The Windows Installer does not support the ServiceHost type of registration. As Nick points out, you have to have multiple ServiceInstall (and thus File elements) but you do not need multiple MSIs.
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Nick Ramirez <nickra...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Looking at the definition for ServiceInstall, you have to have the File > element in the same component. So, that limits you. Otherwise you'd be able > to put the File in one component and maybe reference it by two different > ServiceInstalls. Alas. > > I've done something that may be similar to what you're doing. I've used the > same file for two different services by adding a post-build step to my > Visual Studio project. I copied the .exe to the output folder twice, with > two different names. That way I could deploy it as if it was two different > files, but both using the same code base. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Install-multiple-services-using-single-ServiceHost-exe-tp7579407p7579414.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
