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Re: Embedding the binaries in MSI (Darren Green) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 18:00:37 +0100 > From: "Neil Sleightholm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Dark Orca > To: <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Only want some ideas so I thought I'd try v3 but this gives a different > errors: > > Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Decompiler Version 3.0.1726.0 > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved. > > orca.msi > dark.exe : error DARK0144 : The extension 'WixHelpExtension' could not > be loaded. > > Neil > > > ________________________________ > > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 June 2006 15:52 > To: Neil Sleightholm; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Dark Orca > > > > Bug in dark most likely. You can open a bug on it, but I'm not > sure there is much active development going on in dark v2. I expect > dark v3 will handle this correctly... if you don't mind converting the > .wxs file back to v2 syntax (not that hard). > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil > Sleightholm > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 6:27 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Dark Orca > > > > Does anyone know why you can't "dark" the Orca.msi. I get the > following error: > > > > dark orca.msi orca.wxs > > Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Decompiler Version > 2.0.4126.0 > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved. > > > > > orca.msi > dark.exe : error DARK0001 : Input string was not in a correct > format. > > > > Exception Type: System.FormatException > > > > Stack Trace: > at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles > options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean > parseDecimal) > at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, > NumberFormatInfo info) > at System.String.System.IConvertible.ToInt32(IFormatProvider > provider) > at System.Convert.ToInt32(Object value, IFormatProvider > provider) > at > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessSummaryInformation > () > at > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessProductElement(Boo > lean writeDocumentElements) > at > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.Decompile(String > inputPath, String outputPath) > at > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Dark.Run(String[] args) > > > > > > Regards > > > > Neil > > > > Neil Sleightholm > X2 Systems Limited > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=wix-users/attachments/200 60602/8e7e29a6/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 18:36:31 +0100 > From: "Darren Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Embedding the binaries in MSI > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Darren Green'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Bob Arnson'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mohan Babu > D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Ok, thanks. Nice to know I have not missed something. The why is because I > have written some installers for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) > components, and by (MS) design components need to be in the GAC, so that > they can be load and used, albeit during SSIS runtime, but they also need to > be in another defined folder so that the VS toolbox, right-click Choose > Items stuff, can find them. So I need both. A component that you can run, > but not add from the toolbox has limited appeal :-). It is rather like the > VSA limitation of only allowing you to add references to stuff in the > Window\Framework\Version folder, but then you need the assembly in the GAC > for anything to be found at run-time. > > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching > Sent: 02 June 2006 17:10 > To: 'Darren Green'; 'Bob Arnson'; Mohan Babu D > Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Embedding the binaries in MSI > > > > It is a waste and no one seems to have an answer that works well. One > question, why do you need to put the file in two places? If it's in the GAC > everyone can get to it, right? Why double place it? > > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Green > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 9:07 AM > To: 'Bob Arnson'; Mohan Babu D > Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Embedding the binaries in MSI > > > > On this theme, is there a way to get a file to be placed both in the GAC and > in another defined file system folder? I need some files to be placed in > both locations. Currently I achieve this by including the file twice, which > seems a waste. > > > > Thanks > > > > Darren > > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson > Sent: 01 June 2006 03:42 > To: Mohan Babu D > Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Embedding the binaries in MSI > > > > Mohan Babu D wrote: > > I am currently using the WIX version 2.0. 3902. I have some ..NET 2.0 > assemblies placed under some folder. My MSI refers to that folder while > installing. I just wanted to embed assemblies into the MSI instead of having > then in a separate folder. And how can I GAC 2.0 assemblies? > > To install an assembly to the GAC, specify Assembly=".net" as an attribute > in the File element. MSI still requires you to specify a directory, though > the actual file will go into the GAC. > > -- > sig://boB > http://bobs.org > ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages > of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained > technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting > industry. Fanatical Support. 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