[mapguide-internals] About the WiX installer

[Jackie Ng]

Sure, send whatever you have my way.

On the IIS front, I do not have access to a Windows Server 2003 or Vista, so
I can only test for XP.

I can't test IIS7 support, nor can I find out if I can kill trac tickets
#360 and #361.

- Jackie


Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S wrote:
> 
> Hi Jackie.
> 
> I have tried to get the IIS part working.
> It's fairly easy to create virtual directories in IIS via. the WiX IIS
> util.
> But, I am stuck at figuring out how to register extensions (eg. the 
> .fcgi mapping).
> 
> I have managed to run "heat.exe" on an existing IIS installation, but 
> the resulting
> files do not appear to have any extension mapping.
> 
> I can send you the generated files, if you want to look at them.
> 
> Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
> 
> 
> 
> Jackie Ng skrev:
>> Update:
>>
>> 1. MENTOR_DICTIONARY_PATH is now set properly. Reboot is required to take
>> effect though.
>> 2. MapGuide service installs and runs (as a result), but it only starts
>> running after a reboot.
>> 3. Added and customised the apache custom action supplied by Autodesk.
>> 3.1. httpd.conf has all its templated values plugged in during
>> installation.
>> 3.2. php.ini has all its templated values plugged in during installation.
>> 4. Apache service installs, but does not run (a problem with
>> mod_mgmapagent.so)
>>
>> Problems:
>>
>> 1. Apache doesn't run (problem with mod_mgmapagent.so)
>> 2. Apache custom actions also run when uninstalling. 
>>
>> Still Todo:
>>
>> 1. IIS configuration. Will try to use what's supplied in Wix. Will only
>> use
>> the Autodesk supplied ones as a last resort.
>> 2. Custom UIs to change install properties.
>>
>> - Jackie
>>
>>
>> Jackie Ng wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to grok the WiX installer files. When trying to build the wix
>>> installers, it is erroring out because it can't find a whole load of
>>> files. 
>>>
>>> Given a checkout of the mapguide svn trunk, what do I need to do to
>>> ensure
>>> the wix installers build without problems?
>>>
>>> - Jackie
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>   
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