In the last few weeks, more people than usual sent me email saying they could not send email to the primary WiX toolset mailing list: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net. I do not know if settings changed on the SourceForge mail servers but here is what seems to be working.
Original post by Rob Mensching
The Visual Studio setup is composed of over 30,000 source files that get compiled into over 250 MSI files. Needless to say it is a large code base. The problem is that a lot of the code was machine generated and is now very difficult to maintain. A few months ago, I started a large scale restructuring effort to improve the code and build process. I thought I’d share one of the key aspects in my restructuring effort.
Original post by Rob Mensching
In the last few weeks, SourceForge apparently was attacked and they feared the passwords of all users were divulged. To protect everyone, SourceForge required all accounts to re-activate via a link sent through email or answering a secret question. This caught us off guard because we forgot the email address of the SF account used to manage the WiX SourceForge web site and releases page and there was no secret question. The result, WiX v3.6 builds are not being released.
Original post by Rob Mensching
It is my pleasure to announce that WiX toolset v3.5 is now officially declared Production/Stable. The final build number is 3.5.2519.0. You can download it from here.
Original post by Rob Mensching
WiX v3.5 escrow has been a bit bumpier than I would have liked. We started with the Thanksgiving Day build. Then we had the end of December build that seemed for sure to be the last one. In the end, we did one more build today. The changes were small so we’re only going to sit on this build for a week or so. We’re really down to the wire. You know what to do, right?
Original post by Rob Mensching
There is a property in Add/Remove Programs (called "Programs and Features" in Vista+ but setup developers in the know call it "ARP") that can specify the install location for your application. Like most properties in ARP, it’s questionable what value InstallLocation provides. However, it’s there and some things look for it and the Windows Installer provides a standard way to set it, so let’s talk about how to do so with the WiX toolset.
Original post by Rob Mensching
Today, Thanksgiving Day, we are declaring the WiX v3.5 in escrow. If you follow my twitter account, you saw this tweet yesterday. The WiX v3.5.2325.0 release is the first v3.5 build with zero open bugs. That pretty much defines done! So, what is next for v3.5?
Original post by Rob Mensching
I liked this video immediately. First, it referenced Alice in Wonderland, a fantasy story about logic as much as anything else. Second, it looks amateur (might not be) but is done really well, particularly the sound. Which is your favorite illusion? I like the flipbook.
Original post by Rob Mensching