Re: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action

2007-08-13 Thread Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US)
rom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:11 PM > To: WiX Users > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action > > > You're better off extracting the registration information from the EXE

Re: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action

2007-08-09 Thread Richard
You're better off extracting the registration information from the EXE and using the COM/Registry tables to register the necessary classes. Its *much* easier and *much* more robust to use the tables for COM registration than it is to use custom actions. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- Dir

Re: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action

2007-08-09 Thread Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US)
After a little further investigation, let me rephrase my initial question and supporting details: I'm building an MSI using WiX3, and I'm encountering a problem: I've a custom action: It is sequenced to be executed BEFORE 'InstallFinalize'. I've confirmed this using Orca. The problem I enco

Re: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action

2007-08-09 Thread Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US)
--Original Message- > From: Brian Simoneau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:04 AM > To: Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US); wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action > > That would imply a dif

Re: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action

2007-08-09 Thread Brian Simoneau
: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action Thanks Brian, Upon closer examination, I realize I misspoke: My custom action is scheduled after an action that is scheduled BEFORE InstallFinalize. I recall that scheduling mine to run after

Re: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action

2007-08-09 Thread Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US)
th (SCR US); wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action > > If your custom action is sequenced after InstallFinalize, > then it should > be immediate. The commit and deferred types can only be used between > InstallInitialize a

Re: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action

2007-08-09 Thread Brian Simoneau
Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US) Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 6:36 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action Hello All, I'm building an MSI using WiX3, and I'm encountering a problem: I've a custom action: It is sequenced to be

[WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action

2007-08-08 Thread Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US)
Hello All, I'm building an MSI using WiX3, and I'm encountering a problem: I've a custom action: It is sequenced to be executed after 'InstallFinalize'. (Actually, it is sequenced before another custom action that is sequenced to run after 'InstallFinalize'.) The problem I encounter is that