[WiX-users] Question regarding the attribute Win64 in Component

2008-10-28 Thread MAKARAND HAZARIKA
Hello everyone, Can I use the attribute Win64 in the Component for 32 bit applications? I read that Win64 attribute is applicable for both 32 and 64 bit. Thanks and Regards, Makarand - This SF.Net email is

Re: [WiX-users] Question regarding the attribute Win64 in Component

2008-10-28 Thread Pally Sandher
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 October 2008 07:14 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Question regarding the attribute Win64 in Component Hello everyone, Can I use the attribute Win64 in the Component for 32 bit applications? I read that Win64 attribute is applicable for both

Re: [WiX-users] Question regarding the attribute Win64 in Component

2008-10-28 Thread Michael Owings
Pally Sandher wrote: Yes but you will get an ICE80 error when compiling if you set Win64=yes on a component when your MSI is an x86 build vice-versa. Why would you want to? If you install mixed 32 and 64-bit components in a single install? We have an installer that MUST do this. What

Re: [WiX-users] Question regarding the attribute Win64 in Component

2008-10-28 Thread Christopher Karper
If you need a mixed installer, then you have to make it a 64 bit installer. It doesn't make sense to install 64 bit components on a 32 bit system anyway, so just don't include those components in your 32 bit installer, or alternately, don't offer a 32 bit installer. In some corporate

Re: [WiX-users] Question regarding the attribute Win64 in Component

2008-10-28 Thread Michael Owings
Hmmm -- I guess my question is -- what am I risking? Getting rid of the 32-bit installer is a non-starter for us (this isn't a corporate environment), and the 32-bit mixed installer works perfectly in both environments. (Our 64-bit components don't actually take up much room). A single

Re: [WiX-users] Question regarding the attribute Win64 in Component

2008-10-28 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
The gotcha is that you cannot have a 32 bit installer install 64 bit components. On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Michael Owings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm -- I guess my question is -- what am I risking? Getting rid of the 32-bit installer is a non-starter for us (this isn't a corporate

Re: [WiX-users] Question regarding the attribute Win64 in Component

2008-10-28 Thread Christopher Karper
MSI doesn't support a single installer for multiple architectures. That's the problem. You'll never get a 32bit installer to validate with 64 bit components in it, period. MSI requires that you build a single installer for each architecture you target. You can use conditional statements and