Re: [WiX-users] Re compiling WiX C++ libs for 64-bit

[Sanin <sa...@ho...>]

Bob, thanks for your reply.

To make sure let me summarize:

Although my CLR loader, which is actually a C++ custom action for WiX, is
32-bit IT WILL be able to load the 64-bit CLR into the installer process and
kick off .NET custom actions, which in turn may write files and registry
keys without redirection, right?


Bob Arnson-6 wrote:
> 
> Sanin wrote:
>> 1. Do I have to recompile my shim (i.e. C++ custom action) to 64-bit?
>>   
> 
> Probably not. The WiX custom actions are currently 32-bit because we 
> were able to work on 64-bit portions of the file system by disabling 
> file-system redirection when necessary. It's available in wcautil.lib; 
> see the source code in src/ca/wcautil/wcawow64.cpp.
> 
>> 2. If so, here is the problem:
>>   - existing WiX C++ libraries (wcautil.lib and dutil.lib) are 32-bit.
>>   
> 
> That will be changing soon. The file-system redirection API doesn't 
> solve problems with the registry, so we're adding support for 64-bit 
> custom action builds. That will probably appear in the next couple of
> weeks.
> 
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