Ahh, I tell a slight lie - I have now found a merge module for richtx32.ocx here: http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/msm.htm
However, when I try and merge it, Candle generates this error: "warning LGHT1056 : The Directory table contains a row with primary key(s) 'ProgramFilesFolder' which cannot be merged from the merge module richtext.msm. This is likely due to collision of rows with the same primary key(s) (but other different values in other columns) between the database and the merge module. " I'm actually trying to put it in WindowsSystem32, not Program Files, by the way. I duplicated the (working) merge code that I used with all the other MS merge modules. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: 29 July 2012 19:32 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help with VB DLLs and OCXs > > Those are operating system files right? Shouldn't you be > using a Merge Module to install stuff that isn't your own? > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Aaron Gunstone > <aa...@emeraldcitysupply.com > > wrote: > > > Hi folks, first time poster (and WIX user) here. > > > > Due to customer request, I'm having to convert our InnoSetup based > > installer to WIX. It's a VB6/DirectX7 app. > > > > I believe I have it correctly installing the application, > and the core > > VB dependencies via MS merge modules (oleaut32, msvbvm60, comcat, > > mscomctl and comdlg32). > > > > However, I'm stuck with the remaining few dependencies: > > msdxm.OCX > > RICHTX32.OCX > > dx7vb.dll > > > > The old installer would copy these across and self register > them, but > > I understand this is no longer the done thing, and I want to do it > > properly if at all possible. > > > > I believe the correct approach is to use Heat to harvest the > > registration information, and that's where I get stuck. I've > > succesfully generated a file with: > > heat.exe file richtx32.ocx -o richtx32.ocx.wxs > > > > But I'm a) not entirely sure how to combine it with my main > installer, > > and > > b) it has > > Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE". Can I just generate any old GUID, or > do I need > > to somehow find the correct GUID for this control? > > > > Unfortunately, I haven't even got that far with msdxm.ocx and > > dx7vb.dll - for both of these, Heat generates an error like this: > > > > heat.exe : warning HEAT5150 : Could not harvest data from a > file that > > was expect ed to be a SelfReg DLL: > E:\InnoSetupSupportFiles\msdxm.ocx. > > If this file does not support SelfReg you can ignore this warning. > > Otherwise, this error detail may be helpful to diagnose the > failure: > > Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. > > > > In both cases, a (much smaller) .wxs file is produced, but > is this all > > I need? I was under the impression that both files do in > fact require > > self registration, or rather the registry entries that it creates. > > > > Search as I might, I simply cannot find any examples on the net of > > people successfully installing these files via WIX, other than by > > "cheating" and using SelfRegCost=1. > > > > Any assistance would be very much appreciated! > > > > Aaron. > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- > > Live Security Virtual Conference > > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > > Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the > > latest in malware threats. > > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > -- > virtually, > > Rob Mensching > http://RobMensching.com LLC > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security > and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can > respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile > security and the latest in malware threats. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
