Re: [WiX-users] Adding 3rd party assemblies to the GAC

2014-04-07 Thread Carter Young
are references back to the >> install. >> >> Neil >> >> -Original Message----- >> From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] >> Sent: 03 April 2014 16:59 >> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] Adding 3rd party assemblies to the GAC

2014-04-07 Thread Phil Wilson
ril 2014 16:59 > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding 3rd party assemblies to the GAC > > In these situations you hope that the 3rd party has some docs explaining how > to share correctly (giving you component ids maybe) or a redistributabl

Re: [WiX-users] Adding 3rd party assemblies to the GAC

2014-04-05 Thread Neil Sleightholm
ed as there are references back to the install. Neil -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 April 2014 16:59 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding 3rd party assemblies to the GAC In these situations you hope tha

Re: [WiX-users] Adding 3rd party assemblies to the GAC

2014-04-03 Thread Rob Mensching
WiX doesn't, it just builds MSIs. Windows Installer (aka: MSI) does. ___ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: James McConville [mailto:james.mcconvi...@orbus

Re: [WiX-users] Adding 3rd party assemblies to the GAC

2014-04-03 Thread Phil Wilson
In these situations you hope that the 3rd party has some docs explaining how to share correctly (giving you component ids maybe) or a redistributable exe or a merge module. The short answer is that neither WiX nor Windows Installer will manage the ref counts correctly unless they are shared correct