In our case, we are targeting Windows 7 only; anything else is an "unsupported configuration". And since Wix started supporting burn we are bootstrapping .NET 4.0 anyway (4.5.1 in our next release) before the MSI runs.
I realize that it's an entirely different situation for Wix itself, which has to run on a variety of platforms. So while I've written a few custom actions in C++, it's not something I look forward to doing with my time (grin). Rob Mensching-7 wrote > Note: that last sentence is false. NETFX is side-by-side. You can not know > that the one you need will be there in the future unless you install NETFX > yourself (or only target a single OS version). Then it gets worse when > Windows changes the way to install a particular NETFX version over time. > > This is why no WiX custom actions are written in managed code. > > _______________________________________________________________ > FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: roberthyang [mailto: > robert_yang@ > ] > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 12:32 PM > To: > wix-users@.sourceforge > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression > > When developing a custom action, it's usually a good idea to try the > important logic in something easier to debug first, like a console app. > Trying to debug both the custom action stuff AND the application-specific > logic at the same time can be daunting otherwise, not to mention > time-consuming. > > If you can get away with writing your custom action in C# that might make > things a bit easier too. In our case, our products have a minimum > platform requirement of Windows 7, so we know that .NET 3.5 will be > present when the installer is run. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Xpath-Expression-tp7599517p7599607.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
