Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action which call win 32 dll, possible?

2013-11-06 Thread tom
Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Managed-Custom-Action-which-call-win-32-dll-possible-tp7590295p7590335.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action which call win 32 dll, possible?

2013-11-05 Thread Blair Murri
yload. > Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 12:02:21 -0800 > From: tomer.d...@intergraph.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action which call win 32 dll,possible? > > > Hi, > > Is it possible to use MakeSfxCA.exe to add a window 32

[WiX-users] Managed Custom Action which call win 32 dll,possible?

2013-11-05 Thread tom
Hi, Is it possible to use MakeSfxCA.exe to add a window 32 dll called by the managed custom action? Thanks in advance -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Managed-Custom-Action-which-call-win-32-dll-possible-tp7590295.html Sent from t

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using CAS

2012-08-29 Thread Christoffel le Roux
ugust 28, 2012 7:30 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using CAS I've never done one of those myself, but a bit of search engine foo shows a few potential links http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/eu/vsto/thread/f46

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using CAS

2012-08-28 Thread Hoover, Jacob
stoffel le Roux [mailto:christoffe...@tech.flowcentric.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 9:33 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using CAS Hi Jacob, Thanks for the reply, I'm installing an office 2003 VSTO project and usin

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using CAS

2012-08-28 Thread Christoffel le Roux
Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 4:22 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using CAS I guess the real question would be do you even need this in .Net 4? http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnfa/archive/20

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using CAS

2012-08-28 Thread Hoover, Jacob
...@tech.flowcentric.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 9:12 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using CAS Hi, I have upgraded an old installer to a wix 3.7 custom action project that uses the old CAS policy methods. I've upgraded the solution to runtime

[WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using CAS

2012-08-28 Thread Christoffel le Roux
Hi, I have upgraded an old installer to a wix 3.7 custom action project that uses the old CAS policy methods. I've upgraded the solution to runtime 4 and resulted receiving the exception This method explicitly uses CAS policy, which has been obsoleted by the .NET Framework. // Get the policy l

Re: [WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory

2010-05-06 Thread dB .
ang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11:28 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory I have written a deferred CA which I need to manipulate a file that is placed in the target-director

Re: [WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory

2010-05-05 Thread Adam Langley
From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2010 3:35 p.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory I have written a deferred CA which I need to manipulate a file that is placed in

[WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory

2010-05-05 Thread Adam Langley
I have written a deferred CA which I need to manipulate a file that is placed in the target-directory, at the end of the install. What is weird is that the path is correctly evaluated in my logging messages, but when I use the path to open a file, it says FILE NOT FOUND, even though I KNOW the

[WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory

2010-05-05 Thread Adam Langley
I have written a deferred CA which I need to manipulate a file that is placed in the target-directory, at the end of the install. What is weird is that the path is correctly evaluated in my logging messages, but when I use the path to open a file, it says FILE NOT FOUND, even though I KNOW the

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using InstallUtilLib.dll

2007-10-30 Thread Richard
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Aris Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have been using managec C++ CA's coded in Visual Studio 2003 for > installs. IMO, you might as well just use native C++ at that point. > Well, you get the picture. One wrinkle, the VC 2005 requires linking to the

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using InstallUtilLib.dll

2007-10-30 Thread Aris Green
I have been using managec C++ CA's coded in Visual Studio 2003 for installs. You create a .NET dll and use unmanaged exports .e.g __declspec(dllexport) int __stdcall MyCustomAction(MSIHANDLE hInstall); All your logic is in the installation package and you don't have to leave a carcass behind with

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using InstallUtilLib.dll

2007-10-30 Thread Mike Dimmick
MAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sankaranarayanan Sent: 30 October 2007 18:36 To: Richard; WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using InstallUtilLib.dll I use custom action for the following operations 1) Read XML Config file and set installer properties 2)

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using InstallUtilLib.dll

2007-10-30 Thread Sankaranarayanan
o: WiX Users Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 10:03:10 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using InstallUtilLib.dll In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sankaranarayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am using Managed Custom Action [...] What is

