Hey Guys,
I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I believe you can use
[System64Folder] (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa372054.aspx) to
accomplish this feat.
I would have to agree with Karthik, putting DLLs into the system directory
can be a problem. I remember laying down that law at a company I worked for
in the past. When at all possible keep your application's shared resources
inside its installation directory. Unless it is architected differently.
Hope that helps!
On 8/13/07, Karthik Krishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm no expert, but I can't imagine it is a good idea to use your
> SystemFolder as a source. In our deployments, I usually make it a condition
> : third party tools should be installed as prerequisites, with installers
> provided (vb runtimes in your case).
>
> If you really need to have the files included, why not copy them to two
> locations in your source directory, and use Msbuild. Set, say, $(dllsource),
> then reference that within your wxs.
>
> If I had to take a stab in the dark, I'd say [SystemFolder] depends on the
> context you are running under.
>
> K
>
> On 8/13/07, Ansuya Negi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I am using 64 bit machine and need to install few dlls.
> > For files Msvbvm50.dll and Msvbvm60.dll:
> >
> > To do:
> > <File Id="file2" Name="Msvbvm50.dll" Source="[SystemFolder]Msvbvm50.dll"
> > />
> >
> > Gave error:
> > File of type 'File' with name '[SystemFolder]Msvbvm50.dll' could not be
> > found.
> >
> > So used:
> >
> > <?define SystemSource = "..\..\..\Windows\System32"?>
> >
> > <File Id="file2" Name="Msvbvm50.dll"
> > Source="$(var.SystemSource)\Msvbvm50.dll" />
> > <File Id="file3" Name="msvbvm60.dll"
> > Source="$(var.SystemSource)\msvbvm60.dll" />
> >
> >
> > light.exe : error LGHT0001 : Unknown error while getting version of
> > file:
> > C:\Windows\System32\msvbvm60.dll,
> >
> > system error: 2
> >
> > Exception Type: System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException
> >
> > Stack Trace:
> > at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Msi.MsiBase.FileVersion(String
> > filePath, String& version, String&
> >
> > language)
> > at
> > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.UpdateFileInformation (Output
> > output)
> > at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.Bind(Output output)
> > at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Light.Run(String[] args)
> >
> > ----- Finished
> >
> >
> > So used proper system directory for 64 bit:
> > <?define SystemSource64 = "..\..\..\Windows\SysWOW64"?>
> >
> > <File Id="file2" Name="Msvbvm50.dll"
> > Source="$(var.SystemSource64)\Msvbvm50.dll" />
> > <File Id="file3" Name=" msvbvm60.dll"
> > Source="$(var.SystemSource64)\msvbvm60.dll" />
> >
> > Worked. But it fails the purpose of having [SystemFolder], which should
> > have
> > checked for 32 or 64 bit versions.
> > Is there a way to check 32 or 64 bit version before compiling.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ansuya
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