Thank you for your response.
In what way would automatic generation be more fragile? Isn't all the
information available for an automated approach? When it comes to
converting one format to another the computer is usually better than
me at getting it right.
/Johan
On 9/22/06, Mike Dimmick
2006 09:58
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing COM components
Thank you for your response.
In what way would automatic generation be more fragile? Isn't all the
information available for an automated approach? When it comes to
converting one format to another
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From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 25 September 2006 18:05
To: Mike Dimmick
Cc: Johan Appelgren; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing COM components
Mike Dimmick wrote:
You can use the Class table to take away some of the pain
Mike Dimmick wrote:
I still don't really understand why the Class table is being
de-emphasised. I suppose it's possible that if you advertise a Class -
say for a feature that is installed on first use - that that feature
will be installed if some third-party program references it, which could
If you're writing regular COM components in C++, you should manually
edit the .wxs to maintain it. You know what is being created, you should
replicate it. Reverse-engineering is fragile. Heat is intended for
one-off use to generate an initial template .wxs file.
You can use the Class table to
Not really. Tallow pulls a bunch of VB6 properties, and additional registry
info, which creates additional issues, like possibly blowing up VB with an
uninstall.
In this case the MSI created by VS.NET only conatins those keys necessary to
install the single object.
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Tallow is intended to be used one time to aid in the initial creation of MSI
components for the COM components you need to install. It is not intended
to be used in an automated build.
The idea is to run Tallow to harvest the components, including registry
entries, and then hand-edit them to
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