :)
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Will WIX 3.0 be adding the capability to call C# .dll files? If not,
WHY? :)
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