Have you looked at the WiX book?

The learning curve is a little steep, but well worth it :-)

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From: David Lowndes [mailto:dav...@mvps.org] 
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 9:03 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to get started with WiX in VS IDE?

>The WiX Tutorial should help you get started ->
http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/ It's far superior to the help files for learning 
the basics.

Thanks, I have come across that in my floundering. The problem is that as a 
newbie I have no idea what information is right, wrong, or indifferent, and the 
fact that the documentation supplied is not correct just gets people off to a 
bad start. This is not the introduction that any product needs.

I've subsequently managed to suss out how to get my test application exe 
installed by including the file in the wxs file - though even that wasn't plain 
sailing as the supplied documentation doesn't really tell you the basics of how 
it hangs together - it sort of assumes you already know or can gain that 
knowledge by ESP. The information may well be there somewhere, it's just not 
where it's needed.

Dave



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