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using InstallUtilLib.dll

2007-10-30 Thread Richard
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sankaranarayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am using Managed Custom Action [...] What is your custom action doing? The MSDN documentation leads people to believe that they need managed custom actions for all sorts of things that the standard actions and

[WiX-users] Managed Custom Action using InstallUtilLib.dll

2007-10-29 Thread Sankaranarayanan
Hi All, I am using Managed Custom Action as details in http://blogs.msdn.com/josealmeida/archive/2004/11/08/253831.aspx This approach works like a charm but I didn't quite like the idea of packaging InstallUtilLib.dll file in MSI. Is there a way to use the InstallUtilLib.dll present in the cl

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom action return values

2007-09-12 Thread Mailinglist
ve to sign your managed code, otherwise it surely won't run on the target system. Oliver From: Friedrich, Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mailinglist Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:41 AM To: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: Re: [WiX-users] Manage

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom action return values

2007-09-11 Thread Wilson, Phil
e executable. Phil Wilson From: Friedrich, Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mailinglist Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:41 AM To: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom action return values Hi, >To say "

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom action return values

2007-09-11 Thread Mailinglist
Hi, >To say "writing managed custom actions is not supported" is a rather broad >brush statement. >There's nothing wrong with running managed code executables that run in their >own process space. >It's the installer class >custom actions that are not supported by WiX - I >don't believe WiX ca

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom action return values

2007-09-10 Thread Wilson, Phil
ble as a custom action. Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rachna Khune Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 8:43 AM To: Mailinglist Cc: (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom action return values Thanks so much Olive

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom action return values

2007-09-10 Thread Rachna Khune
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom action return values Hello, Writing managed custom actions is not supported. A standalone executable will not see anything of the setup around. I took two half ready projects and used them, to build up something that gives you the possibility to write

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom action return values

2007-09-10 Thread Mailinglist
re in English though. If you need help in using this, feel free to ask back to me. Oliver From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rachna Khune Sent: Sonntag, 9. September 2007 04:53 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Managed custom action return value

[WiX-users] Managed custom action return values

2007-09-08 Thread Rachna Khune
Hi there My custom action is a managed exe and I am attempting to do one of the two choices below: 1) Show the exception messages from the custom action or be able to return some error codes which I can log 2) Change the message that pops up when the custom action fails. The default

[WiX-users] Managed custom action return values

2007-09-07 Thread Rachna Khune
Hi there My custom action is a managed exe and I am attempting to do one of the two choices below: 1) Show the exception messages from the custom action or be able to return some error codes which I can log 2) Change the message that pops up when the custom action fails. The default

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action

2007-08-15 Thread Wilson, Phil
t 14, 2007 4:18 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action I've been attempting to add a managed custom action following instructions that I found on various blogs and by using dark on Visual Studio created MSI. The gist of it is I use installut

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action

2007-08-15 Thread Christopher Painter
These are all problems that can be solved if only the MSI team would just do it. I've read the tactical/strategic arguments and I just don't buy it. ( Nor did anyone else who commented on that blog. ) John Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alexei wrote: > Have a look > http://msdn2.microsoft

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action

2007-08-15 Thread John Hall
Alexei wrote: > Have a look > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681383.aspx here > - its the first one on the list. Course that's if it was an > error from Windows Installer. If it was from your DLL then I > got nothin'. > However I believe the conventional wisdom is not to use > m

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action

2007-08-15 Thread Alexei
Have a look http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681383.aspx here - its the first one on the list. Course that's if it was an error from Windows Installer. If it was from your DLL then I got nothin'. However I believe the conventional wisdom is not to use managed CAs since they place too m

[WiX-users] Managed Custom Action

2007-08-14 Thread Frederic Mokren
I've been attempting to add a managed custom action following instructions that I found on various blogs and by using dark on Visual Studio created MSI. The gist of it is I use installutillib.dll using ManagedInstall as the DLLEntry. I also created custom action that sets a property for the ma