If you'd give me some requirements and peer review my work, I'd be willing to
help contribute the samples as part of my DTF learning process.
BTW, I'm refactoring an ExecuteQuery/Scalar pattern I just wrote to LINQ and
I'm a little confused on how to get from session to QDatabase. the
db.InstallExecuteSequences explanation doesn't make sense to me. ( BTW, my
query is against a custom table, not a well known table ).
Jason Ginchereau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, a VS project template for a managed custom action is
something we've talked about that would be nice to do. In general I want to
work on some richer CA samples in the coming months.
From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 7:39 PM
To: Jason Ginchereau; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DTF in WiX
Sorry, one more question. How do you feel about WiX registering a new
project type in Visual Studio? A sample C# class that includes the right
references and plumbing to build the class and wrap it into a CA package
assembly?
Jason Ginchereau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1) Yes, full support for the new functionality added in MSI 4.5 is
near the top of my list of things to work on in DTF. I have briefly looked at
the embedded external-UI feature, and I don't forsee any unusual technical
challenges to enabling embedded external-UI in managed code.
2) Oh, I guess that sample code in the doc is out of date. Properties
are accessed as an indexer directly on the session object. The CHM reference
topic for the Session class (Item Property) and the actual sample ManagedCA
project are correct.
3) DTF samples are included in the WiX sources (src/dtf/Samples) but
not in WiX3.msi.
4) Umm, grapefruit juice. Seriously. :)
Thank you for reporting these issues. I hope you find DTF useful.
-Jason-
From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 1:25 PM
To: Jason Ginchereau; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DTF in WiX
I have a few other questions for you if you don't mind.
1) Will DTF have support for authoring MSI 4.5 style Embedded External UI
handlers?
2) The Sample C# custom action references a Session.Property[ string
Property ] but when I add the reference and using statement I get an error
that that Session doesn't have a definition for Property. Am I pulling in the
wrong reference or something?
3) The CHM topic references a Samples\ManagedCA directory. I don't see it?
4) What's your favorite beverage?
Jason Ginchereau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Looks like Errors.resources.resources got ignored by by the zip which
is supposed to pickup all the sources, because of the .resources file
extension. I'll fix it for the next build.
Meanwhile you can create that file by running resgen.exe on Errors.txt.
(I should probably make that happen during the project build anyway.) Or you
can build without it, but you'll get resource exceptions instead of error
messages if you encounter any errors in cabinet creation/extraction.
-Jason-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Christopher Painter
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 11:42 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DTF in WiX
I also pulled the sources but I can't get the Compression.Cab project in
the DTF solution to build. It's missing the file Errors.resources.resources
file. If I exclude it from the project it seems to build fine though.
Christopher Painter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm was reading DTF.chm and it looks really fabulous. I want to play
with it right now but I don't see MakeSfxCA.exe. Am I missing something?
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