Useful resources on Wix & MSBuild

Rob Mensching's Blog
http://robmensching.com/blog/posts

Wix Edit on Sourceforge
http://wixedit.sourceforge.net/

General forum for Wix users
http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/

Primary tutorial for Wix development
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson5.php#5.4

http://www.installworld.com/index.php?view=article&catid=41%3Awindows-installer-xml&id=113%3Awindows-installer-xml-standard-custom-actions&option=com_content&Itemid=137
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/313877/can-i-automate-creating-a-net-web-application-in-iis
http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/IIS-actions-failing-td4971548.html

Wix & Burn
http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2009/7/14/Lets-talk-about-Burn

Great Blog post on Wix
http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2008/02/10/from-msi-to-wix.aspx

Set Asp.Net Version version Wix

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/163531/set-asp-net-version-using-wix

System folder properties
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372057.aspx

Wix article on code project
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/WixTutorial2.aspx

Wix toolset
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/files.htm

How do I install an ASP.NET application in IIS 7 using Wix
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/686190/how-do-i-install-an-asp-net-mvc-application-on-iis-7-using-wix

How to use Wix Custom actions with Appcmd.exe to set up virtual folders
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/browser/trunk/Installer/Libraries/MapGuide%20Web%20Extensions/IIS7.wxs#L9

Wix 1419
http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.5.1419.0/

Granting User rights in C#
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1147914/why-might-lsaaddaccountrights-return-status-invalid-parameter
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/lsadotnet.aspx

Custom Action Element
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_customaction.htm
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1213953/c-custom-action-in-wix

Great blog post on elevating priveledges with Custom Action's in Wix
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2006/12/13/some-useful-things-i-have-learned-about-windows-installer-and-uac.aspx

Debugging Custom Actions in Wix & Great Wix Resource
http://blog.torresdal.net/CategoryView,category,WiX.aspx

Wix 3.5 IIS Schema elements
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/iis_xsd_index.htm

All the Wix releases can be downloaded from here along with source code
http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/

Information about ApplicationHost.config
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/124/introduction-to-applicationhostconfig/#HowTo

General article on custom actions

http://www.installworld.com/index.php?view=article&catid=41%3Awindows-installer-xml&id=113%3Awindows-installer-xml-standard-custom-actions&option=com_content&Itemid=137

Wix related BUGS and issues with MSBuild
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msbuild/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2656389/why-does-tfs2010-build-my-wix-project-before-anything-else

Msdn article on Wix 2
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163456.aspx

Using wix with MSBuild

http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_with_team_build.htm

All candle variable references

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jrock/archive/2008/01/29/complete-list-of-candle-preprocessor-variables.aspx

Published 27 July 2010 04:46 by jean
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