I wonder if something like this could be covered by having the VSExtension use the XmlFile stuff in the UtilExtension. Probably more complicated than what you'd need, but if XmlFile became more like a platform, this could be an easier way to go because then you can just focus on the xml changes you want for VS and the XmlFile functionality would handle all the details of reinstall, uninstall, repair, etc....
Derek -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 3:47 PM To: Gordon Watts Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] LIGHT216 Error Gordon Watts wrote: > I've got a further question. Is it possible to extend the WiX schema > to add a new install item. For example, I work a lot with installers > that install libraries for VS. I'd love to have a simple install action > that looked like <AddVSProjectDir Id="blah" Type="Executable" > Source="blah" />. This would invoke some sort of custom install action > that would modify the file VS 2005 reads to load up project include > files. The AddVSProjectDir would come under the Component entry. This > would probably require writing some code that gets wrapped up in the > installer, as well as some sort of extension to WiX. Is this possible? > If this is possible, does a library of such things exist on the net > somewhere? > That's what WiX extensions are all about. Sometimes, an extension just provides strongly-typed authoring for stock MSI features (e.g., registry values). Other times it includes custom actions. What file do you have to modify? There's a Visual Studio extension in WiX v3 but it doesn't have that scenario covered. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
