This isn't working for me. I'm harvesting the COM registration info with: heat file MyDLL.dll -template:fragment -ag -out fragment.wxs
And I have appended my Product.wxs file with the generated output. My Product.wxs is now along the lines of: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Product ...> ... </Product> <Fragment> <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR"> <Directory Id="dir97176AEC31E49EAABA96A880A1E2D08E" Name="Full Release" /> </DirectoryRef> <Fragment> <Fragment> <DirectoryRef Id="dir97176AEC31E49EAABA96A880A1E2D08E"> <Component Id="cmp294312A740872F38057FC7053FF85C0D" Guid="*"> <File Id="fil47F0AB91FEDF117C1BF54D9F25EC8F88" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\Full Release\MyDLL.dll"> ... </File> </Component> </DirectoryRef> <Fragment> </Wix> This compiles fine, and runs, but after the installer is completed, my DLL hasn't been registered. I'm not very familiar with the Fragment node. Is there anything else I need to do to get the registry values to be set? Thanks, Jeff > The recommended way now is typically to run heat.exe to "harvest" the com > registration information out of your DLL. This way it won't actually run > the code from the DLL at install-time (which is more likely to fail, won't > handle all of MSI's transactionality appropriately, and is generally a > non-recommended solution) and instead will figure out what exactly what > registry keys your DLL needs, and put that information into the MSI (the > recommended, more robust way). > > Generally you run the tool something like this: > Heat file -template:fragment file.dll -out fragment.wxs > > This should generate some registry, etc. fragments which you can reference > from the rest of your authoring via ComponentRef or ComponentGroupRef > elements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
