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Michael Sanford on Windows Installer, Software Development and life in general!

MSN Toolbar Suite Needs Validation!

Rob Mensching noticed that the MSN Toolbar Suite's installer was built with WiX.  He goes on to admit he was upset to see some “non-ideal” authoring in their .msi file.

Hmmm...  If only they had an easy way to incorporate validation of their msi file into their build process...

;-)

UPDATE:  Sorry for mangling your name Rob...  Fixed!

Posted: Dec 14 2004, 08:07 AM by Michael | with 6 comment(s)
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Michael said:

Michael,

Incorporating validation into the build process isn't that difficult with msival2.exe. I just wish more people would do it.

Also, last name has a "c" in it (which is interesting because most people leave out the "s" instead).
# December 14, 2004 5:36 PM

Michael said:

Hi Rob Mensching, ;-)

Me too!

You're right about msival2 of course, but it doesn't work in a way that is conducive to an automated build process which is why I think that a tool built just for that purpose is such a good idea!

Hey -- I'm just "fighting the good fight" for setup too! ;-)
# December 14, 2004 5:45 PM

TrackBack said:

^_^,Pretty Good!
# April 15, 2005 5:33 PM

TrackBack said:

^_~,pretty good!csharpsseeoo
# May 18, 2005 10:57 PM

TrackBack said:

MSN Toolbar Suite Needs Validation!ooeess
# July 22, 2005 2:02 AM

TrackBack said:

MSN Toolbar Suite Needs Validation!ooeess
# August 2, 2005 8:04 PM
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