Forgot to mention - I'm using WiX 3.6
On 2 April 2013 11:59, John Ludlow <john.ludlow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been looking at developing a custom managed bootstrapper application, > based on the examples in the following articles: > > > http://wrightthisblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/part-1-of-writing-your-own-net-based.html > > > http://bryanpjohnston.com/2012/09/28/custom-wix-managed-bootstrapper-application/ > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2011/10/28/introducing-managed-bootstrapper-applications.aspx > > These seem to use the ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost, which does a few > things around checking for and installing .NET. I'd like to know if I can > customize this behaviour (or perhaps even remove it). > > My understanding of how this works is that there are actually two > bootstrappers - an unmanaged one which checks for .NET, and installs it if > necessary (but is generally hidden from the developer), and a managed one > which is the actual install. This has caused some concerns amongst our > team. > > One of these concerns was the slightly more painful debugging experience, > because the process which would get launched is not the 'real' process > which we want to debug. There are tricks you can use (Heath Stewart > described a way of setting up Global Flags to first break into the first > one, F5 to continue, then break into the managed code) but it seemed like > it would be simpler if the bootstrapper project could just kick out the > managed bootstrapper output on its own without the unmanaged bootstrapper > getting in the way (at least for debugging purposes). > > The second concern was whether we can customize the unmanaged bootstrapper > at all, changing the logo, descriptive text, and perhaps also changing the > action to show an error rather than installing .NET automatically. > > Are these things possible? I was thinking that we could build a WixStdBA > bootstrapper which calls our managed bootstrapper. > > Thanks > > John > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Own the Future-Intel(R) Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/12124-176961-30367-2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
