How do you code against something you can't build against? How do you know the source file will actually compile? How do you test your installer in-house? Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me
----- Original Message ---- From: Sean Farrow <sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 2:04:19 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using a file during installation Hi: I could, but I don't have access off-site, it's a proprietary app! Cheers Sean. -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: 30 November 2010 19:18 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using a file during installation Why do you compile after you install? While this is common in the Unix world, in the Windows world we typically compile then package for installing. Is there some licensing issue you are trying to skirt around or something? It seems like you could just include the other application into your build environment, compile your source against it and then include the binary file in your installer. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me ----- Original Message ---- From: Sean Farrow <sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 1:07:10 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using a file during installation Hi Chris: Ok, to answer your questions: This package integrates with another application. Basically it installs a source file in to a directory which doesn't matter. It then runs a custom action to compile the source to binary form. Due to the fact that the customer hasn't paid for source code, I need to delete the source after compilation. I carn't use the run first run pattern, as I carn't run an executable. Cheers Sean. -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: 30 November 2010 18:47 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using a file during installation This just doesn't sound right for an installer and would require a review of your application architecture to properly answer. Understand that if the source code is in the installer, anyone can get to it even if you don't install it. Also I wonder if the source file is being customized during the install. Is it unique for each customer and/or machine that it installs on? Is it part of licensing or configuration? It might be better to make this a run a first run pattern where some EXE you install pulls the source out of an embedded resource, modifies it if needed and then creates the compiled output. Or change your design entirely. The course you are taking right now would make me uneasy. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me ----- Original Message ---- From: Sean Farrow <sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 11:49:05 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using a file during installation Hi: This would work, all the custom action needs to do is call an executable on the target system--seems overkill? Any other options? Cheers Sean. -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: 30 November 2010 17:13 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using a file during installation Have your custom action code retrieve the source file from the Binary table, perhaps? -----Original Message----- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:10 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] using a file during installation Hi: I'm in the process of creating an installation whereby the installation compiles some source code on the customers machine and then needs to delete the source file but leave the binary representation. What is the best way to do this without installing the source file. Cheers Sean. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. 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