gt;> From: Nick Davey [mailto:n...@idocket.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:48 PM
>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Questions about WiX
>>
>>
From: Nick Davey [mailto:n...@idocket.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:48 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Questions about WiX
>
> Here is my exact .wxs file, with GUID's changed of course. I also made s
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:11 PM
>> To: WiX Users
>> Subject: [WiX-users] Questions about WiX
>>
>>I just started using WiX today, and so far I am liking it's potential.
>> But, like all new things, I have some questions about WiX.
>>
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There is a provision in Windows Installer for supporting/generating a
multiple disk installation, so that a large install could be shipped
on floppy disks.
A bit of digging into the WiX / MSI archives will provide the info
that you need - be glad you're shipping in 10MB chunks and not 1.44MB
chunk
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> -Original Message-
> From: Nick Davey [mailto:n...@idocket.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:11 PM
> To: WiX Users
> Subject: [WiX-users] Questions about WiX
>
> I j
I just started using WiX today, and so far I am liking it's potential.
But, like all new things, I have some questions about WiX.
The major questions I have relate to how the installer is packaged. Due
to some restrictions on the FTP server I must use, I need to split the
installer file up in
, 2008 15:06
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Questions about WiX V3
I installed the latest beta of WiX 3 because I want to use the Visual Studio
integration. I've run into some problems getting started. I'm hoping that
I can get some assistance.
1) The text of err
> James Minnis wrote:
> > 1) The text of error messages are not being displayed in VS 2005. When
> the
> > build fails, I have to build from a command line to actually read the
> build
> > error. This is a known bug that I read about in other messages in the
> list
> > archive, but it is extremel
> James Minnis wrote:
> > 1) The text of error messages are not being displayed in VS 2005. When
> the
> > build fails, I have to build from a command line to actually read the
> build
> > error. This is a known bug that I read about in other messages in the
> list
> > archive, but it is extremel
James Minnis wrote:
> 1) The text of error messages are not being displayed in VS 2005. When the
> build fails, I have to build from a command line to actually read the build
> error. This is a known bug that I read about in other messages in the list
> archive, but it is extremely frustrating fo
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Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 3:06 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Questions about WiX V3
I installed the latest beta of WiX 3 because I want to use the Visual Studio
integration. I've run into some problems
I installed the latest beta of WiX 3 because I want to use the Visual Studio
integration. I've run into some problems getting started. I'm hoping that
I can get some assistance.
1) The text of error messages are not being displayed in VS 2005. When the
build fails, I have to build from a comman
Thank you Rob.
hina1703 wrote:
>
> I have following questions about WIX:
>
> 1) To create an installer using WIX, does a person need to know XML?
> 2) What is a tool called tallow?
> 3) Does a person need to know Windows Installer fundamentals/ concepts
> very well? To use InstallShield, it is
1. Yes.
2. Tool to help generate some .wxs files for you up front. The you
tweak the file as necessary and check it in.
3. The better you understand the Windows Installer the easier WiX is to
understand.
4. Yes, you need a bootstrapper. That's basically the only thing that
works.
5. P
I have following questions about WIX:
1) To create an installer using WIX, does a person need to know XML?
2) What is a tool called tallow?
3) Does a person need to know Windows Installer fundamentals/ concepts very
well? To use InstallShield, it is not required.
4) Does one need to use bootstra
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