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

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

To answer my own question:

NO -- the CLR loaded will be 32-bit and all "downstream" calls into .NET
custom actions will run as 32-bit and be victims of registry redirection.


Sanin wrote:
> 
> 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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>> 
>> 
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