There is documentation in the wix.chm file (towards the bottom in the "Developing for" section). The WiX sources make use of some tools that are part of the sources, as well as several inter-dependencies between the different projects, so generally you need to build the entire thing (documentation is the only exception I can think of, and even that requires building the tools first). It tends to build fairly quickly (few minutes at the most). Wix 3.8 is much easier than 3.6 was to build. Look through wix-devs list for pointers on any sticking points. Build it from the command line. I rarely use VS myself on the toolset. > From: m...@henningkrause.eu > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 10:57:47 +0000 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Condition on service permissions > > Ok, I implemented it via a C# Custom action. Just a handful of lines... > > I also thought about extending the PermissionEx element by adding a > Condition property. I briefly looked at the WIX source and it doesn't look > that hard. Much harder is getting the WIX source to build. Is there any > documentation on this? I only need to compile the WixUtil extension, not the > whole thing. > > @Rob: Do you see this extension as a probably feature for WIX? If I get the > build process to work, I could implement the feature and create a pull > request from it. > > Kind regards, > Henning > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] > > Sent: Mittwoch, 3. Juli 2013 10:20 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Condition on service permissions > > > > Unfortunately, no. > > > > > From: m...@henningkrause.eu > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 15:37:52 +0000 > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Condition on service permissions > > > > > > Ok, an immediate custom action would do the trick. > > > > > > Is there anything out-of-the-box that I missed? I'd really like to avoid > > > custom actions if I can... > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Henning Krause > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] > > > > Sent: Dienstag, 2. Juli 2013 17:28 > > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Condition on service permissions > > > > > > > > http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/07/01/semi-custom-actions/ > > > > > > > > > From: m...@henningkrause.eu > > > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 13:32:26 +0000 > > > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Condition on service permissions > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I have a setup which installs three services: > > > > > > > > > > ServiceA, ServiceB and ManagementService. > > > > > > > > > > ServiceA and ServiceB are in different features but have a > dependency > > on > > > > ManagementService, which lives in its own feature. > > > > > > > > > > SerivceA and ServiceB should be able to start/stop the > > > > ManagementService. > > > > > > > > > > So I use this snippet to install the service: > > > > > > > > > > <Component Id="ManagementService" Guid="... "> > > > > > <File Source="PathToFile" KeyPath="yes" /> > > > > > <ServiceInstall Account="LOCALSYSTEM" Id="ManagementService" > > > > DisplayName="ManagementService" Name="ManagementService " > > > > Start="demand" Type="ownProcess" Description="..."> > > > > > <PermissionEx > > > > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension"; > > > > User="[SERVICEAPERMISSIONACCOUNT]" ServiceQueryStatus="yes" > > > > ServiceStart="yes" ServiceStop="yes" /> > > > > > <PermissionEx > > > > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension"; > > > > User="[SERVICEBPERMISSIONACCOUNT]" ServiceQueryStatus="yes" > > > > ServiceStart="yes" ServiceStop="yes" /> > > > > > </ServiceInstall> > > > > > <ServiceControl Id="ManagementServiceControl " > > > > Name="ManagementService" Remove="uninstall" Stop="both" > > Wait="no" > > > > /> > > > > > </Component> > > > > > > > > > > Both services use service sids in the form "NT Service\ServiceName". > > > > > > > > > > If I install both features, all is well and the setup succeeds. But > if I > > > don't > > > > install ServiceB, the setup fails, because the > > SERVICEBPERMISSIONACCOUNT > > > > resolves to a principal which does not exist. So I need to put a > condition > > > on > > > > the PermissionEx tag. Unfortunately, the PermissionEx can only be put > on > > a > > > > ServiceInstall element. > > > > > > > > > > What would be the correct way to solve this? I didn't find anything > on > > > > Google about this. > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > Henning > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > > > > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > > > > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows:
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