Convert folder under virtual directory to Application, using WIX

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How can I convert a directory under a virtual directory to an application, using WIX?

WIX installs the following Virtual Directory to IIS, and I wish it to also convert the webservice folder to an application.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 17 '12 at 09:20

I could not find a way to do this through WIX or the IIS extension, so I resorted to calling an external command. For future reference, the commands are:

IIS 5

C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts\mkwebdir.vbs -c Localhost -w "Default Web Site" -v "sentry/webservice","{physical path}"
C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs appcreateinproc w3svc/1/root/sentry/webservice

IIS 6

C:\Windows\System32\iisvdir.vbs /create "Default Web Site/Sentry/webservice" webservice "{physical path}"

IIS 7

C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd add app /site.name:"Default Web Site" /path:/Sentry/webservice /physicalPath:"{physical path}"

Can you post the source of this information? Especially for IIS6. Thanks ! — Ashwini Maddala, Oct 09 '17 at 05:56

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '12 at 00:46

This can be done with the IISExtension, as Daniel Morritt suggests. As it's very difficult to find sample code for this I thought I'd post how I did it.

<!-- Your example uses the default web site. -->
<iis:WebSite Id="DefaultWebSite" Description="Default Web Site" SiteId="*">
  <iis:WebAddress Id="DefaultWebAddress" Port="80"/>
</iis:WebSite>

<!-- Web Dir Properties to enable access to a Web Application. -->
<iis:WebDirProperties Id="AnonymousExecuteAndScript" 
                      Read="yes" 
                      Write="no" 
                      Execute="yes" 
                      Script="yes" 
                      AnonymousAccess="yes" 
                      Index="no" 
                      LogVisits="no"/>

<!-- Assumes the presence of this directory reference. -->
<DirectoryRef Id="SentryWebServiceDir">
  <Component Id="SentryWebServiceComponent" Guid="{GUID-GOES-HERE}">

    <iis:WebVirtualDir Id="SentryWebService"
                       DirProperties="AnonymousExecuteAndScript" 
                       Alias="Sentry/webservice"
                       Directory="SentryWebServiceDir"
                       WebSite="DefaultWebSite">

      <!-- Make this virtual directory a web application -->
      <iis:WebApplication Id="SentryWebServiceApp" Name="webservice" WebAppPool="DefaultAppPool"/>
    </iis:WebVirtualDir>

    <!-- Workaround for the need for a KeyPath for this component. -->
    <RegistryValue Root="HKLM"
              Key="SOFTWARE\YourCompany\Sentry\WebService"
              KeyPath="yes"
              Value="1"
              Type="binary"
              Name="Installed"
              Id="SentryWebServiceInstalled"/>
  </Component>
</DirectoryRef>

All of the above can be nested in a <Fragment> element.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 15 '13 at 08:06

I have tested this approach, and it works:

http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg04374.html

It says to put the whole path in the Alias, for example

<iis:WebVirtualDir Id="VIRTDIR_Sentry_webservice"
                       Directory="WebService"
                       Alias="Sentry/webservice"
                       WebSite="SITE_Default"> ...

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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You can add a reference to the WiX IISExtension to your project and create one using this.

A good example of this can be found here: Using WiX to create an IIS virtual directory

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Jan 16 '12 at 12:10

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That is the way the existing Sentry Virtual Directory is created, and does not work for creating an application under an existing virtual directory (note the 'Website' property of iis:WebVirtualDir) – staterium Jan 16 '12 at 12:31

Convert folder under virtual directory to Application, using WIX

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