Re: [WiX-users] Version check for dll in compile

2007-08-13 Thread Brian Rogers
Everyone, Sorry for the oversight on my part. Looking at his statement again: To do: The "Source" defines your local system during a compile, [SystemFolder] in avaliable during an installation once the Package is running. WIX does not using MSI properties while compiling the MSI. I hope that h

Re: [WiX-users] Version check for dll in compile

2007-08-13 Thread Brian Rogers
Hey Guys, I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I believe you can use [System64Folder] (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa372054.aspx) to accomplish this feat. I would have to agree with Karthik, putting DLLs into the system directory can be a problem. I remember laying

Re: [WiX-users] Version check for dll in compile

2007-08-13 Thread Karthik Krishnan
I'm no expert, but I can't imagine it is a good idea to use your SystemFolder as a source. In our deployments, I usually make it a condition : third party tools should be installed as prerequisites, with installers provided (vb runtimes in your case). If you really need to have the files included,

[WiX-users] Version check for dll in compile

2007-08-13 Thread Ansuya Negi
Hi, I am using 64 bit machine and need to install few dlls. For files Msvbvm50.dll and Msvbvm60.dll: To do: Gave error: File of type 'File' with name '[SystemFolder]Msvbvm50.dll' could not be found. So used: light.exe : error LGHT0001 : Unknown error while getting version of file: C:\Wi