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Highlights of WiX v3.0.3725

WiX v3.0.3725.0 was released on Friday, 25-Jan-08. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.3725.0/.

New features

  • The XmlConfig element in WixUtilExtension now supports a Node attribute value of document to rewrite the whole XML document.
  • The new switch -swall for candle, light, and lit suppresses all warnings, for when you’re feeling reckless.
  • WixUI now validates that the chosen installation directory is valid, to detect as early as possible what would otherwise be a fatal error.
  • Code page values can now be specified by number or “Web name.”
  • New core WiX elements include SetDirectory and SetProperty, which offer simplified authoring for type 35 and type 51 custom actions, respectively.

Bug fixes

This was written by Bob Arnson. Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2008, at 11:09. Filed under WiX. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

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  1. Joy of Setup » WiX goodies: WixCop on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 22:30

    [...] but we might make some more backward-compatible tweaks to simplify common tasks, like we’ve done a few times [...]

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