AFAIK there's no difference between managed and unmanaged performance counters. For those of us who were doing this before .NET, the way I've always done this (outside Wix) is with the lodctr utility or equivalent, the LoadPerfCounterTextStrings API. All you need to do is figure out what the required ini file looks like. This kb article lists a bunch of standard ones that are useful as examples:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q226512/ Phil Wilson ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Vottero Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:48 PM To: Kevin Burton; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] .NET Installer class and Wix/Msi interaction. I've never written or installed performance counters so, I'm not sure I can help much. You might want to take a look at the <PerfCounter> WiX element. I think it's for unmanaged perf counters but, I could be wrong. You could also look into what the managed installer class is really doing. For example, the PowerShell SnapIn Installer class is for registering a PowerShell SnapIn but, it just creates some registry entries so the WiX <Registry> element works just fine. From: Kevin Burton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 6:36 PM To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] .NET Installer class and Wix/Msi interaction. I am sorry to hear that but now I know. Thank you. If I do it on my own how do I let MSI/Wix know about the installed performance counters so they will be uninstalled with the application uninstall? From: John Vottero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:13 PM To: Kevin Burton; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] .NET Installer class and Wix/Msi interaction. The short answer is, you can't do it. Visual Studio uses InstallUtilLib.dll which is an MSI custom action that installs Installer based classes. As far as I know, it's not documented and not redistributable. Someone did reverse engineer InstallUtilLib and they wrote a blog post about how to get it working, you could try searching for that. That still won't fix the "not redistributable" part. You may need to figure out what the performance counter installer class really does and do it yourself. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Burton Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:57 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] .NET Installer class and Wix/Msi interaction. I want to add some performance counters to my .NET Windows Service. There is a performance class installer but I am not sure how this class derived from the Installer class interacts with the Wix/Msi installation process. Anyone able to shed some light on this? Thank you. Kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
