That pretty much hits it on the head. Richard, I was having a hard time expressing those words. Thanks.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 11:44 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll One other concern in making custom actions in C# (or anything else) is that as Rob regularly observes, custom actions are very difficult to get right - especially when considering installation failure (rollback) and appropriate uninstall operation. Speaking for myself, I try to avoid them whenever possible. In fact I think the only custom actions I currently have in any of the installations I have generated relate to the verification at installation time of a customer entered license key. Many people seem to look at custom actions as a way to do things that aren't supported by Microsoft Installer itself. While true, it is also often true that there is a reason why Microsoft Installer doesn't currently contain built-in support for that specific action. Regards, Richard --- Original message follows --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dhaval Patel Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:45 AM To: Rob Mensching Cc: Joe Kaplan; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# .dll "Folks like me," meaning people who have minuscule experience programming in VBScript or C++. I pretty much started learning to program in C# back in 2002, graduated last year, and am currently working as a C#/ASP.NET developer. Of course I could embark on a journey to learn C++, but I think the rest of the world is moving to .NET, especially with the advent of C# 3.0 (LINQ), CLR 3.5, etc. I rather spend time on exploring new features of C# 3.0 and CLR 3.5. I am still a WIX newbie by any means - I hope I didn't offend you by saying 'people like me' :) In essence what I was trying to say is that folks who excel in C# will be able to exploit WIX's features to a greater extent. Plus I think if this happens, many developers will start adopting WIX right away. I still have a few colleagues who don't want to use just because they can't pass values read from a WIX User dialog to a C# .dll. One (hypothetical) example most people would put this functionality to use is writing their own custom SQL connection strings using the SqlConnectionStringBuilder. --- Remainder of message history trimmed --- * C O N F I D E N T I A L I T Y N O T I C E * ----------------------------------------------------------- The content of this e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this communication in error, be aware that forwarding it, copying it, or in any way disclosing its content to any other person, is strictly prohibited. Peek Traffic Corporation is neither liable for the contents, nor for the proper, complete and timely transmission of (the information contained in) this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail immediately and delete the material from any computer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
