My personal point of view: write custom actions in native code, statically link the CRT and have as few dependencies on the machine as possible. Actually, best option is to have no custom actions. <smile/>
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Hoover, Jacob <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>wrote: > Which is fine as long as you don't mind the added dependency of .Net. I > seem to remember some issues with newer os's not liking the standard .net > installer as it is an optional feature of the OS. > > On Mar 11, 2013, at 9:57 PM, "Christopher Painter" <chr...@iswix.com> > wrote: > > > Check out C# / DTF for managed custom action support instead of > PowerShell. > > > > > > I have millions of successful installations logged and failure caused by > > DTF are extremely rare in WiX 3.6 / 3.7. In WiX 3.5 there was a bug that > > resulted in a 1% failure rate. > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: "Hoover, Jacob" <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com> > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:29 PM > > To: "Raghu" <raghu_ti...@yahoo.com>, "General discussion for Windows > > Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom > Action > > a good idea? > > > > I wouldn't, simply because some of the difficulties others have reported > as > > well as introducing another dependency to your installer. A simple C++ CA > > DLL can be compiled for a minimal footprint and has no dependencies. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raghu [mailto:raghu_ti...@yahoo.com] > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:05 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a > > good idea? > > > > Hello Wix users, > > > > I have a very simple custom action something on the lines of validating a > > key as part of setup, the min requirement that the setup to run is on > > Win2k8 R2+. Now I can achieve the same thing in a dll but I feel its an > > overkill and is easily achieved in a script, for a while I was pondering > > over using vbscript until I read the warning in > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robmen/archive/2004/05/20/136530.aspx and > decided > > against vbscript. Could folks point out if doing the same in powershell > is > > ok? > > Thanks., > > Raghu > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester > > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the > > endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to > > tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester > > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the > > endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to > > tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester > > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the > > endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to > > tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the > endpoint security space. 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