I haven't done this with WiX but I have done it with InstallShield. In
that case instead of making the unmanaged DLL a keyfile of it's own
component I made it a companion file of the managed assembly that was being
installed to the GAC.
In that situation MSI and/or .NET (fusion API) figured out the relationship
and the two files were published atomically into the GAC as expcted.
I don't see the wxs snippet that you say followed so I'm not sure what you
are currently doing in WiX.
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From: "Daniel Wenqing Cai" <danielw...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 5:10 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] GAC .NET assembly along with its dependent .DLL
library
Hi,
I am new to WiX. I have a special situation that I need some help.
My problem is, my .NET assembly needs to be deployed to GAC, but the
assembly has a dependency on a third-party unmanaged library which is
written by Microsoft. I need to deploy the .NET assembly to GAC, at the
same time, the unmanaged library should go to the same GAC folder.
I have tried many different options with no success. The following is the
trimmed down version of my .wxs file.
<Directory Id="DummyGACFolder" Name="DummyGACFolder">
<Component Id="MSID40_GAC"
Guid="6D399A09-0D8C-4C21-B69B-F4A369D168C5">
<File Id="msid40.dll" Name="msid40.dll"
Source="..\..\lib\msid40.dll" KeyPath="no" Vital="yes"
CompanionFile="MyHelper_GAC_FILE" />
</Component>
<Component Id="MyHelper_GAC"
Guid="0A9E1305-4BC1-4E2E-8AF9-92C18E561C60">
<File Id="MyHelper_GAC_FILE" Name="MyHelper.dll"
KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.MyHelper.TargetPath)" Assembly=".net" />
</Component>
</Directory>
I also tried different combinations of AssemblyApplication and
AssemblyManifest, none of them seems to serve this purpose.
I have been able to use GACUTIL /i MyHelper.dll command line to deploy them
together to GAC without problem. I can see the two files (MyHelper.dll and
msid40.dll) in the GAC folder.
The above .wxs does deploy MyHelper.dll to GAC, but not the dependent
library (msid40.dll).
Can someone please point me to the right direction?
Thanks,
Daniel
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