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Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:49 PM

How Windows Installer Engine installs the installation package?

Introduction This is a very high-level introduction on what is going on when we initiate an installation. Client and Server processes The main components of Windows Installer engine are msiexec.exe and msi.dll located in the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder.
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:51 AM

From MSI to WiX, Part 5 - Custom actions: Introduction

The main page for the series is here . Introduction Although standard actions are sufficient to execute an installation in most cases, custom actions enable the author of an installation package to extend the capabilities of standard actions by including
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:55 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 10 - Shortcuts

The main page for the series is here . Introduction Microsoft Windows Installer supports four installation states for product features: Installed locally Installed to run from source Absent Advertised When feature is advertised, it is not actually installed
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Friday, February 15, 2008 1:58 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 8 - Major Upgrade

The main page for the series is here . Introduction A typical Major Upgrade removes a previous version of an application and installs a new version. This blog will guide you through the process of creating Major Upgrade . Source code for RTM version Let's
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Friday, February 15, 2008 10:56 AM

From MSI to WiX, Part 7 - Customizing installation using Transforms

The main page for the series is here . Introduction In previous blog we were using custom tables to store the data for different environments. Now, we will be using transforms to customize installation. In order to create a Transform we need a base installation
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Thursday, February 14, 2008 2:42 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 6 - Customizing installation using Custom Tables

The main page for the series is here . Introduction Say, we need to change an xml config file based on the environment our program will run in. The most straightforward way of achieving that will be passing values which will go to the xml config file
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Monday, February 11, 2008 7:21 PM

От MSI к WiX, часть 1 - Обязательные свойства

Главная страница серии здесь . English version of this page is here . Введение Это не дословный перевод англоязычной версии, а просто пересказ того, что было написано первоначально по английски. Там где у меня не получится найти подходящий русский термин,
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Sunday, February 10, 2008 11:01 AM

From MSI to WiX, Part 3 - Launch Conditions and Application Search

The main page for the series is here . Introduction Before we start with Launch Conditions and Application Search let's take a look at the sequence of actions Windows Installer executes during installation. You can find the suggested sequence for InstallExecuteSequence
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Saturday, February 09, 2008 4:43 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 2 - ARP support

The main page for the series is here . Adding Add/Remove Program (ARP) support Subset of properties stored in the Property table defines the information operating system will show in Add/Remove Program Control Panel applet for the installed application.
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