1. Burn doesn't require NETFX. A bootstrapper application for Burn may require NETFX (for example, I wrote the WiX Bootstrapper Application against NETFX4 to show how it could be done) but it doesn't have to. A pure native solution (wixstdba.dll) is provided that runs on WinXP SP2 straight up. It probably even works on WinXP RTM, but I haven't been able to find an XP RTM CD yet to verify.
2. The nasty thing about NETFX is that it is a side-by-side platform, not innately backwards compatible platform. That means if you shipped code compiled against NETFX 2.0 you have to run on the NETFX 2.0 or change your .config file to say it's okay to run against NETFX 4.0. We've done that in WiX v3.5 for managed DTF custom actions but what happens when NETFX 5.0 comes out? Everything probably breaks again... unless you install the version of NETFX you need first or you reship your custom actions with updated .config files (assuming NETFX still support backwards compatible to whatever version of the runtime your code was compiled against). Note: if you use WiX v3.0, you've probably already seen this problem with NETFX 2.0 custom action code running on NETFX 4.0 only machines. I really need to sit down and write the blog entry about the perils of side-by-side. I've see this misconception a few times now and it's dangerous in setup. Anyway, that's why we don't write custom actions in managed code as part of the WiX toolset. We expect the code to live for a long time... longer than the NETFX backwards compatibility guarantees. On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Christopher Painter < chr...@deploymentengineering.com> wrote: > I'd contribute it, if I could do it using DTF. :-) > > Actually an interesting question in my mind... with Burn requiring .NET and > older operating systems being retired and newer operating systems coming > with at least .NET 2.0, at what point (if ever) will the WiX toolset have > built in custom actions based on managed code? > > Chris > > 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 > > > --- On Tue, 1/4/11, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > > > From: Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Creating Virtual Directories in > c:\inetpub\wwwroot in WiX > > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." < > wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Date: Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 10:44 AM > > There isn't a custom action in the > > WiX toolset that does this today. It'd > > be cool if someone wanted to contribute it. > > > > > > > I did spend some time over the last week experimenting > > with the WiX 3.5 IIS > > > configuration feature. It looks promising but I > > could NOT figure out how > > > to > > > get it to set an MSI property that indicated where a > > physical directory for > > > a WebDirectoryor VirtualWebDirectorywas located. > > So I backed out those > > > changes. But if someone has figured this out, > > please share! > > > > > > -- > > > View this message in context: > > > > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Creating-Virtual-Directories-in-c-inetpub-wwwroot-in-WiX-tp688976p5887358.html > > > Sent from the wix-users mailing list > > archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node > > allows customers > > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database > > environment, and, > > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle > > RAC database > > without downtime or disruption > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, > and, > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > without downtime or disruption > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
