You should upgrade to the RTM drop of WiX v3.5 first. There were a number of bugs taken late in the IIS custom actions so what you are seeing may have changed... or it may have not. <smile/> The final release of WiX v3.5 is what is supported, in any case.
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Hansel D'Ornellas < HD'ornel...@absolute.com> wrote: > Wix Version: Wix 3.5.1710.0 > > I have the following element that works in IIS 6 (Win 2003 Server). I'm now > porting to install onto Windows Server 2008 R2. I had to change IISGroup to > reference IIS_IUSRS and the install works. However, I found that the web > site does not reference my RootWebAppPool application pool. It references > the Default pool. However, the sub app does reference SubWebAppPool. Why the > difference? > > When I run this same code in Windows 2003 server, it works (with > IISGroup=IIS_WPG) and the app pool is assigned to both applications. > > Thanks. > > <Component Id="WebSitecomp" > Guid="<>" > > > <CreateFolder /> > > <util:User Id="MyAppPoolUserIdentity" > Domain="MyDomain" > Name="MyUser" > Password="MyUserPassword1234 > CreateUser="no" > FailIfExists="no" > RemoveOnUninstall="no"> > <util:GroupRef Id="IISGroup"/> > </util:User> > > <iis:WebAppPool Id="RootWebAppPool" > Name="RootWebAppPool" > Identity="other" > User=" MyAppPoolUserIdentity " > /> > <iis:WebAppPool Id="SubWebAppPool" > Name="SubWebAppPool" > Identity="other" > User=" MyAppPoolUserIdentity > "/> > > > > > <iis:WebSite Id="TheWebSite" > AutoStart="yes" > ConfigureIfExists="yes" > Description="The Web Site" > > Directory="c:\installdir\wwwroot\myapp" > StartOnInstall="yes" > DirProperties="MyProperties" > > <iis:WebAddress Id="MyWebAddress" > IP="127.0.0.0" > Port="80" > Secure="no" > Header=""/> > <iis:WebVirtualDir Id="VDir_SubWeb" > Directory="c:\installdir\wwwroot\myapp\subapp1" > DirProperties=" MyProperties " > Alias="subapp1" > > <!-- This web app gets assigned SubWebAppPool and you can verify in > IIS manager --> > <iis:WebApplication Id="SubAppApp1" > Name=" SubAppApp1" > WebAppPool=" SubWebAppPool " > > </iis:WebApplication> > </iis:WebVirtualDir> > <!-- This web app Does NOT get assigned RootWebAppPool and you can > see it is not listed when you look at RootWebAppPool->applications, the list > is empty-Why??--> > <iis:WebApplication Id="MyRootApp" > Name="MyRootApp" > WebAppPool="RootWebAppPool" > > </iis:WebApplication> > </iis:WebSite> > > </Component> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
