You should never ever package someone else's resources in your installation package. If you do that then your install will take ownership of the resources and mess up everyone. Definitely use a Merge Module. VB6... hmm, might be hard to find stuff for that.
Also, don't install your application stuff to system32. You're not part of Windows, stay out. CommonFilesFolder is where applications should put their common files. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Leigh Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:55 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM registration[Scanned] I'm guessing that Jacquet's app is written in VB6 and probably uses some DLLs that Microsoft provide. In which case, the files probably should go in system32, as they may already be installed... I'm in a similar situation - preparing to write my first WiX install, for a VB6 app. I'm guessing there's an msm out there somewhere to install the VB runtime files? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Hamflett Sent: 14 March 2007 09:40 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM registration[Scanned] Is the DLL shared just between your products or with other parts of the system? You're not really meant to put things in the system32 folder. Rob Jacquet Fabian wrote: > Hi, > > > > I'm a new user of wix. I'm trying to convert a setup made with "Package > and Deployment Wizard" of visual studio 6. > > > > This setup use some self register dll and some shared dll wich are in > the system32 directory. > > > > Currently, I'm using tallow to generate registry keys of self register dll. > > And I just copy shared dll in the system32 directory. > > > > But I'm not sure if it's the best way to install those components. Could > you help me? > > > > Thank you. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - > 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=DEVDE V > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
