Christopher Painter wrote:
> Any idea on why the column was formattable in the first place?
> Was it just a `we didn't think you'd want to do that` thing or is it limited
> by some advertisement problem?
>
Shortcuts are files; MSI requires static names for files.
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--- On Fri, 6/6/08, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registry and math
To: "General discussion for Windo
Christopher Painter wrote:
> You know Bob, I've read that before but didn't think about how that could
> solve another pain point. getting around the fact that the ShortCut
> table doesn't format the shortcut name when dealing with multiple instance
> installations.
WiX already suppo
You know Bob, I've read that before but didn't think about how that could solve
another pain point. getting around the fact that the ShortCut table
doesn't format the shortcut name when dealing with multiple instance
installations. Still, it'd be nice not to have to write any CA's.
Christopher Karper wrote:
> No, we have a tool console that lists external tools in the registry.
>
> So, it'll have a value "NumExternalTools" that has a count in it, and a
> value for each tool called "Tool0", "Tool1", "Tool#" where # ==
> NumExternalTools - 1
>
I had a similar issue an
I think that's my solution. Thanks for the pointers! :-D
Chris
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Christopher Painter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Also if DTF is an option, check out:
>
>
> http://blog.deploymentengineering.com/2008/05/data-driven-cas-made-easy-with-dtf.html
>
>
> Christopher Ka
Also if DTF is an option, check out:
http://blog.deploymentengineering.com/2008/05/data-driven-cas-made-easy-with-dtf.html
Christopher Karper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
No, we have a tool console that lists external tools in the registry.
So, it'll have a value "NumExternalTools" that
No, we have a tool console that lists external tools in the registry.
So, it'll have a value "NumExternalTools" that has a count in it, and a
value for each tool called "Tool0", "Tool1", "Tool#" where # ==
NumExternalTools - 1
There are better ways to do it, but the fact is, I have to integ
This doesn't have anything to do with VSTO and Office 2007 does it?
MSI has no support for math. Some hacks can be done as demonstrated in:
http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-windows-installer-1310.html
But otherwise it's custom action time. And if VSTO/Office 2007 is invo
I need to know how to increment a registry value, or set it to 1 if it
didn't previously exist. How would I go about doing this?
I can read the current value, if it exists, then set it to one if that value
is blank...
But how do I do math? Do I need to write a CA for this? That seems like
suc
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