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    WiX Archives | Page 3 of 3 | Visual Studio Setup

    Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, and How to Detect It
    Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, and How to Detect It
    AvatarHeath StewartNovember 26, 2007Nov 26, 200711/26/07
    No doubt you've heard the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 was released. Aaron Stebner has posted a list of links to 3.5, as well as 2.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and 3.0 SP1. It's important to note that if you install 3.5 you're actually getting 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 both.The .NET Framework 3.5 consists of the following: While 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 are ...

    Comments are closed.0DetectionInstallation
    EXE Custom Actions are Bad
    EXE Custom Actions are Bad
    AvatarHeath StewartOctober 24, 2007Oct 24, 200710/24/07
    Windows Installer custom actions that launch executables (base custom action type msidbCustomActionTypeExe, 0x2) are typically bad and should be avoided. How are they bad? Let the Windows Installer team count the ways.During internal audits we question any EXE custom actions (CAs) but inevitably some make it into the product. Typically these ...

    Comments are closed.0Custom ActionsDevelopment
    Transform Validation in WiX Patch Build
    Transform Validation in WiX Patch Build
    AvatarHeath StewartSeptember 13, 2007Sep 13, 200709/13/07
    In the latest WiX v3 drops a new element is supported to configure transform validation bits. The default is still 0x0922001f but you can now configure them. Torch.exe was also modified to accept transform validation bits using the same flags as msitran.exe in the Windows Installer SDK, as well as transform types that group together common ...

    Comments are closed.0InstallationWiX
    Column Types Cannot be Changed in a Patch or Transform
    Column Types Cannot be Changed in a Patch or Transform
    AvatarHeath StewartSeptember 1, 2007Sep 1, 200709/1/07
    Transforms can change just about anything in an installation package - even the code page. Transforms can also add and drop both tables and columns but they cannot, however, change the column type. This is true for patches as well, since a patch package contains transforms.At their core, transforms store data aligned to the size of the data ...

    Comments are closed.0InstallationLogging
    WiX v3 Patching Improvements
    WiX v3 Patching Improvements
    AvatarHeath StewartAugust 13, 2007Aug 13, 200708/13/07
    In last week's release some changes to patching with WiX were made with more exciting changes to come. Peter Marcu has implemented some changes he'll talk more about on his blog, but suffice to say has reduced the number of commands and command line arguments required to build a patch.I've added some documentation for the new the patch build ...

    Comments are closed.0InstallationWiX
    Unchanged Files Break Patch Uninstall
    Unchanged Files Break Patch Uninstall
    AvatarHeath StewartJune 28, 2007Jun 28, 200706/28/07
    I've discussed a couple different reasons that Windows Installer 3.0-style patches - those with the MsiPatchMetadata table in the patch package itself - might not be uninstallable. I explained another reason in a discussion about the new patch build support in Windows Installer XML (WiX) v3 recently, describing why unchanged files should not ...

    Comments are closed.0InstallationUninstall
    WiX Extension for PowerShell Snap-ins
    WiX Extension for PowerShell Snap-ins
    AvatarHeath StewartMay 18, 2007May 18, 200705/18/07
    To write an installer for your PowerShell snap-in, the PowerShell documentation instructs you to extend the PSSnapIn or CustomPSSnapIn class. When you add your snap-in assembly to the Custom Action view in a Windows Installer Project in Visual Studio, the InstallerClass property should be set to True and your installer class will be run when ...

    Comments are closed.0InstallationPowerShell
    Patch Families Can Only Ever Grow
    Patch Families Can Only Ever Grow
    AvatarHeath StewartMay 8, 2007May 8, 200705/8/07
    Peter Marcu has begun talking about new functionality added into WiX 3.0 that he's been working on a lot. One of the specific features is filtering by patch families. Based on a concept Office has used internally, patch families in this case are a set of resources that must be in a patch, and that patch can only be superseded by another patch ...

    Comments are closed.0InstallationWiX
    Installing Assemblies for Runtime and Design-time Use
    Installing Assemblies for Runtime and Design-time Use
    AvatarHeath StewartSeptember 20, 2006Sep 20, 200609/20/06
    The Microsoft .NET Framework installs assemblies into two different locations, and this practice is recommended to developers wishing to deploy assemblies both for runtime and design-time use. Runtime assemblies are those assemblies needed for an application to execute. It is recommended that you add runtime assemblies to the Global Assembly ...

    Comments are closed.0InstallationWiX
    Always use Unique Package Codes
    Always use Unique Package Codes
    AvatarHeath StewartJune 13, 2006Jun 13, 200606/13/06
    It's well documented and understood that package codes should be unique for product and patch packages. The package code, also referred to as a patch code for .msp files, is a unique identifier for that package. For patches, the patch code may also be used for obsolescence, where patch codes for patches to be obsolesced are entered into the ...

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