Intro -- WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML -- Table of Contents -- WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- 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 -- -v -- -wx[N] -- -xo -- Command-line arguments (binding) -- -bcgg -- -cc -- -ct -- -cub.

dcl:level -- -eav -- -fv -- -ice -- -pdbout -- -reusecab -- -sa -- -sacl -- -sf -- -sh -- -sice: -- -sl -- -spdb -- -sval -- Link-time variables -- Localization variables -- Binder variables -- Custom linker variables -- Building an installer without Visual Studio -- Summary -- 10. Accessing the Windows Registry -- Reading from the registry -- Writing to the registry -- Writing a single value -- Writing multiple values -- Setting NeverOverwrite -- Removing registry values -- Remove all keys recursively -- Removing a single value -- Copying registry values -- Registry permissions -- Summary -- 11. Controlling Windows Services -- Creating a simple Windows service -- Using sc.exe -- Using WiX to install a service -- Starting, stopping, and uninstalling a service -- Setting the service's user account -- Adding service dependencies -- Service recovery with Util:ServiceConfig -- Summary -- 12. Localizing Your Installer -- WiX localization files -- The role of Light.exe -- Setting language and code page attributes -- The Package element -- The Product element -- Localizing the UI -- Error messages -- Progress bar messages -- EULA -- Resizing controls -- Creating a multi-language MSI -- Summary -- 13. Upgrading and Patching -- Planning for updates -- Choosing an update type -- Per-user or per-machine -- Preparing a major upgrade -- The minor upgrade -- Authoring a .wixmsp file -- Creating a patch from .wixpdb files -- Creating a patch from .wixout files -- The small update -- Summary -- 14. Extending WiX -- Building a custom WiX extension -- Setting the stage -- Extending the CompilerExtension class -- Adding an XML schema -- Parsing custom elements -- Creating a new MSI table -- Extending the WixExtension class -- Using the extension in a WiX project -- Tying a custom action to the custom element -- Summary.

15. Bootstrapping Prerequisites with Burn -- Using the Bootstrapper Project template -- Describing the Bundle element -- Restricting the install by the operating system -- UpgradeCode and detecting related bundles -- Updating existing bundles -- Finding other related bundles -- Where the packages are cached -- Chaining packages -- The Chain element -- The MsiPackage element -- The ExePackage element -- The MspPackage element -- The MsuPackage element -- Downloading packages -- Counting package references -- Rollback boundaries -- PackageGroups -- The Standard Bootstrapper UI -- The RtfLicense user interface -- The HyperlinkLicense user interface -- Summary -- 16. Customizing the Burn UI -- Burn extension points -- Creating the class library -- Extending the BootstrapperApplication class -- Defining the model -- Implementing the viewmodel -- Declaring the properties and fields -- Defining the constructor -- Setting up the event handlers -- Helper methods -- Marking up the view -- Referencing the UI in a Burn bundle -- Passing user input to a bundled MSI -- Displaying progress -- Downloading packages -- Collecting command-line arguments -- Summary -- Index.

A step-by-step tutorial with plenty of code and examples to improve your learning curve. If you are a developer and want to create installers for software targeting the Windows platform, then this book is for you. You'll be using plenty of XML and ought to know the basics of writing a well-formed document. No prior experience in WiX or Windows Installer is assumed. You should know your way around Visual Studio to compile projects, add project references and tweak project properties.

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