[wix-users] Registering a DLL/OCX file.

[David Watson]

This is a good summary of why it's wrong to do self-registration.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/364187/how-do-you-register-a-win32-com-dll-file-in-wix-3?lq=1



 [http://dr0muzwhcp26z.cloudfront.net/static/corporate/SDL-logo-2014.png] <www.sdl.com/>
www.sdl.com


SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us.

SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207.
Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK.

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Sanket Panchamia
Sent: 23 September 2015 12:33
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Registering a DLL/OCX file.

Can we not use SelfRegCost=1 and then ren the SelfRegModules element to register all entries in the self register table?

Is there a disadvantage doing that?

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Farrukh Waheed <farrukh1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I suggest, use Heat to harvest these files without -scom, and update
> your .wxs file.
> Alternatively, you can write a  .cmd or .bat file, and run the
> regsrv32 on these files at the end of installation, as a custom action.
>
> On 23 September 2015 at 15:04, Suresh, Santhosh Vellore <
> Santhosh.Suresh at in.unisys.com> wrote:
>
> > HI,
> >
> > Can anyone send me a sample code or how to register a DLL/OCX file
> > in
> WIX.
> > I have so many Dlls and I cannot run heat.exe to do it.
> > Please advise
> >
> > Regards,
> > Santhosh
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________________________________________
> > WiX Toolset Users Mailing List provided by FireGiant
> > http://www.firegiant.com/
> >
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
> WiX Toolset Users Mailing List provided by FireGiant
> http://www.firegiant.com/
>



--
Regards
Sanket Panchamia
+91-9742836299

<https://twitter.com/p_sanket>  <http://www.facebook.com/spanchamia>
<http://www.linkedin.com/in/psanket>

____________________________________________________________________
WiX Toolset Users Mailing List provided by FireGiant http://www.firegiant.com/


This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com