I can't imagine why you'd consider that to be "obvious" - it's nonsense. WiX is software, it can have knowledge of anything its authors want, and it can build any knowledge it needs to into an msi. An msi for a 32-bit application doesn't need any knowledge of the 64-bit environment anyway.
You can use WiX on a 32-bit system to build an installer for a 32-bit application, and it will install and work fine on any of 32-bit, x64 or Itanium system. If it's an "all CPU" application rather than a 32-bit one, you may need to do a bit of extra coding in your WiX sources or the application itself to handle different environments. You can also use WiX on a 32-bit system to build installers for x64 or Itanium applications. > -----Original Message----- > From: Lodhiya, Harshil [mailto:harshil.lodh...@eclipsys.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:41 AM > > Well it is obvious that msi created on 32-bit machine has no > knowledge of 64-bit environment and if u wont to provide > support to both 64-bit and 32-bit OS, its required > man...sorry.. you can try with it.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Markus Karg [mailto:k...@quipsy.de] > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 4:59 PM > > But that's weird -- it would mean that it is impossible to > install a MSI on a 64 Bit machine that was created in times > when there was no 64 Bit around already... -- or that all > software vendors in the past obtained 64 Bit machines just to > create their 32 Bit MSIs THERE!? Can't believe that. > > > From: Lodhiya, Harshil [mailto:harshil.lodh...@eclipsys.com] > > Sent: Donnerstag, 25. März 2010 12:20 > > > > Well you have to do it on 64-bit machine only then and then > > only msi will be fully 64-bit\32-bit compatible. I already > > encounter this issue in past and had to get 64-bit OS just > > to solve this issue. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Markus Karg [mailto:k...@quipsy.de] > > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 4:46 PM > > > > But we do not own a 64 Bit machine, so how to do it on a > > 32 Bit machine? > > > > > From: Lodhiya, Harshil [mailto:harshil.lodh...@eclipsys.com] > > > Sent: Donnerstag, 25. März 2010 12:14 > > > > > > Just create your MSI on 64-bit machine with the DLLs created > > > as target x86, and it will run on both 32-bit\64-bit machine. > > > 64-bit OS will automatically take care of system folder. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Markus Karg [mailto:k...@quipsy.de] > > > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 4:41 PM > > > > > > we need to write a MSI file that has to install a 32 Bit > > > software. It shall correctly install on both, Windows 32 > > > and Windows 64. > > > > > > Is it correct to do one setup that always installs into > > > SystemFolder, or do we have to take any special care for > > > the Windows 64 case? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
