Re: [WiX-users] WIX and Web Applications
No Problem, sorry I was in a little bit of a rush last week. I am using WIX 3 and VS 2008 I am developing for MS CRM 4 and am deploying some files to wwwroot\ISV\Agresso Ltd\Agresso CRM Suite (e.g. \Agresso Ltd\Agresso CRM Suite\Base, Agresso Ltd\Framework etc). Now, I have been able to create web application easily enough in the wwwroot folder, but whenever I try to create the application at wwwroot\ISV\Agresso Ltd\Agresso CRM Suite\Base it works, but also creates the "ISV", "Agresso Ltd" and "Agrtesso CRM Suite" folders as virtual directories (to the wrong location!) which I do not want. So I've got WWWROOT ISV Agresso Ltd Agresso CRM Suite Base ß Web Application here Framework ß Web Application here (etc) ... A sample of the XML follows (sorry I've been working on the problem and some others so it may be in a slightly different state). I've tried various combinations of WebApplications, WebVirtualDir and WebDir's to no effect (other than completely breaking the build). I'm not sure if it is relevant but I'm also deploying some files to Program Files. Many kind Regards, Paul From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 June 2008 08:12 To: Paul Adams; 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: RE: WIX and Web Applications I'm not exactly clear what you are trying to accomplish. Can you share out an example of what you have now? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Adams Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 03:26 To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: [WiX-users] WIX and Web Applications Hi, I am deploying to a directory under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot (e.g. /Deploy/Sources/Application) and want to create the "Application" directory as an IIS Application. I can get it to create the application fine, however it also creates virtual directories for /Deploy and /Sources (which I definitely do not want). (I a can also get it to create the web application at the root of the web site fine - which I also do not want) Is there a method (without using custom actions) to create a web application at a lower level without creating virtual directories? Thanks, Paul Paul Adams Systems Developer This email is from Agresso Limited. Its contents, including any attachments, are confidential to the person or business to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you may not read, copy, or make any other use of this email or its contents. If received in error, please tell the sender immediately and then delete it from your system Thank you. Any opinions expressed in this email are not necessarily those of Agresso Limited. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus free, neither Agresso Limited or the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses, it is your responsibility to scan the email and attachments to ensure they are actually virus free. This email is from Agresso Limited. Its contents, including any attachments, are confidential to the person or business to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you may not read, copy, or make any other use of this email or its contents. If received in error, please tell the sender immediately and then delete it from your system. Thank you. Any opinions expressed in this email are not necessarily those of Agresso Limited. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus free, neither Agresso Limited or the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses, it is your responsibility to scan the email and attachments to ensure they are actually virus free. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WIX and Web Applications
I'm not exactly clear what you are trying to accomplish. Can you share out an example of what you have now? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Adams Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 03:26 To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: [WiX-users] WIX and Web Applications Hi, I am deploying to a directory under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot (e.g. /Deploy/Sources/Application) and want to create the "Application" directory as an IIS Application. I can get it to create the application fine, however it also creates virtual directories for /Deploy and /Sources (which I definitely do not want). (I a can also get it to create the web application at the root of the web site fine - which I also do not want) Is there a method (without using custom actions) to create a web application at a lower level without creating virtual directories? Thanks, Paul Paul Adams Systems Developer This email is from Agresso Limited. Its contents, including any attachments, are confidential to the person or business to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you may not read, copy, or make any other use of this email or its contents. If received in error, please tell the sender immediately and then delete it from your system Thank you. Any opinions expressed in this email are not necessarily those of Agresso Limited. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus free, neither Agresso Limited or the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses, it is your responsibility to scan the email and attachments to ensure they are actually virus free. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] WIX and Web Applications
Hi, I am deploying to a directory under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot (e.g. /Deploy/Sources/Application) and want to create the "Application" directory as an IIS Application. I can get it to create the application fine, however it also creates virtual directories for /Deploy and /Sources (which I definitely do not want). (I a can also get it to create the web application at the root of the web site fine - which I also do not want) Is there a method (without using custom actions) to create a web application at a lower level without creating virtual directories? Thanks, Paul Paul Adams Systems Developer This email is from Agresso Limited. Its contents, including any attachments, are confidential to the person or business to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you may not read, copy, or make any other use of this email or its contents. If received in error, please tell the sender immediately and then delete it from your system. Thank you. Any opinions expressed in this email are not necessarily those of Agresso Limited. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus free, neither Agresso Limited or the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses, it is your responsibility to scan the email and attachments to ensure they are actually virus free.- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WiX and web applications
David:Check out tallow (it's packaged along with WiX 2.0), it works wonders. You can process directories, .reg files, com components. If you are using v3.0, heat is probably the tool you are looking for. DanaOn 7/27/06, David Keaveny < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Is there an equivalent in WiX to Visual Studio 2003's web deployment project? In other words, a simple way of adding all the .ascx, .config, .jpg etc files to my MSI without having to hand-code each individual entry? VS can take the output from a project, and build an MSI from that; I don't see an obvious way to do it in WiX. I've had no problem with WiX for packaging Windows services, since the file counts are relatively low; but my web application contains hundreds of files, and is under constant development, so there must be some way of automating things. Regards, David -Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of ITJoin SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WiX and web applications
Tallow (for WiX 2.0) and Heat (for WiX 3.0) are the standard ways of creating WiX authoring based on existing data like directories full of files and such. Note that to do this the "right" way is somewhat non-trivial. The thing about WI is that you shouldn't be changing component GUIDs all the time for files that you've previously installed, so you don't necessarily want to regenerating your authoring from scratch every time. As I recall, Tallow sidesteps this issue by not creating GUIDs for your components and making you do that by hand (or with some sort of script you write). It isn't an easy problem to solve. Another thing you might consider doing is generating the authoring dynamically from the existing source for the initial build and then just tweaking the authoring by hand thereafter. Typically, this isn't too hard to keep on top of if you do it as you go. Other people on this list have created some really sophisticated build systems that do automate this task while keeping track of existing components and such. There is probably a significant investment in time to get something like this, but it might pay off. Perhaps someone else will share their solution. The email archives probably have some pointers as well. Joe K. - Original Message - From: David Keaveny To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 8:30 PM Subject: [WiX-users] WiX and web applications Is there an equivalent in WiX to Visual Studio 2003's web deployment project? In other words, a simple way of adding all the .ascx, .config, .jpg etc files to my MSI without having to hand-code each individual entry? VS can take the output from a project, and build an MSI from that; I don't see an obvious way to do it in WiX. I've had no problem with WiX for packaging Windows services, since the file counts are relatively low; but my web application contains hundreds of files, and is under constant development, so there must be some way of automating things. Regards, David - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] WiX and web applications
Is there an equivalent in WiX to Visual Studio 2003’s web deployment project? In other words, a simple way of adding all the .ascx, .config, .jpg etc files to my MSI without having to hand-code each individual entry? VS can take the output from a project, and build an MSI from that; I don’t see an obvious way to do it in WiX. I’ve had no problem with WiX for packaging Windows services, since the file counts are relatively low; but my web application contains hundreds of files, and is under constant development, so there must be some way of automating things. Regards, David - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
