Re: Excel DNA and Wix Installer

[Govert van Drimmelen]

Hi Jean-Marie,

That sounds very good!
Wix certainly has a steep learning curve.

I'd be very interested to see what you've done - it has been on my to-
do list for a long time.
Is there somewhere you could post your setup project, or I can help to
find a place for it?

Regards,
Govert


On Apr 18, 5:15 pm, Jm Pironneau <jmpironn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Govert,
>
> We have moved to VS2012 so I have done a fully functional Wix setup project.
> I can tell you that Wix is a pain in the neck and elsewhere...
>
> Features:
>  - Automatically uninstall and unregister the previous version
>  - Installs the 32 and 64 bits XLLs in the ProgramFile directory
>  - Determine the Office version and the Bitness (32 or 64)
>  - Register the appropriate XLL as an Excel Add-In
>
> I read in some posts that this forum needed a complete functional example.
> Are we still interested ?
>
> Regards
> Jean-Marie

[Govert van Drimmelen]

Hi Jean-Marie,

That sounds great!

You can send mail to gov...@icon.co.za

Thank you,
Govert

On Apr 19, 10:36 am, Jm Pironneau <jmpironn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Govert,
>

> Here is what I suggest if you like what I have done:
>
> a) I send you the Wix Project and the Custom Actions project
>
> b) You remove all the info that refers to my company eFront (one bitmap,
> one logo to change, and some variables to rename)
>
> c) You add comments, change the bits you want, ...
>
> d) If you want, you integrate it in the ExcelDNA package samples
>
> If yes: give me an email address I cn send u a zip.
>
> JM

[Jm Pironneau]

Hello,

 

I sent the complete project to Govert last Friday. I am sure we shall soon hear from him.

Regards

 

JM

On 24 April 2013 17:06, Andres Blanco Morales <andre...@gmail.com> wrote:

Any news on this example?

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[Govert van Drimmelen]

Indeed - I have received it, but will need to find some time to
process it a bit.

-Govert

On Apr 24, 5:08 pm, Jm Pironneau <jmpironn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I sent the complete project to Govert last Friday. I am sure we shall soon
> hear from him.
> Regards
>
> JM
>

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[Jim]

Hi,
I would also be interested in the sample of your WiX project (without of course Personal Info)
Because, I have to accomplish similar task, and a little bit lost in WiX labyrinth.
Thanks
Jim (siv...@yahoo.gr)

[Am.No.]

To create a WIX Installer for Xll it's quite straight forward...

you will need :

    - http://wixtoolset.org  (To create the wix for the x86 and x64) you will need to create 2...
    - http://wixextba.codeplex.com/ (To Create a boostrapper tha will manage which msi to push on the user machine based his machine x64 or x86) the boostrapper generate a exe file

The wixToolset has an VS10 extension or you can use cmd line ( you will need light.exe, Candle.exe and Burn.exe for the Boostrapper)those exe files are located in WixToolset

The only thing you really need to do is 

              - copy you xll in some directory (appDataFolder)

              - create a shortcut to your xll inside the XLSTART of the user . (Never put directly you xll inside the XLSTART)

              - Your boonstrapper (bundle) will need to check the OS version and call the approriate msi (x64 or x86).

Hope that will help you.