> > DEÁK JAHN, Gábor wrote: > > Anyway, it's not a WiX limitation but a Windows Installer limitation, > so until WI can call a managed DLL, there is nothing WiX can do about > it. Much the same way as with Unicode. We're here starting to run on > the fourth Windows platform with full Unicode support (NT, 2000, XP and > Vista) and Windows Installer still doesn't speak Unicode, meaning that > you cannot customize your setup for languages that don't happen to be > on the list of supported codepages. Another issue WiX can do nothing > about. > > > > And even if WiX could, wouldn't it make more sense to spend that time > beefing up and adding new WiX CAs rather than enabling even more CAs > without rollback or patch support? >
The System.Configuration.Installer base class has virtual methods for Install, Uninstall, Commit and Rollback. Doesn't that mean that that it can support Rollbacks? I don't know enough about Windows Installer to understand all the implications of managed CAs. What I do know is that there are many groups at Microsoft that are creating managed CAs to support their products and they aren't creating unmanaged CAs and they aren't documenting what their managed CAs actually do so ISV's are left stuck in the middle. We have to reverse engineer the Microsoft managed CAs so we can develop "proper" installers. The situation is clearly broken and it's up to Microsoft to fix it. John Vottero ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
