I would encourage you to purchase this book -
http://www.amazon.com/WiX-3-6-Developers-Windows-Installer/dp/1782160426/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374490843&sr=8-1&keywords=wix
WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML [Paperback]
Nick Ramirez
Be sure to get the latest edition.
Thanks,
Gregg
-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Gray [mailto:chrysal...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 1:58 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Starting a complex project
Hey List!
I've just begun the exciting journey of migrating our company's installer
from a large, slow NSIS script to a shiny new WiX project, and I was hoping the
list could point me towards a few more or let me know about any pitfalls I may
encounter. I've done some research & found a few resources, but much of the
documentation seems to be a bit out of date or scattered between stackoverflow
posts & blog entries, so I was hoping people here might have some suggestions
on where to look for the most up to date resources. The scope of this project
is pretty large, and will need support for at minimum:
-Slight UI customization (we'd prefer a relatively standard UI, but need
1-2 custom checkboxes for launching the readme, & a few other minor things like
that. ) -An OEM preinstaller with slightly different behavior -A mixed x86/x64
package - I'm aware I'll have to make separate .msi packages & bundle them with
burn.
-chaining the VS2010 redistributable packages -chaining a 2nd driver installer
Some stretch goals would be building a web installer & adding a totally custom
UI experience, perhaps akin to the VS2012 one (is there a tutorial on how they
built that or an example? I'm presently downloading the source for wix to look
at their installer files)
So far I've found these:
http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial - helpful, but somewhat out of date
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/schema_index.htm - helpful, but only if
you have some idea what you're looking for
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/471424/wix-tricks-and-tips - The only best
practices list I've seen, with some conflicting advice & sadly locked
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