New Post: Issue in merging multiple VSTO projetcs into single MSI at runtime
The challenge you are facing is not Wix# specific but an MSI one. > We set all prerequisites in the above .exe before merging them into MSI I am not sure what do you mean. MSI merging is only...
View ArticleNew Post: Reading Config file content on before_install event
Hi, Is it possible to include the config file of the wixsharp project into MSI and read the key, value from the file during msi_before install event? I have some hardcoded values in this method and my...
View ArticleNew Post: Reading Config file content on before_install event
Yes it is possible. There are various ways to achieve this but I would rather pure .NET way. Have your config/ini file as a managed resource in your WixSharp VS project. Then access the resorce content...
View ArticleNew Post: WixSharp Version
Hi, I am trying to work out how I can set the version number in code and am not clear how to do it. I want to generate two MSIs so the second one can upgrade the first one. So in the sample code I want...
View ArticleNew Post: WixSharp Version
Hi Wards, You need to have a look at MajorUpgrade sample from the downloadables. Please note that the project has been migrated to https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp. Cheers
View ArticleNew Post: Including an 3rd exe install
(Sorry for the bad title, but it can't be edited) Previously, using WixSharp 1.0, we had an 3rd party exe (an installer) that was included in our source files. A custom action started the exe at the...
View ArticleNew Post: Remove & Copy File
Hi All thanks for all answer.. i'm not sure if you had talk about this questions but i've read 20/30 pages with no answer.. If i have to Remove and Copy Files Custom Action is the only way? and if i...
View ArticleNew Post: Reduce .msi size
Hi, We are working to reduce our installer size (setup.msi) but having some hard time. Our .msi for one language is about 11MB and when compiling all languages to one msi it is about 96MB!! We tried...
View ArticleNew Post: Reduce .msi size
I just figure out that my custom actions are the ones making the msi so large, any idea how to reduce the custom actions size?
View ArticleNew Post: Reduce .msi size
CodePlex is no longer the home of Wix#. Please use GitHub: https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp As for your question CA are always just DLLs. Either native or managed. If you want to reduce their...
View ArticleNew Post: Reduce .msi size
I tried doing as you said but it didn't make a big difference. I see now that in my .wxs file every CA creates it's own binary and than each CA calls it's own binary (see BinaryKey) like his:<Binary...
View ArticleNew Post: WixSharp Installer Project working great in VS2015 but fails for...
Hello all, I have a WixSharp installer project that is working great in Visual Studio 2015 but when I try to rebuild it in Visual Studio 2017, I get the following error: The command...
View ArticleNew Post: WixSharp Installer Project working great in VS2015 but fails for...
Sorry, I found a Solution Configuration issue that caused this.
View ArticleNew Post: WixSharp Installer Project working great in VS2015 but fails for...
Just letting you know that CodePlex is closing down so please follow Wix# on GitHub: https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp
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New Post: Display attribute doesn't work in FeaturesDialog window
Hi, Oleg. In first thank you very much for this framework. Very simple way for create installer every case for new build. Question is follow. When I use WixUI_FeatureTree for UI additional attribute...
View ArticleNew Post: Display attribute doesn't work in FeaturesDialog window
Hi there, I am glad you like Wix#. The problem is a defect/enhancement so can you please log it a an Issue on https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp? CodePlex is no longer active and I only discovered...
View ArticleNew Post: Display attribute doesn't work in FeaturesDialog window
oleg_s, thank you for answer. I've just look at the last topic which was Jun 15 2017 and create new. Thank you. Just create copy of this issue on github #111
View ArticleNew Post: Desktop shortcut gets installed to C:\DesktopFolder
Originally I was using FileShortcut (see the commented line below) but I want to set a condition, and while FileShortcut has a Condition property, I'm warned not to use it and the build fails if I do....
View ArticleNew Post: How to add custom dialog in wix msi?
Hello I'm using wixsharp(ManagedProject class) to create msi for visual studio projects. Now I want to add some custom dialog to customize the msi installation. Can you please provide code sample to...
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