Creating Microsoft Windows Installer Package MSI using Windows Installer XML (WIX)
July 30th, 2009
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The Windows Installer XML (WiX) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code. It is hosted under sourceforge.net (http://wix.sourceforge.net/).
Since it is a toolset, the solution typically consists of a few console applications.
- candle.exe – is a compiler
- light.exe – is a linker
- dark.exe – is a MSI decompiler
To get started creating a Windows Installer Package (MSI) i recommend to use another freeware tool called WiXEdit. This piece of Software is also hosted on sourceforge.net (http://wixedit.sourceforge.net/).
This is a sample for creating a registry key:
Categories: Windows Installer, Windows Installer XML (WIX)
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