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WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML
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Table of Contents
WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Getting Started
Introducing Windows Installer XML
What is WiX?
Is WiX for you?
Where can I get it?
Visual Studio package (Votive)
A word about GUIDs
Your first WiX project
XML declaration and Wix element
The Product element
The Package element
The MediaTemplate element
The Media element
The Directory element
The Component element
The File element
The Feature element
Start menu shortcuts
Putting it all together
Adding a user interface
Viewing the MSI database
Orca.exe
Turning logging on during installation
Other resources
Summary
2. Creating Files and Directories
The File element
The DirectoryRef element
The ComponentGroup element
The Fragment element
Harvesting files with heat.exe
Copying and moving files
Copying files you install
Copying existing files
Moving existing files
Installing special-case files
Adding assembly files to the GAC
Installing a TrueType font
Installing 64-bit files
Creating an empty folder
Setting file permissions
Speeding up file installations
Summary
3. Putting Properties and AppSearch to Work
Custom properties
Declaring and setting properties
Referencing properties
Property visibility and scope
Secure properties
Property data types
Predefined Windows Installer properties
Implied properties
Cited properties
AppSearch
DirectorySearch
FileSearch
ComponentSearch
RegistrySearch
IniFileSearch
Summary
4. Improving Control with Launch Conditions and Installed States
The syntax of conditions
Condition syntax
Launch conditions
Feature conditions
Component conditions
Action state
Installed state
Summary
5. Understanding the Installation Sequence
InstallUISequence
UI standard actions
FindRelatedProducts
AppSearch
LaunchConditions
ValidateProductID
CostInitialize
FileCost
CostFinalize
MigrateFeatureStates
ExecuteAction
InstallExecuteSequence
Execute standard actions
InstallValidate
InstallInitialize
ProcessComponents
UnpublishFeatures
RemoveRegistryValues
RemoveShortcuts
RemoveFiles
InstallFiles
CreateShortcuts
WriteRegistryValues
RegisterUser
RegisterProduct
PublishFeatures
PublishProduct
InstallFinalize
Immediate versus deferred
Custom actions
Setting a Windows Installer property
Setting the location of an installed directory
Running embedded VBScript or JScript
Calling an external VBScript or JScript file
Calling a function from a dynamic-link library
Triggering an executable
Sending an error that stops the installation
Rollback custom actions
Accessing properties in a deferred action
Adding conditions to custom actions
Deployment Tools Foundation
The session object
Getting and setting properties
Logging
Showing a message box
Accessing feature and component states
Querying the MSI database
Inserting rows into the MSI database
Summary
6. Adding a User Interface
WiX standard dialog sets
WixUI_Advanced
WixUI_FeatureTree
WixUI_InstallDir
WixUI_Mondo
Customizing a standard dialog set
Creating your own dialogs
ICE20 errors
Adding dialog files
The Dialog element
Scheduling dialogs
Adding TextStyle elements
Adding a tabbable control
Adding a progress dialog
Modal windows
ICE20 revisited
FilesInUse
Error
FatalError
UserExit
Exit
Summary
7. Using UI Controls
Attributes common to all controls
Specific control syntax
PushButton
Text
ScrollableText
Line
GroupBox
Bitmap
Icon
Edit
MaskedEdit
PathEdit
CheckBox
RadioButtonGroup
ComboBox
ListBox
ListView
DirectoryList
DirectoryCombo
SelectionTree
VolumeCostList
VolumeSelectCombo
Billboard
ProgressBar
Summary
8. Tapping into Control Events
Publishing control events
Subscribing to control events
Publish events
DoAction
EndDialog
NewDialog
AddLocal
Publishing a property
Subscribe events
ScriptInProgress
SelectionAction
TimeRemaining
Summary
9. Working from the Command Line
Candle.exe
Response files
.wixobj files
Command-line arguments (compiling)
-arch
-d
-ext
-fips
-I
-nologo
-o
-p
-pedantic
-sfdvital
-ss
-sw
-trace
-v
-wx
Compile-time variables
Custom compiler variables
Environment variables
System variables
Conditional statements and iterations
if...elseif...else
ifdef
ifndef
Iterations
Errors and warnings
Preprocessor extensions
Light.exe
Command-line arguments (linking)
-b
-bf
-binder
-cultures
-d
-dut
-ext
-loc
-nologo
-notidy
-o[ut]
-pedantic
-sadmin
-sadv
-sloc
-sma
-ss
-sts
-sui
-sv
-sw[N]
-usf <output.xml>
-v
-wx[N]
-xo
Command-line arguments (binding)
-bcgg
-cc <path>
-ct <N>
-cub <file.cub>
-dcl:level
-eav
-fv
-ice <ICE>
-pdbout <output.wixpdb>
-reusecab
-sa
-sacl
-sf
-sh
-sice: <ICE>
-sl
-spdb
-sval
Link-time variables
Localization variables
Binder variables
Custom linker variab...
