I'm not recommending running an exe during installation. Instead I'm suggesting taking that DLL you are passing to the heat tool and registering it into a VM to double check what it is writing.
Marco Tognacci <mark...@live.it> wrote: I prefer not to run exe files for registring dll during installation, I'd like to add only the registry keys that I need, and make it with the msi.As I have made in debug works but I can't figure out why in Release don't work.Perhaps a bug in the Heat.exe ??? > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:03:12 -0700 > From: os...@live.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] HeatFile not works if build in Release > > I also suggest you do a regsvr32 on your release DLL and ensure that the > codebase value in the registry is correct. > > Also check your build spew to double check the command line passed to the > heat utility. > > > John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> wrote: > > I would expect DirectoryRefId to match the Directory@Id you're substituting. > However, this should cause it to break in both Configurations, so I suspect > that's not it. > > Is this Release configuration build breaking on a build server, both locally > and on a build server, or just locally? I note you're redirecting the output > from the default, and that can cause serious breakage and performance > problems on a TFS build server. > > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Build & Install Engineer - ESA > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > www.jackhenry.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it] > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 2:49 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] HeatFile not works if build in Release > > I have added a node in the setup project in the Before build sections <Target > Name="BeforeBuild"> > <HeatFile File="..\distribution\Bin\$(Configuration)" > PreprocessorVariable="var.HarvestPath" > OutputFile="HeatGeneratedFile.wxs" > ComponentGroupName="HeatGenerated" > DirectoryRefId="INSTALLFOLDER" > AutogenerateGuids="true" > ToolPath="$(WixToolPath)" > SuppressFragments="true" > SuppressRegistry="false" SuppressCom="false" > SuppressUniqueIds="true" > SuppressRootDirectory="true" Transforms="MyTransform.xslt"/> > </Target> in MyTransform.xslt I have added the code to change the string > "file:///[#myFile.dll]" with "[INSTALLATIONFOLDER]myFile.dll"It all works > fine if I compile in Debug mode, but in Release I can't make it works as I > have the specific full path that depends on the location of the file and it's > not relative. > > > > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 11:49:10 -0700 > > From: os...@live.com > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] HeatFile not works if build in Release > > > > How are you calling HeatFile? > > > > > > Marco Tognacci <mark...@live.it> wrote: > > > > I have used HeatFile in my setup project to harvest a dll for register it > > for COMIf I build my project in Debug mode I have this: > > <Component Id="cmpA8B0842041500B0ACE61F7EFD0FBD893" > > Directory="dir0F6F75DF46D1BACE2233EC573E6D4AA9" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE"> > > <File Id="myFile.dll" KeyPath="yes" > > Source="$(var.SourcePath)\myFile.dll" /> > > > > <RegistryValue Root="HKCR" > > Key="CLSID\{0A89A860-D7B1-11CE-8350-444553540000}\InprocServer32" > > Name="CodeBase" Value="file:///[#myFile.dll]" Type="string" Action="write" > > /> > > ... > > </Component> > > > > But if I build the project in Release mode I have this: > > <Component Id="cmpA8B0842041500B0ACE61F7EFD0FBD893" > > Directory="dir0F6F75DF46D1BACE2233EC573E6D4AA9" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE"> > > <File Id="myFile.dll" KeyPath="yes" > > Source="$(var.SourcePath)\myFile.dll" /> > > > > <RegistryValue Root="HKCR" > > Key="CLSID\{0A89A860-D7B1-11CE-8350-444553540000}\InprocServer32" > > Name="CodeBase" Value="C:\MyProgramfolder\Bin\Debug\myFile.dll" > > Type="string" Action="write" /> > > ... > > </Component> > > > > I have in the RegistryValue @Value attribute the full path of the > > myFile.dll in the debug folder of my application.I have checked the project > > and all the points where could appear Debug or Release I have set > > $(Configuration), even the variable SourcePath is located using > > $(Configuration).Is it a bug in Heat? 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