Rob, I must thank you for your and Bob's input on this, it has proved very useful. My aim was to create a wixlib that could be imported in to other msi's and work in exactly the same way a merge module or standalone msi, now I have that. I am hoping to get this documented as a howto for the help file.
Neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: 15 July 2008 20:03 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Why do binder variables require GAC installation? "bind" variables are wedged in between a rock and a hard place and the "assembly" variables in particular have a lot of limitations. Most of the issues are related the feature being added late in the life cycle of WiX v3 and potential for seriously negative performance impact. We'll revisit it in "WiX vNext". Also, bind time variables are very new so we're still learning all of the user scenarios. I assure you that this scenario of yours is not one we ever considered but I had hoped it would just work. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Sleightholm Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 23:06 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Why do binder variables require GAC installation? I can't help think that behaviour is a little odd. Documenting it would be a start but as the file version is a available I don't really see why assemblyFileVersion couldn't be made available, especially as there aren't any warning if you use undefined binder variables. Neil ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
