[WiX-users] Minor upgrade or Patch creating using Visual Studio 2010

Hi , It may sound stupid but I am confused with the samples available online for creating a Patch or minor update using Wix Toolset. Is there a straight forward tutorial which tells me how to create a patch (minor update) installer using Visual Studio 2010? The steps would be: a. Create New

Re: [WiX-users] Passing component Id in Custom Action

I am trying to access the file via custom action but I am not able to get its value. Can you help me with any working code? On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:31 PM, jhennessey wrote: > > raviraj87 wrote > > > > I want to pass a file name in the argument of Custom Action. These files > > are getting insta

[WiX-users] Wix fails to register with VS 2005

I'm having issues ever since moving to WiX 3.6 where even though the installer says that it registers with Visual Studio 2005 (and 2008, and 2010), opening the .wixproj (or a solution containing a wix project), I get an error that says the application for .wixproj types is not installed. It wor

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Application to Add file to a built MSI using DTF

I rewrote my code to use the CabInfo class instead of the CabEngine class and it works now. I'm not sure what's different other then the resulting .CAB is 1KB smaller but MSI seems happy now. From: "Christopher Painter" Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 1