[WiX-users] Any pointers on the syntax i should one use to enable deployment of a gac dll required dll.config file, e.g. gac dll's that make use of the setting designer/api runtime settings?

[Robert O'Brien]

Any pointers on the syntax i should one use to enable deployment of a gac dll 
required dll.config file, e.g. gac dll's that make use of the setting 
designer/api runtime settings?

I tried the following two options and the first doesn't work because it seems 
the file copy to the gac of the dll.config gets cleared when 
MsiPublishAssemblies processing of the Assembly=".net" dll file setting is 
processed.   I tried adding the custom action sequenced to happen after 
MsiPublishAssemblies and even though the verbose logs show it successfully 
copying the dll.config to the right path it is not there after setup competes.  
 Not sure what process is deleting that file copy.   I can copy the custom 
action statement out of the verbose log and run it after setup completes and it 
does what I'd expect.   Any thoughts on why that's happening and more 
importantly how I can get this dll.config file deployed along side its parent 
gac deployed dll as part of my wix sources would be very much appreciated.

    <Component Id="Sdk1Gac14" Guid="A6D64010-D181-40BF-9ABC-BA15633E1F45">
         <File Id="Sdk1GacDataEntities.Providers.dll" 
Name="MyGacDestinedAssembly.dll" 
Source="$(var.MyGacDestinedAssembly.TargetPath)"
             Assembly=".net" KeyPath="yes" />
    </Component>
</DirectoryRef>

<DirectoryRef Id="GacMsilDir">
    <Directory Id="Sdk1Gac14Dir" Name="MyGacDestinedAssembly">
        <Directory Id="Sdk1Gac14VersionTokenDir" 
Name="2.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35">
            <Component Id="Sdk1Gac14DllCfg" Guid="*">
                <File Id="MyGacDestinedAssembly.dll.config" 
Name="MyGacDestinedAssembly.dll.config" 
Source="$(var.MyGacDestinedAssembly.TargetPath).config" KeyPath="yes" />
            </Component>
        </Directory>
    </Directory>
</DirectoryRef>


<CustomAction Id="SetSdk1Gac14DllCfg" Property="RunSdk1Gac14DllCfg" 
Value="&quot;[WindowsFolder]system32\cmd.exe&quot; /c copy 
&quot;[#Site1Vdir3BinMyGacDestinedAssembly.dll.config]&quot; 
&quot;[Sdk1Gac14VersionTokenDir]&quot;" />
<CustomAction Id="RunSdk1Gac14DllCfg" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="CAQuietExec" 
Execute="deferred" Return="ignore" />

<Custom Action="SetSdk1Gac14DllCfg" After="MsiPublishAssemblies">!Sdk1=2 And 
&amp;Sdk1=3 And ?Sdk1Gac14=2 And $Sdk1Gac14=3</Custom>
<Custom Action="RunSdk1Gac14DllCfg" After="SetSdk1Gac14DllCfg">!Sdk1=2 And 
&amp;Sdk1=3 And ?Sdk1Gac14=2 And $Sdk1Gac14=3</Custom>



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