[wix-users] harvesting COM registration data

Mon Dec 3 09:28:13 PST 2018

btw, if you call your exe in a custom action by passing  -regserver switch,
wouldn't that do the job?

On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 23:00, Rob Mensching via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> The DLL or EXE writes those registry keys directly.  The HeatWave
> Harvesting (and I expect the feature in InstallShield that Christopher is
> capturing for you) does a bunch of work to hook the registry calls made
> while the DLL or EXE execute.  Heat.exe has a simpler solution that works
> for most DLLs but not for EXEs.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of
> Reuss, Matthias via wix-users
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 6:55 AM
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> Cc: Reuss, Matthias <matthias.mr.reuss at sivantos.com>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] harvesting COM registration data
>
>
> But where do these deviations come from (Class, AppId, Progid missing)?
> @Christopher: I have sent you an e-mail.
>
> Best regards
>
> Matthias Reuss
>
> Von: Christopher Painter <chrpai at iswix.com>
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. November 2018 16:41
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> Cc: Reuss, Matthias <matthias.mr.reuss at sivantos.com>
> Betreff: Re: harvesting COM registration data
>
>
> If this is a one time need for you and you just want an easy button, email
> me the EXE and I'll  author a fragement for you.
>
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> wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org>> on behalf of Reuss, Matthias via
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] harvesting COM registration data
>
> Just tried: I can extract a TLB from the EXE. Heat can harvest the
> interfaces from the TLB, but the Class, AppId, and ProgId are missing.
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org<mailto:
> wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org>> Im Auftrag von Hoover, Jacob via
> wix-users
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. November 2018 21:08
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> Cc: Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com<mailto:
> Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>>
> Betreff: Re: [wix-users] harvesting COM registration data
>
> If it's an EXE you are building, then odds are you have the TLB source, in
> which case heat can harvest from it, right?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Christopher Painter via wix-users
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 1:10 PM
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> Cc: Christopher Painter <chrpai at iswix.com<mailto:chrpai at iswix.com>>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] harvesting COM registration data
>
> Really?   For some reason I thought I had used it for this purpose at
> another company around 8 years ago.
>
>
> InstallShield can do this.  I  must have created a basic msi project,
> added the EXE, built the MSI and then use InstallShield to edit the MSI and
> export the registry data and from there I probably used heat to harvest the
> reg file and then massaged it into my project.
>
>
> InstallShield can be installed as a demo on a VM for what it's worth.
>
>
>
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> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org<mailto:
> wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org>> on behalf of Rob Mensching via
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] harvesting COM registration data
>
> heat.exe does not support extracting COM registration for executables.
>
> There is a commercial solution from FireGiant in the "WiX Expansion Pack"
> that supports harvesting COM registration from executables (and more):
> https://www.firegiant.com/products/wix-expansion-pack/#heatwave-harvesting
> (documentation here:
> https://www.firegiant.com/wix/wep-documentation/harvesting/)
> WiX Expansion Pack from FireGiant<
> https://www.firegiant.com/products/wix-expansion-pack/#heatwave-harvesting
> >
> www.firegiant.com<http://www.firegiant.com>
> The WiX Expansion Pack from FireGiant includes functionality to make you
> more productive that is not available as part of open-source WiX.
>
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org<mailto:
> wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org>> On Behalf Of Reuss, Matthias via
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> Cc: Reuss, Matthias <matthias.mr.reuss at sivantos.com<mailto:
> matthias.mr.reuss at sivantos.com>>
> Subject: [wix-users] harvesting COM registration data
>
> Hello,
>
> does heat extract COM registration data from "Local Servers" (i.e. .exe
> COM servers)?
>
> I could successfully retrieve this information from some COM dlls, and
> also from some COM Interop assemblies, but when harvesting an .exe which is
> supposed to self-register using the -regserver switch, heat does not output
> COM registration data.
>
> Am I missing something, or is this a missing feature (I am using wix
> 3.11.1)?
>
> Is there a recommended workaround?
>
> Best regards
>
> Matthias Reuss
>
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