I solved this issue by copying the assemblies from the GAC at the end of my installation. Else you have to include them twice in the package (since DuplicateFile doesn't support assemblies).
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson Sent: July 26, 2006 7:00 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] DLLs that are in GAC on dev machine but not clients? I'm kind of stuck on this issue. We are thinking of using WiX to distribute our WinForms client due to some problems we're having with the built in Visual Studio Installer projects, but are hitting some snags. We use a number of 3rd party controls in our WinForms applications and those are installed into the GAC on the development machines. However, when we distribute the installer we would need the referenced DLLs from these 3rd party components copied to the application folder to go along with the installer. The Visual Studio Installer project does this automatically by itself but i have not found a way to do this in WiX. I guess i could add these DLLs as project files but then i'd have two places to uninstall/install DLLs when a new version of these components are released which makes things more error prone. So i was hoping that WiX was somehow able to reference files that are in the GAC to include in the installer. So i essentially want to get a DLL FROM the GAC, instead of putting one into it. Hope you understand what i mean :) Anyone care to point me in the right direction? Regards. Stefan Jokull. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
