When I started writing my CAs I studied the wix source, particularly the CAs
that are part of the wix extensions, like the GamingExtension. Download the
wix source code zip, and look at the code at
"wix3\src\ext\GamingExtension\ca" (and in the other "wix3\src\ext"
projects).
Those .Net objects/me
Thanks all. It seems using c++ for Custom action would be a good choice.
Currently in my C# code I am using functions like string.IsNullOrEmpty,
string.Format, ServiceController. Are these functions available in C++.
Also to get the parameter passed to msi, I have to use
string ip = session["IPAD
If you create a custom action with .Net, then a compatible version of .Net
must be installed. However you could deploy your msi as part of a bundle,
and use the bootstrapper to install .net first as part of your chain, rather
than expecting the user to install .Net as a separate step. You cannot
.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom action without having to install .net
Anything written in managed code using the dot net framework will have a
dependency on .net your options are that you write the custom action in c++ or
you compile it in .net 2 in the hope that they have that installed. One
Anything written in managed code using the dot net framework will have a
dependency on .net your options are that you write the custom action in c++
or you compile it in .net 2 in the hope that they have that installed. One
other option is to use a boot chainer like Burn. this will install the
dotn
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