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Highlights of WiX v3.0.4603.0

Saturday, October 11, 2008

After a brief hiatus, WiX v3.0.4603.0 was released on Friday, 10-October-08. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4603.0/.

New features

  • Eric implemented his own feature request to support parameter files for event manifests (1903673).
  • I implemented x64 and ia64 support for WixDifxAppExtension (1962701).
    Note that this change required moving the binary .wixlibs out of the extension and into companion files. The .wixlibs (difxapp_ia64.wixlib, difxapp_x64.wixlib, difxapp_x86.wixlib) must be in the same directory as WixDifxAppExtension.dll.
  • Rob added support for calling 64-bit processes in 64-bit directories from CAQuietExec (1998496).

Bug fixes

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Windows 7 MSI session at PDC

Friday, September 26, 2008

New/old lead program manager Tyler Robinson has a session at PDC to discuss the new features in Windows Installer and ClickOnce in Windows 7:

If you are a developer involved in the creation of application deployment packages using Windows Installer (MSI) or ClickOnce, this session is for you. Learn how you can take advantage of new features in Windows 7 to shorten application installation times, reduce UAC prompts, write less custom code, take less time to write installations for complex packages, and much more!

Not a lot of detail, but some potentially interesting tidbits. To see the information available on the session:

  1. Go to the PDC sessions page.
  2. Click on Windows 7.
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the list; it’s currently the sixth session from the bottom.

Why am I not linking directly to the session? AJAX and Web 2.0, baby. Not even Raymond Chen can make it happen.<sigh>

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Supreme executive power

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Every candidate is sacred.

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Happy 221st (and many more)

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Today is Constitution Day, the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Eat some cake, drink some beer, and vote.

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Highlights of WiX v3.0.4513.0

Saturday, September 13, 2008

WiX v3.0.4513.0 was released on lucky Saturday, 13-September-08. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4513.0/.

New features

  • Aaron added properties to WixNetFxExtension to detect .NET Framework Client Profile.

Bug fixes

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