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Mon, Nov 2 2009 10:02

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 includes link to InstallShield Limited Edition

Some beta testers of Visual Studio 2010 pointed out that in the New Project dialog there is a new template called "InstallShield 2010". It's listed next to "Visual Studio Installer" under Other Project Types > Setup and Deployment...
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Thu, Sep 10 2009 12:59

Rob Mensching starts Windows Installer Consulting business, offering free project reviews

Rob Mensching is the lead of the Windows Installer XML ( WiX ) toolset, an open source tool to create Windows Installer (MSI) setups. I his day job he's employed at Microsoft, and as another side project he wrote his own blog software . Apparently...
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Fri, Apr 3 2009 6:07

No joke – WiX will NOT Ship with Visual Studio

Several months ago, Microsoft had announced that the next version of Visual Studio (Visual Studio 2010, code name Rosario) will ship with a subset of the Windows Installer XML Toolkit ( WiX ). But on April 1st, 2009, Rob Mensching, the WiX project lead...
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Fri, Mar 13 2009 2:31

Answers from the MSI Team

Last week at Microsoft’s Global MVP Summit I had the opportunity to sit down with the MSI and WiX teams. It was great to meet all these Windows Installer experts and we had some interesting discussions. With me I had some questions from readers of my...
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Fri, Feb 20 2009 12:43

Preparing for MVP Summit – Your Questions for the MSI Team?

It’s MVP Summit time again! Next week I’ll be travelling to Seattle and Redmond to attend the MVP Global Summit , an event where Microsoft invites MVPs from around the world to hear about the latest technologies, meet the product teams, network...
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Wed, Jan 28 2009 14:33

Buch Inside Windows Installer 4.5 (GERMAN)

Inside Windows Installer 4.5 ist das neue Buch von Andreas Kerl. (This book is only available in German language, therefore I'm writing this review in German) Andreas Kerl ist als Autor zum Thema Windows Installer bekannt. Neben einigen Artikeln in...
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Mon, Aug 25 2008 20:50

New Advanced Installer 6.5 brings Windows Installer 4.5 support and WiX import

On August 19th, 2008 Caphyon Ltd. announced the latest edition of its Windows Installer authoring tool. The new Advanced Installer enables developers and system administrators to easily build and repackage complex applications into reliable, ready to...
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Fri, Jun 20 2008 17:46

ScriptLogic released MSI Studio for SCCM, supporting WiX format

One more TechEd announcement (actually it's already 10 days old but I haven't had the chance to post it yet): On June 10, 2008 ScriptLogic® Corporation, a leading provider of systems lifecycle management solutions for Microsoft® Windows®-based...
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Tue, Nov 27 2007 0:20

Microsoft to "productize" WiX

Rob Mensching reports that Microsoft will include a sub-set of the Windows Installer XML toolkit ( WiX ) in the next version of Visual Studio, code named Rosario. WiX is an open source project for authoring of Windows Installer (MSI) setups. While Microsoft...
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Thu, Aug 9 2007 16:18

How To Write an Automatic Update System

Here's a link to an eight part series which describes different approaches to inform your customers about available updates to your application and to automatically download and install those updates. How To Write an Automatic Update System (this...
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Wed, Aug 8 2007 14:56

German: dotnetpro 9/07 - WiX 3 und Benutzerkontensteuerung (UAC)

(This article is only available in German) Auch das neue Heft 09/2007 der Zeitschrift dornetpro behandelt wieder Themen, die für Setup-Entwickler interessant sind. Unter dem Titel " Installationsroutinen mit Windows Installer XML 3 " stellt...
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Fri, May 18 2007 9:31

Another new MSI authoring tool based on WiX

"War Setup" is a new Windows Installer authoring tool which uses the Windows Installer XML ( WiX ) toolkit as compiler to generate .msi files. War Setup supports WiX fragmants and is licensed under the Common Public License 1.0, so it's...
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Thu, May 17 2007 22:31

Indigo Rose creates MSI Authoring Tool based on WiX

Indigo Rose Corp. is the maker of various setup, update and autorun tools. Like all of the setup tools from the pre-MSI era their Setup Factory product is using a proprietary technology. But now Indigo Rose is working on a new product called "Setup...
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Thu, Mar 22 2007 14:20

Automate Releases With MSBuild And WiX

This article by Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi from the March 2007 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online in multiple languages. WiX Tricks: Automate Releases With MSBuild And Windows Installer XML This article discusses: - An overview of Windows Installer...
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Mon, Dec 11 2006 21:48

Oops, they did it again: InstallAware "inspired" by competitor's web site

Usually I write about setup technology, not ethics. So I was unsure whether I should write this article or not. Also because InstallAware Software Corp. may have a policy of: "All publicity is good publicity because after a few months people forget...
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Tue, Sep 26 2006 21:08

ShardDevelop supports WiX, with Dialog Editor

SharpDevelop is a open-source IDE for C# and VB.NET, basically an alternative to Visual Studio. It integrates WiX, the open-source "Windows Installer XML Toolset" to build MSI setups, and even has a visual dialog editor for Windows Installer...
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Wed, Sep 20 2006 14:04

Should Visual Studio use WiX for Setup Projects? A poll.

Many users are not quite happy with Setup & Deployment projects in Visual Studio today. And indeed they are very limited and only expose a small subset of the powerful Windows Installer functionality. WiX is an open source tool for authoring Windows...
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