Fusion, the GAC management API, allows Windows Installer to reference-count entries in the GAC. Nothing special is required on your part, but I would recommend that you use the same component GUID for a given assembly in all your installers. This is the same rule as for any other resource.
-- Mike Dimmick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ns12 Sent: 06 March 2008 15:31 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Shared assemblies in GAC and reference counts When installing applications that use shared assemblies that they add to the GAC, does WIX implicitly handle the reference counts to ensure one application can't pull the assemblies out during uninstall if another app is still using them? Or does something like the SharedDllRefCount attribute have to be used explicitly in the components of the assemblies that are being added to the GAC? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
