WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML. An all-in-one introduction to Windows Installer XML from the installer and beyond

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• WiX 3.6: A Developers 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
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  • 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 <output.xml>
        • -v
        • -wx[N]
        • -xo
      • Command-line arguments (binding)
        • -bcgg
        • -cc <path>
        • -ct <N>
        • -cub <file.cub>
        • -dcl:level
        • -eav
        • -fv
        • -ice <ICE>
        • -pdbout <output.wixpdb>
        • -reusecab
        • -sa
        • -sacl
        • -sf
        • -sh
        • -sice: <ICE>
        • -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

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