John Vottero wrote:
This is mostly tool for developer to get the cmdlet working. Release
setup
should set the registry keys explicitly.
See, it's not just WiX crazies!g
It just sets series of registry keys. We need to document the keys which
vendors need to set for registering
John Vottero wrote:
Are you saying that it's impossible to create a good Installer based
Installer class?
No.
That's fine with me, who do I start with? I just need some direction
from Microsoft. Right now, I have the PowerShell team saying use these
Installer based classes to install
: Re: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support for
installingWindowsinstrumentation features?
Bob Arnson wrote:
John Vottero wrote:
Are you saying that it's impossible to create a good Installer based
Installer class?
No.
That's fine with me, who do I start with? I just need some
direction
: Re: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support for
installingWindowsinstrumentation features?
I posted this exchange and a number of questions on the PowerShell
newsgroup and here's the response:
Posting on behalf of the feature developer.
Does the PowerShell team feel that PSSnapin is suitable
@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support for
installingWindowsinstrumentation features?
This is good, except for the part about not creating an Extension.
smile/
He said there were no plans for V1. I assume that means it will be in V2
Thanks for the pointer John.
Thanks,
Derek
-Original Message-
From: John Vottero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 7:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bob Arnson
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support
Bob Arnson wrote:
John Vottero wrote:
Are you saying that it's impossible to create a good Installer based
Installer class?
No.
That's fine with me, who do I start with? I just need some
direction
from Microsoft. Right now, I have the PowerShell team
saying use these
From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is a good chance for us to all get on the same page. Who on the
PowerShell team is saying to use the Installer classes? (Or
if this is from
some MSDN docs, please send us the link.)
Here's a link to the documentation on registering
Bob Arnson wrote:
[snip]
Running arbitrary code during installation is bad. It's
self-reg, except
worse. The entire design of MSI is based on the idea of
describing your
setup and letting MSI interpret the description. Running code
is bad and
should be avoided whenever possible.
John,
I don't think it's fair to say that you should NEVER run your own code.
I believe the spirit of the thing dictates that you use MSI data
wherever you can, and write code for exactly what you can't do with MSI.
Clearly, there's a need for this. Microsoft could never anticipate every
possible
Phil Wilson wrote:
There are other issues with Installer classes too. As Rob M has pointed out,
anything that's installed with code is outside the Windows Installer ref
counting scheme. If you install a shared item with MSI and follow the usual
component id rules it just works. Two products
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Bob Arnson
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:54 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support for
installingWindowsinstrumentation features?
Phil Wilson wrote
John Vottero wrote:
Reposting this message at regular intervals (either manually or
automatically) does no good whatsoever.
That doesn't change the fact that it's a well-written message.
If there are problems with the
Installer based classes they should be reported to Microsoft so that the
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