Highlights of WiX v3.0.4102.0

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WiX v3.0.4102.0 was released on Friday, 02-May-08. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4102.0/.

New features

  • The assembly version numbers of assemblies like wix.dll are now “locked” at 3.0.0.0. Doing so lets anybody build a WiX extension for WiX v3 without having to rebuild it every time a new build of WiX is released. The file versions will continue to be updated with the build number in the third field.
  • Added -fdvital switch to Candle and FilesVitalByDefault property to wix.targets to specify that all files should get their msidbFileAttributesVital bit set by default.
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Bug fixes

  • Lots of minor features, tweaks, and bug fixes in Votive.
  • The Votive features in Wix3.msi can now be uninstalled if you first uninstall the corresponding version of Visual Studio. Previously, they’d be left behind even during a major upgrade or complete uninstall. This was caused by an overly aggressive feature condition.
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3 thoughts on “Highlights of WiX v3.0.4102.0”

  1. Pingback: Joy of Setup » RFC: Vitality

  2. A minor point but I think the -fdvital switch was added to Candle not Light.