Re: [WiX-users] Com LocalServer32 in 8.3 format

2006-11-09 Thread Mike Dimmick
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Com LocalServer32 in 8.3 format I upgraded to the latest binary build on SourceForge (3.0.2211.0). A bit painful as tallow has been deprecated and Heat is very much different, but have it working again in my headless build. Unfortunately the registry entries are

Re: [WiX-users] Com LocalServer32 in 8.3 format

2006-11-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Dyson, Peter wrote: > Unfortunately the registry entries are still in [!MyServerExe] format > not [#MyServerExe]. > Can you open a bug and attach the files needed to reproduce? -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Using Tomc

Re: [WiX-users] Com LocalServer32 in 8.3 format

2006-11-09 Thread Dyson, Peter
next build then. Peter -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 November 2006 16:01 To: Dyson, Peter Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Com LocalServer32 in 8.3 format Dyson, Peter wrote: > I am currently using v3.0.1703.0 a bit

Re: [WiX-users] Com LocalServer32 in 8.3 format

2006-11-07 Thread Bob Arnson
Dyson, Peter wrote: > I am currently using v3.0.1703.0 a bit old in the tooth now but have not > had time to use any later. > I'm not sure exactly when the change was made, but the current version uses [#] syntax. BTW, if you use WiX v3, you should consider taking drops more often. As v3 is s

Re: [WiX-users] Com LocalServer32 in 8.3 format

2006-11-07 Thread Dyson, Peter
LocalServer32 in 8.3 format Dyson, Peter wrote: > This seems to be because of the [!MyServer.exe] generated in the msi. > If > Which version of WiX are you using? I believe that WiX v3 was changed some time ago to use LFNs. WiX v2 wasn't changed because it would break patching for pr

Re: [WiX-users] Com LocalServer32 in 8.3 format

2006-11-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Dyson, Peter wrote: > This seems to be because of the [!MyServer.exe] generated in the msi. If > Which version of WiX are you using? I believe that WiX v3 was changed some time ago to use LFNs. WiX v2 wasn't changed because it would break patching for products already released with v2. -- s

[WiX-users] Com LocalServer32 in 8.3 format

2006-11-06 Thread Dyson, Peter
Hi, I am authoring wix version 3 com servers in the 'correct' way as below, but the LocalServer32 @ registry entry is generated in 8.3 format names. This seems to be because of the [!MyServer.exe] generated in the msi. If I use orca to change that to [#MyServer.exe] then I get the long filename a