Re: [WiX-users] Running WiX tools from Cygwin, environment variables

If you use a .wixproj, you can run msbuild /v:diag and it will show all the variables for the process - whether environment variables or project variables. Details about writing a .wixproj file (wraps all the candle, light, etc. commands into a build project) can be found in wix.chm. On Fri, Apr

[WiX-users] ShellNew/FileName

It seems like Wix doesn't support the ShellNew/FileName registry key under Extensions in order to allow Windows Explorer's New command to create a new file. Is it better to start with what Wix does provide using Extension and then add some extra registry keys to extend it or to do the whole

Re: [WiX-users] How refer Binary file in CA

Thanks Rob Mensching, But, I don't want to copy this file to computer. I want to refer it from installer like bitmap image. Is it possible? Regards, -SMR Rob Mensching wrote: You'd have to extract the Binary out with the CustomAction. Michael wrote: Hi, I'm new to Wix. I'm using

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple file extensions per ProgID

To answer my own question, the bit that was causing the problem was, of course, the duplicated Verb, not the duplicated Extension. The Verb is stored under the ProgId, not under the extension, despite the way things are laid out in Wix and therefore there can only be one Verb per ProgId. The

Re: [WiX-users] Register com objects

Use heat.exe tool to extract COM-related information. 2009/3/30 sandun css sandun...@gmail.com Hi, Is there a way in WiX, to register a COM object, without using custom actions? Thanks, Sandun. --

Re: [WiX-users] Best Practice for using Variables

Hey Kai-Uwe, I imagine that the varible definations are not correctly declared in your wixproj file. What you have listed below should work with $(var.xxx). The !(loc.xxx) and !(wix.xxx) is used later by lit or light to replace the variables for localization or wixlibs. Thanks, Brian Rogers

Re: [WiX-users] ShellNew/FileName

OK, done this, which seems to work: ProgId Id=MyApp.MyFileType Description=My File Type Icon=ID_GUID1 IconIndex=4 Extension Id=my-file-type Verb Id=Open Command=open TargetFile=ID_GUID1 Argument=/dde / /Extension /ProgId File Id=ID_GUID2 Source=Sample.my-file-type

Re: [WiX-users] Running WiX tools from Cygwin, environment variables

Thanks HeathI'll look into that. Message: 2 Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 01:36:32 -0700 From: Heath Stewart clubs...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Running WiX tools from Cygwin,