[WiX-users] Installer package setup program

2009-05-15 Thread Hu, Pan
(Again, this will demonstrate my absolute beginner status :-)) I want to know what's the difference between WiX and the built-in Visual Studio 2008 setup projects that we can create for .NET applications. Specifically, I'd like to know the following: 1. How are they different in creati

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 36, Issue 69

2009-05-14 Thread Hu, Pan
e specific than "Re: Contents of WiX-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. How to guide is always blank (Hu, Pan) 2. Re: How to guide is always blank (Shawn Dwyer) 3. Re: How to guide is always blank (Curtis Jewell) 4. Re: WiX-users Digest, Vol

[WiX-users] How to guide is always blank

2009-05-14 Thread Hu, Pan
I'm trying to access the following URL for a how-to-guide on shortcuts: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm It always gives me blank pages, no matter what link I click on. For instance, when I click "Files, Shortcuts and Registry" link all it does is make this

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 36, Issue 67

2009-05-14 Thread Hu, Pan
project system. If you look at the command-line to candle.exe during the build, you'll see it (and may other things) passed in as the -D switch. You've asked a couple basic questions about the preprocessor. Have you read the WiX.chm documentation? Hu, Pan wrote: > I have the following comp

[WiX-users] Preprocessor variable var..TargetFilePath

2009-05-14 Thread Hu, Pan
I have the following component in my Product.wxs file for my WiX project: My question is, I want to use a preprocessor variable, i.e. $(var.MyApp.TargetFilePath) for the 'Source' attribute of the 'File' element above. In Votive 3.0, is var..TargetFilePath a built-

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 36, Issue 64

2009-05-14 Thread Hu, Pan
ssage-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Try this: http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2009/01/wix-script-for-major-upgrade s.html Neil -Original Message- From: Hu, Pan [mailto:pan...@eds.com] Sent: 14 May 2009 15:56 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Wi

[WiX-users] Absolute beginner need help!

2009-05-14 Thread Hu, Pan
All, I have just downloaded and installed WiX v3 for my Visual Studio 2008. I am able to create a WiX project, but I can't seem to get a basic Product.wxs file compilable. Can anyone point me to a very simple sample Product.wxs file that I can use to get just a successful build? Thanks! -Pan