[WiX-users] Problem with Shortcuts

2006-07-23 Thread Jared McIntyre
I'm migrating to WiX/Windows Installer from another solution. I have the application shortcut in the ProgramMenuDir working correctly, but we had other files in there in the old item, including another executable shortcut. I can't get these to work. They all show up as links to the ProgramMe

Re: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support for installingWindowsinstrumentation features?

2006-07-23 Thread Phil Wilson
There are other issues with Installer classes too. As Rob M has pointed out, anything that's installed with code is outside the Windows Installer ref counting scheme. If you install a shared item with MSI and follow the usual component id rules it just works. Two products can share the same resourc

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with Shortcuts

2006-07-23 Thread Derek Cicerone
If you are migrating to WiX, please try using dark on your MSI files. The WiX 3.0 dark.exe should be especially accurate for the conversion. Beyond that, the authoring below nests a Shortcut under a component, which creates a shortcut to the folder of the component. To create a shortcut to a fil

Re: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support for installingWindowsinstrumentation features?

2006-07-23 Thread Bob Arnson
Phil Wilson wrote: > There are other issues with Installer classes too. As Rob M has pointed out, > anything that's installed with code is outside the Windows Installer ref > counting scheme. If you install a shared item with MSI and follow the usual > component id rules it just works. Two products

Re: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support for installingWindowsinstrumentation features?

2006-07-23 Thread John Vottero
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bob Arnson > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support for > installingWindowsinstrumentation features? > > Phil Wilson

Re: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support for installingWindowsinstrumentation features?

2006-07-23 Thread Bob Arnson
John Vottero wrote: > Reposting this message at regular intervals (either manually or > automatically) does no good whatsoever. That doesn't change the fact that it's a well-written message. > If there are problems with the > Installer based classes they should be reported to Microsoft so that t

[WiX-users] Who uses Installer classes for custom CAs? (was Re: Should WiX add support for installingWindowsinstrumentation features?)

2006-07-23 Thread Joe Kaplan
As the person who started this thread, I never had any intention of dragging up the "installer classes are evil thread". Sorry about that. My only real intent was to suggest the creation of WiX alternatives to the obvious stuff. However, I am curious about this now. For the people who use ins