Reputation: 12779
If I want to create the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\MyApp
with the string value
EventMessageFile : C:\Path\To\File.dll
how do I define this in my WiX 3.0 WXS file? Examples of what the XML should look like is much appreciated.
Upvotes: 3
Views: 3121
Reputation: 5050
You seem to want to create an event log source. If that is the case, you should take a look at the <EventSource> element in the util extension.
Upvotes: 5
Reputation: 9802
It would be better to refer to File.dll using file reference syntax, to ensure that the actual path it's installed to is used. Use [#filekey]
, where filekey
is the Id
of the File
element describing the file.
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 12779
I went with this:
<Component Id="EventLogRegKeys" Guid="{my guid}">
<RegistryKey Id="Registry_EventLog" Root="HKLM" Key="SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\MyApp" Action="create">
<RegistryValue Id="Registry_EventLog_EventSourceDll" Action="write" KeyPath="yes" Name="EventMessageFile" Type="string" Value="C:\Path\To\File.dll" />
</RegistryKey>
</Component>
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 59428
Check out this page. An example would be:
<registry action="write"
root"HKLM" key="SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\MyApp"
type="string" value="EventMessageFile : C:\Path\To\File.dll" />
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 30819
Use the following under DirectoryRef --> Directory...
<Component Id="RegisterAddReferencesTab32" Guid="D9D01248-8F19-45FC-B807-093CD6765A60"> <RegistryValue Action="write" Id="RegInstallDir32" Key="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\MyApp" Root="HKLM" Type="string" Value="C:\Path\To\File.dll" /></Component>Upvotes: 0