Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-05 Thread Phil Wilson
..I am sorry but could > not taking a bit of fun ride on the example John used. > Having said that, I wish Happy July 4th to all fellow Americans. > > > Cheers! > > Marek > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] > Sent: Thur

Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-03 Thread Rob Mensching
Mielcarek [mailto:mmielca...@actuate.com] Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 11:56 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012 I agree with the arguments on reference counting and upgrades. If you need that, heat is bette

Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-03 Thread John Cooper
34 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Marek Mielcarek [mailto:mmielca...@actuate.com] Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 1:56 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012 I agree with th

Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-03 Thread Marek Mielcarek
-Original Message- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 12:52 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012 I leave that to you. As usual you are right, but it slips by from

Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-03 Thread John Cooper
te.com] Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 9:42 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012 John, thank you for your comments. I find them very valuable. Please find below my remarks. RE 1: I am not sure how you def

Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-03 Thread Rob Mensching
FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 7:56 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer o

Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-03 Thread John Cooper
sion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012 John, thank you for your comments. I find them very valuable. Please find below my remarks. RE 1: I am not sure how you define "code injections" in MSI. If you sign your MSI with cer

Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-03 Thread Marek Mielcarek
nal Message- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 9:37 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012 It is a very bad idea to use any external executable in an MSI because:

Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-03 Thread John Cooper
and can forget about for some time. Thank you, Marek. -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 8:44 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012 Not really the

Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-03 Thread Marek Mielcarek
. Thank you, Marek. -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 8:44 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012 Not really the question asked, but are you aware of

Re: [WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-03 Thread Phill Hogland
Not really the question asked, but are you aware of using heat to harvest regasm entries? http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Re-To-regasm-or-to-not-regasm-td7580188.html -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/cal

[WiX-users] calling regasm.exe from Wix installer on Win 2012

2014-07-02 Thread Marek Mielcarek
Wix custom action executes regasm.exe with .NET dll as parameter. This works perfectly on Win7 and Win2008. On WinServer 2012 the same code does not register COM/interop server (the dll file is definitely present when the action executes). The installer runs in the same way on all systems (same