Hi folks, first time poster (and WIX user) here. Due to customer request, I'm having to convert our InnoSetup based installer to WIX. It's a VB6/DirectX7 app.
I believe I have it correctly installing the application, and the core VB dependencies via MS merge modules (oleaut32, msvbvm60, comcat, mscomctl and comdlg32). However, I'm stuck with the remaining few dependencies: msdxm.OCX RICHTX32.OCX dx7vb.dll The old installer would copy these across and self register them, but I understand this is no longer the done thing, and I want to do it properly if at all possible. I believe the correct approach is to use Heat to harvest the registration information, and that's where I get stuck. I've succesfully generated a file with: heat.exe file richtx32.ocx -o richtx32.ocx.wxs But I'm a) not entirely sure how to combine it with my main installer, and b) it has Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE". Can I just generate any old GUID, or do I need to somehow find the correct GUID for this control? Unfortunately, I haven't even got that far with msdxm.ocx and dx7vb.dll - for both of these, Heat generates an error like this: heat.exe : warning HEAT5150 : Could not harvest data from a file that was expect ed to be a SelfReg DLL: E:\InnoSetupSupportFiles\msdxm.ocx. If this file does not support SelfReg you can ignore this warning. Otherwise, this error detail may be helpful to diagnose the failure: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. In both cases, a (much smaller) .wxs file is produced, but is this all I need? I was under the impression that both files do in fact require self registration, or rather the registry entries that it creates. Search as I might, I simply cannot find any examples on the net of people successfully installing these files via WIX, other than by "cheating" and using SelfRegCost=1. Any assistance would be very much appreciated! Aaron. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
