Without a SiteId, the custom action looks for matches by key address (the first WebAddress element); with a SiteId of "*", the custom action looks for a match by description (ServerComment in the metabase). So, you need:
<iis:WebSite Id="EXISTINGWEBSITE" Description="I do not think this matters"> <iis:WebAddress Id="PrimaryAddr" Port="80" /> </iis:WebSite> - or - <iis:WebSite Id="EXISTINGWEBSITE" Description="Default Web Site" SiteId="*" /> If you put the WebSite element outside of any Component elements, then it will not be configured, it will only be used as a reference for other elements (e.g. WebDir, WebVirtualDir). The one issue I have run into is the fact that if you need to create a new physical directory within the web site and you do not know the path to the web site prior to installation time, there is currently no built-in mechanism to find out at install time. While this is somewhat easily remedied with a script Custom Action, I am going to bite the bullet and provide on in C++ as part of the WiX IIS extensions. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Attributes specify existing IIS website? From: Jeremy Lew <j...@liquidmachines.com> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: 2/12/2009 12:14 PM > For clarification, let's say I don't know the SiteId, which is the > obvious answer to this. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Lew [mailto:j...@liquidmachines.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:07 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Attributes specify existing IIS website? > > Does anyone know the minimal set of attributes which must be specified > on the iis:website/iis:webaddress directory to refer to a pre-existing > site? I don't want to create a new site or change the existing site in > any way. > > Thanks, > Jeremy > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
