Your application binaries aren't stored in the MSI. Your applications binaries are stored in a Cabinet file. You can choose to embed this Cabinet in the MSI itself (by setting the EmbedCab attribute on your Media elements) so you and your users never actually see anything resembling a .cab file but that doesn't change how the files are stored, it just adds an extra step during runtime where Windows Installer has to extract the .cab from the .msi before it can do anything with the files the .cab contains.
Palbinder Sandher Software Platform Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] Sent: 22 October 2013 15:06 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Signing binaries and msi... Thanks. I understand the "SignMsi" element, but the "SignCabs" description is not what I'd expect. It reads like it is used to sign "external" CAB files, not for signing our application's binaries stored within the msi. Though, I guess I could change the suggested command-line (see below) to sign the binaries rather than the CAB files, right? I assume this target would be executed prior to building the msi. <Target Name="SignCabs"> <Exec Command="Signtool.exe sign /a "%(SignCabs.FullPath)"" /> </Target> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 6:03 AM, Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com>wrote: > This is covered on the "insignia" page in the docs -> > http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/overview/insignia.html > > You'll need to manually add those Elements to the relevant .wixproj as > last time I checked there were no fields for them in the project view > in Visual Studio. > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Platform Engineer > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > http://www.iesve.com > > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** > Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, > Glasgow > G20 0SP > Email Disclaimer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] > Sent: 21 October 2013 20:41 > To: WiX Users > Subject: [WiX-users] Signing binaries and msi... > > We are in the process of converting our old InstallShield "projects" > into WiX projects (v3.7). One of the last items we have to deal with > is signing. IS has a mechanism to sign all binaries and then the msi. > I don't see an analog in WiX. Did I miss it? > > Assuming I didn't... > > The "proper" process would be to use signtool.exe to sign all > binaries, build the msi, and then use signtool.exe to sign the msi, correct? > > I know this isn't a WiX question, but... > > Short of adding a post-build step to every project, is there a "better" > means to add signing to your build process (VS2012 using TFS2012)? > > Thanks, > -- > Tony > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars > can help you accelerate application performance. > Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the > most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. 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