Aaron's blog will help you with building your two MSIs (32- & 64-bit) using the exact same sources. On a 64-bit OS, explorer.exe will be a 64-bit app, so you won't need the 32-bit mirrored installation. However, if you feel you really need them, you could use the <?foreach?> preprocessor command and "duplicate" the components.
As I understand your issue regarding the shell-extension registration, it is that you don't know what file types/extensions you support until such time as you are installing, correct? Or do you just need to only install into those filetypes you do support if they already existed in the system? Could you please clarify? Once we know what your intended process is (as Chad seems to be saying), we can then coach with ideas, with both how-to-implement as well as this-other-might-be-better styles of responses. -----Original Message----- From: Jan Wester [mailto:happyhon...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Michael Clark <mcl...@fullarmor.com> wrote: > a) Objectively, is WiX the right option, or should I look at other > installers for this purpose? [Michael] It's a great tool for this > purpose and its free! > > b) Are there any samples of scripts that install shell extensions? I > have looked around, but found nothing. Reinventing the wheel is > something I will probably be pretty crappy at. > [Michael] I think this is what your looking for > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/138550/how-to-register-file-types-ext > ensions-with-a-wix-installer > > > c) Likewise, are there any samples dealing with such specific > requirements for as far the platform goes? Again, my wheel would > likely not be all that round. > [Michael] Checkout this link for 32/64 bit installs > http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/08/09/4317654.aspx > > -Michael 2243 > Michael, The file extension stuff seems wrong for me. I don't have an application to hang on the Open verb, or whatever other choice. I just have shell extensions that need to play ball with any existing settings of the computer without disrupting anything else. So far, I have thumbnail and property handlers for my first file format, but a preview is on my plans. Basically, think of stuff that spruces stuff up in Explorer. I had seen that link on 32-bit and 64-bit installations. It is somewhat old though, and I had read older versions of WiX were different in some ways, so I figured there might be actual samples out there demonstrating the kind of thing I am looking for. (Something to be put besides an article like the one you linked - such articles are a great resource, but for a wix beginner like me, nearly everything implies a lot of searching and studying where a simple example document would clarify more in a simpler glance.) Jan Wester ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
