I haven't blogged it. This one requires more research that my recent "avoid COM advertisement" entry because I haven't lived it closely. I got enough reports of trickiness with managed CustomActions to just stay away.
The root issue comes down to having the "wrong" version of the .NET Framework loaded. For example, let's say you have a 1.1 CustomAction but need to install a 2.0 Framework assembly to the GAC. My understanding was that the easy/obvious way to use the 1.1 CustomAction caused the 1.1. Framework to be loaded and that caused the 2.0 Framework install to fail later (because the 1.1. Framework won't understand it). Again, the details are fuzzy because I haven't stepped through the debugger on this issue myself. Basically, it comes down to the fact that the Windows Installer team needs to look at what managed CustomActions mean and do the right thing when looking at the complete picture. They know things about the all the different ways the Windows Installer gets invoked that you and I would struggle to think of. For example, what happens if you had a Shell Extension written in managed code then did faulted in an MSI via Extension advertisement? Do all the correct .NET Frameworks get loaded? Are you going to test it? <smile/> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Kaplan Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 11:43 PM To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll Hi Rob, Would you care to elaborate on this part a bit? If you already blogged it, I apologize. I've followed the evolution of this issue for a while now and I am always curious to learn more about it. To my knowledge, I don't remember you or anyone else discussing any specific issues regarding loaded the CLR into the installer process. I'm definitely of the opinion that these things are best avoided for now due to the lack of support for it at the WI level. On the other hand, I also believe it is just a matter of time before this needs to happen in a fully supported way. Basically, I'm trying to understand what the solution might look like in order to overcome some of the more subtle issues. What's so "neat"? :) Thanks! Joe K. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Mensching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Levi Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dhaval Patel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll More importantly, the Windows Installer doesn't support it today. There are actually "neat" problems you can introduce by loading the .NET Framework into the Windows Installer process. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Levi Wilson Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:40 AM To: Dhaval Patel Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll I don't know for certain, but my guess would be that there's no guarantee that the .NET Framework has been installed on the client. On 3/16/07, Dhaval Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Will WIX 3.0 be adding the capability to call C# .dll files? If not, WHY????? :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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<mailto: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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
