Adding MimeMap via WIX failed

Question

I\'ve been given a bug to fix an installer issue. Unfortunately, I know nothing about WIX, so I am not exactly where to start.

The WXS file is adding the necessary

Answer 1

same problem here, trying a custom action. I also tried putting the inside the node but that didn't work either.

for more details: Is there a way to get ALL the MIME types instead of wrinting a huge case statement?

Answer 2

I'm doing almost the same thing and it's working; the only difference I can see is I'm setting it under the WebVirtualDir instead of WebSite element:

<Component Id="IIS6VirtualDirComponent" KeyPath="yes" Guid="blah">
  <iis:WebVirtualDir Id="IIS6VirtualDir" Directory="INSTALLLOCATION" Alias="[TARGETVDIR]" WebSite="IIS6WebSite" DirProperties="IIS6WebDirProperties">
    <iis:WebApplication Id="IIS6WebApplication" Name="[TARGETVDIR]" WebAppPool="IIS6WebAppPool">
    ...
    </iis:WebApplication>
    <iis:MimeMap Id="IIS6MimeMapXAP" Extension=".xap" Type="application/x-silverlight-app" />
  </iis:WebVirtualDir>
</Component>

Answer 3

Brian, I fixed this by moving the MimeMap registration to the WebVirtualDir as suggested by Si. Go figure...