Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Dimmick
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Friedrich Dominicus Sent: 21 March 2007 10:35 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration Does anyone have written an installer using a custom action written in C wich MSVC 2005 on Vista?

Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-22 Thread Friedrich Dominicus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) At first I installed the difxapp tools >- Howerver it is unclear to me if a printer falls under it's > requirements. > > [Snip] > > I assume Printer falls under PlugAndPlay. > > RJF: That was also my assumption, but as mentioned before I have not > worked

Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-22 Thread Richard.Foster
ubject: Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration [Snip] 1) At first I installed the difxapp tools - Howerver it is unclear to me if a printer falls under it's requirements. [Snip] I assume Printer falls under PlugAndPlay. RJF: That was also my assumption, but as mentioned be

Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-21 Thread Friedrich Dominicus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In his response, Friedrich asked: Well couldn't I run the custom action > when I like for what good should be the After, Before etc stuff then? > > Yes, up to a point you can run a custom action whenever you want. I say > "up to a point" because doing so after "Instal

[WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-21 Thread Friedrich Dominicus
Sorry I send this to the e-mail address alone. it was asked for the code. Here we go: Well if you insist ;-) the code for the installer library #include // #include #include #include #include // #include /* just for the DLL one might use a .def file instead */ #undef EXPORT #define EXPORT __d

Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-21 Thread Richard.Foster
In his response, Friedrich asked: Well couldn't I run the custom action when I like for what good should be the After, Before etc stuff then? Yes, up to a point you can run a custom action whenever you want. I say "up to a point" because doing so after "InstallFinalize" is not usually a good idea,

Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-21 Thread Friedrich Dominicus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Friedrich, > > Adding runtime components to the installation (e.g. the merge files) > will usually not help because they typically won't be installed until > after your custom action has run. Since your custom action needs them, > it will fail and so they never will g

Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-21 Thread Richard.Foster
s to "do custom actions right".) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Friedrich Dominicus Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:03 AM To: Stefan Pavlik Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frust

Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-21 Thread Levi Wilson
Can you post your codE? On 3/21/07, Friedrich Dominicus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No as you can see Microsoft.VC80.CRT,processorArchitectu there is not hint to MFC so it's "just" the normal, c runtime libraries. And well as written I've added them via inclucion of the suitable *.msn file. Th

Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-21 Thread Friedrich Dominicus
No as you can see Microsoft.VC80.CRT,processorArchitectu there is not hint to MFC so it's "just" the normal, c runtime libraries. And well as written I've added them via inclucion of the suitable *.msn file. The paradox thing it that I do not use anything from the standard library just windows r

Re: [WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-21 Thread Stefan Pavlik
Hi,... I am using VS 2005 to create cutsom action in C++ and the resulting isntaller is working on XP /Vista without problems. It seems that your custom action Dll is dependent on MFC /CRT dynamic libraries. My Custom Action Dll is using "Standard Windows Libraries" and so I do not need the Dlls

[WiX-users] Just a question out of frustration

2007-03-21 Thread Friedrich Dominicus
Does anyone have written an installer using a custom action written in C wich MSVC 2005 on Vista? What have you done to get this f installed on a machine without MSVC 2005? I tried: 1) adding the files to the installation 2) integrated things like the crt runtime .msm files with my installer