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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 12:34 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 25 - Installable Items - Updating XML files using XmlFile

To use XmlFile element we need to: Add reference to WixUtilExtension extension. Add util namespace to <Wix> element: <? xml version = " 1.0 " encoding = " UTF-8 " ?> < Wix xmlns = " http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi " xmlns:util
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Attachment(s): XmlFileUpdate.zip
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 12:20 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 24 - DLL Custom Actions - Get property value and obtaining/changing session information

In previous post we looked at how to set propery's value. Getting property value is more involved because we need to make sure that provided memory buffer for property value is big enough to hold the value. Function MsiGetProperty is used to get a property
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:50 PM

Documentation on WiX API

I just want to let everybody know that I am working on documenting WiX API, namely - wcautil and dutil libraries. I don't mind if this will become part of official WiX documentation. In fact, I hope - it will, because I personally, would like to see something
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Attachment(s): WixAPI.chm
Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:20 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 23 - DLL Custom Actions - Logging and setting properties

Let's start with setting property value using MSI API MsiSetProperty . This function takes three parameters: An installation handle, originally passed to custom action's function by Windows Installer. Name of the property to set or remove. New value for
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Friday, May 15, 2009 9:24 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 22 - DLL Custom Actions - Introduction

Today I am starting a mini series on writing C++ custom actions. Let's start with wizard-generated custom action project. Start Visual Studio and select "C++ Custom Action Project". Set "CAIntro" as the name of the project. Before we will start discussing
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Attachment(s): CAIntro.zip
Thursday, May 14, 2009 1:24 PM

Можно ли использовать данные, полученные при использовании RegistrySearch в RegistryValue

English version is here . Вопрос: Можно ли использовать данные, полученные при использовании RegistrySearch в RegistryValue? Нечто вроде этого: <Property Id="PROP1"> <RegistrySearch Id="search1" Root="HKLM" Key="somekey" Name="somename" Type="raw"
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:35 PM

Как сохранить значения свойств использовавшихся при начальной установке

English version is here . Один из наиболее часто задаваемых вопросов - как сохранить значение свойства, которое было присвоено свойству во время инсталлирования программы (присвоенное либо через параметер в командной строке или через пользовательский
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:19 PM

Вопросы и ответы

Здесь будут собраны ответы на вопросы, заданные на wix-users mailing list: Можно ли использовать данные, полученные при использовании RegistrySearch в RegistryValue Как сохранить значения свойств (properties) использовавшихся при начальной установке
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:15 PM

Preserving properties used during install

Русская версия здесь . One of the most common questions is how to preserve the value of property used during install (either passed through command line or properties like INSTALLLOCATION which can be changed in the UI) so that it can be used during maintenance
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Monday, May 11, 2009 10:50 PM

Is it possible to use RegistrySearch result in RegistryValue?

Русская версия здесь . This post is an answer to this question sent to wix-users mailing list: Is it possible to use RegistrySearch result in RegistryValue? Something like this: <Property Id="PROP1"> <RegistrySearch Id="search1" Root="HKLM" Key="somekey"
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Monday, May 11, 2009 9:43 PM

Questions and Answers

Some questions asked on wix-users mailing list: Is it possible to use RegistrySearch result in RegistryValue? Preserving properties used during install
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:15 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 20 - User Interface - Required Dialog Boxes

The main page for the series is here . Introduction We will start with exploring Required Dialog Boxes. Microsoft Windows Installer uses three special dialogs in response to the following events during product installation: Exit Dialog - shown when installation
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Attachment(s): UIRequiredDialogs.zip
Saturday, August 23, 2008 5:55 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 4 - Features and Components

The main page for the series is here . Introduction When we install any msi what we are doing is we are installing a Product which is contained in a package (msi file). Every product consists of one or more features and every feature contains zero or
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:41 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 19 - The Art of Custom Action, Part 1

The main page for the series is here . Code for this topic is attached. Introduction Today we will start exploring custom actions, how to write them, what makes custom action good custom action and everything else related to custom actions. Let's start
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Monday, June 30, 2008 9:11 PM

From MSI to WiX, Part 17 - Windows Installer Automation Interface, Part 2

The main page for the series is here . Introduction Today we will explore the database of installed products. In standalone administartive tools scripts you need to create an Installer object using the following commands: Dim Installer Set Installer =
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Attachment(s): ListProducts.vbs
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