New Post: CustomCLRDialog not correctly works in bootstrapper
Thank you for the answer and to have take the time to answer ! I will test this ASAP ;)
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Does anyone know what type of compression methods Wix is using? What is the default? Can we select the type of compression we want in WixSharp? Thanks!
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I found out that if we add to the attributedefinitions we can specify compression for what becomes a <Media> element.project.Media.AttributeDefinitions += ";CompressionLevel=high" This reference...
View ArticleNew Post: Exe output
Hi! I am wondering what's the easiest way to generate the .exe file instead of msi file for the setup output so that a user runs .exe to install the software?
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OK, Done. The next release will deliver a complete support Media element: project.Media.Id=1; project.Media.CompressionLevel=CompressionLevel.high; Implementing Media is actually quite easy as it maps...
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With MSI technology the setup file is a database (not executable) file with the extension ".msi". Sometimes it is distributed as an external UI or bootstrapper executable that has the msi file...
View ArticleNew Post: How do I create an empty folder or directory?
The application I'm installing needs to create several empty folders. How do I force this to happen? Thanks, Jim
View ArticleNew Post: How do I create an empty folder or directory?
Have a look at "Empty Directories" sample
View ArticleNew Post: How do I create an empty folder or directory?
Thanks for answering. I'm relatively new to this... I looked at that sample code. Unfortunately, the empty directories still not created. Looking at the *.xml file, I see the component element is added...
View ArticleNew Post: How do I create an empty folder or directory?
Thank you for reporting. Because of the silly last minute typo the support was hard coded to be disabled. Really embarrassing ... The problem is fixed and both CodePlex and NuGet binaries have been...
View ArticleNew Post: Directories are always created
I wan't to create a log Folder for each Feature (in my case an Application). If i put a Dir (log) into a Feature and only a DirPermission under it, this Dir will always be created. Even if the Feature...
View ArticleNew Post: Directories are always created
You can achieve the desired behavier by associating the permission with the corresponding feature:new Dir(docs, "logdocs", new DirPermission("Everyone", GenericPermission.All) { Feature = docs }This...
View ArticleNew Post: Directories are always created
Couldn't resist to comment on unrelated topic. :) I noticed that you are creating a writable directory in "PROGRAMFILES". It is a no-no for a proper deployment solution on Windows. This directory is...
View ArticleNew Post: Visual Studio support - adding project and item templates
Hi, Using straight Wix, I was able to add project and item templates to Visual Studio installs. I'm really struggling doing it within WixSharp (the api is great, its me that is struggling). Do you have...
View ArticleNew Post: Visual Studio support - adding project and item templates
Of course. Wix# comes with ~100 samples. Just have a look in the downloaded package from the release page.>Particularly how to get the templates to the correct VS folders and how to call the install...
View ArticleNew Post: Wix# CustomAction bug if Sequence is NotInSequence
Merge 2 Samples: -ProductInfo -CustomMSIDialog bug in Compiler.cs:2353 ProcessCustomActions first action is NotInSequence. lastActionName must be null.
View ArticleNew Post: Wrong Version on WixSharb.Lab.dll Blocking Builds
It appears that the WixSharp version on the 1.0.30.2 version of WixSharb.Lab.dll was left as 1.0.30.1, causing Visual Studios to balk at building. Additionally, WixShar.Msi has been left at version...
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New Post: Wrong Version on WixSharb.Lab.dll Blocking Builds
Txs. Honestly, I thought that "equal or higher" in the dependency setting of the package would automatically pull the highes available version: Apparently I was wrong and NuGet actually downloads the...
View ArticleNew Post: Wix# CustomAction bug if Sequence is NotInSequence
CustomMSIDialog sample belongs to the 'Native MSI UI' support, which was a research-only effort. After WiX team released by far superior support for EmbeddedUI model the "Native MSI UI" functionality...
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