[WiX-users] Where do WiX Variables Come From?

2008-05-15 Thread Ross Holder
Am having a bit of an issue with WiX variables this a.m. which I'm hoping someone can clue me in on. In a large Visual Studio solution, there are these two projects called "Common.csproj", each referring to logic in different namespaces, each in different physical folders. When setting the File

[WiX-users] Visual Studio 2008 Extensibility: Detection & Beyond

2008-05-23 Thread Ross Holder
Today has been quite a day. It began with me debugging a .wxs file whose build logs and pertinent documentation seem to be demonstrating reticence concerning detection and acquisition of strings related to an install of Visual Studio 2008. Surprised? I sure was! First a quick review (skip to th

[WiX-users] Visual Studio 2008 Extensibility: Detection & Beyond

2008-05-23 Thread Ross Holder
Today has been quite a day. It began with me debugging a .wxs file whose build logs and pertinent documentation seem to be demonstrating reticence concerning detection and acquisition of strings related to an install of Visual Studio 2008. Surprised? I sure was! First a quick review (skip to th

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Studio 2008 Extensibility: Detection & Beyond

2008-05-23 Thread Ross Holder
out. Gratefully, RH From: Stephen Askew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 9:57 AM To: Ross Holder Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Visual Studio 2008 Extensibility: Detection & Beyond Why not just add two RegistrySearch elements, one lo

[WiX-users] Duplicate Messages & Bounces to wix-users

2008-05-23 Thread Ross Holder
Not sure if this type of message is appropriate for the list generally, but I'm curious if others have been trouble posting to wix-users? I've only really ever posted 2 distinct articles here, but have had to re-send messages each time to get the message posted. I've event got bounced message rec

[WiX-users] Where do WiX Variables Come From?

2008-05-15 Thread Ross Holder (Cactus Commerce Inc)
Am having a bit of an issue with WiX variables this a.m. which I'm hoping someone can clue me in on. In a large Visual Studio solution, there are these two projects called "Common.csproj", each referring to logic in different namespaces, each in different physical folders. When setting the Fi

[WiX-users] wixunit?

2008-05-15 Thread Ross Holder (Cactus Commerce Inc)
Another question that's come up today concerns testing practices around WiX and I noticed in the toolset interaction diagram (still shipping in the v3.0 help file) a reference to a tool called "wixunit". There's anecdotal mention of this thing in a couple of Google searches, but nothing concret