Check out the bottom of the tutorial pages. The tutorial was created by Gábor DEÁK JAHN and not the WiX team itself. Any questions about the tutorial should go to him.
-Brian Simoneau -----Original Message----- From: Louis elston [mailto:louels...@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:18 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Samples errors follow up The samples that come with the tutorial... http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/. The bottom of that page has a link to the samples... "You can also download all samples in a common archive." I sent email directly to rob last night... I create a few emails today in the lists regarding the tutorial and samples. I downloaded V3.0 and am trying to work through the tutorial. The problem is that the downloaded samples are 2.0. I modified the wxs file to reflect the 3.0 changes, but when I go to either use Light at the command level, or Build in VS 2008, it comes up with errors regarding shortcuts and registry keys. At this point (while I really do need to learn WiX), debugging the samples is beyond me. When is this going to change? Even if you guys only update one or more of the samples during your weekly meeting, it would be a big help to getting the rest of us going on our learning of Wix. Is there a book? The "How to guides" are for those who have gone through a tutorial first. I appreciate any direction that you can give me. This was his reply. ---------------------------------------- I understand your frustration. There is much to ramp up on, learning the Windows Installer and the WiX toolset. We're always looking for feedback on things to improve. In this case, the tutorial is maintained by Gabor. I actually don't have access to any of the content. He has said that he's going to update the tutorial when WiX v3 is released which I think is a bit later than necessary but like everyone he's a volunteer. I'm not aware of anyone else that has put in the effort to write as complete an introduction as him. The How-To's are the closest thing but, as you noted, they do expect a basic understanding. I'm also not aware of a book. I've thought about it a number of times but so far, I've always decided to fix bugs in the toolset rather than write about it. I figure it doesn't matter how good the documentation is if the tools don't work correctly. Anyway, you are probably hitting issues with the ICEs. The ICEs are documented in the MSI SDK and usually have reasonable direction how to address them ----------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:54 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Samples errors follow up Louis elston wrote: > I am grateful for the pointers on how to research the error codes. This > question is why I have to do this on the samples. Which samples? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
