Highlights of WiX v3.0.4909.0

Posted on 11 January 2009 by Bob Arnson

WiX v3.0.4909.0 was released on Friday, 9-January-2009. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4909.0/.

v3.0.4909.0 is the first build of 2009 and the third post-beta build of WiX v3.0. There are 38 v3.0 bugs still open in the bug tracker.

New features

Mike did the significant work to implement the feature-bug 1982561 [[IIS extension failed on Vista SP1.]] with a significant change to the IIS extension’s custom action code. The change is a workaround to the change the IIS team made in Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008. It is not a switch to native support for IIS 7.

Bug fixes

Mike fixed a bug in the XmlFile custom action that left changes on the last file (including the only file, if only one file is being modified).
Eric changed the setup.exe chainer to extract embedded MSI packages using their original name.
Rob fixed 2090736 [[Russian localization]].
Rob fixed 2423034 [[WebServiceExtension does not allow existing web service ext.]].
I fixed 2477563 [[FileSource attribute of the Directory element non-working.]].

Highlights of WiX v3.0.4827.0

Posted on 27 December 2008 by Bob Arnson

WiX v3.0.4827.0 was released on Saturday, 27-December-08. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4827.0/.

v3.0.4813.0 is the second post-beta build of WiX v3.0. There are 38 v3.0 bugs still open in the bug tracker.

New features

I added the WiX v3.0 manual to the WiX Web site.

Bug fixes

I fixed 1490051: SimpleTypes result in 404 for online manual.
I fixed 1542878: Update documentation for WIX 3.x.
Rob fixed 1583346: Heat throws "Bad Image" error on typelibs.
I fixed 1619199: Broken links to other sites on website.
Mike and I fixed 1714496: Light fails when authoring MSI file limit.
I fixed 1805836: Shortcut documentation not in HTML.
Rob fixed 1888456: COM harvestor misses some attributes.
I fixed 1936704: Wix complains on version number in VS2008 VC++ projects.
Rob fixed 1979417: Heat generated fragment produces error in Candle.
Rob fixed 2000143: Heat silently ignores harvesting errors.
Dan fixed 2417991: Dark writes incorrect export path to File Source.
Dan fixed 2418003: dark.exe inserts absolute paths when relative path specified.
I fixed 2431225: Crash when trying to process directory with 90 files.
I fixed 2435678: Visual Studio builds referenced project, but not WiX project.
I fixed 2440919: Multiple Files with Same Name.

Highlights of WiX v3.0.4813.0

Posted on 13 December 2008 by Bob Arnson

WiX v3.0.4813.0 was released on Saturday, 13-December-08. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4813.0/.

v3.0.4813.0 is the first post-beta build of WiX v3.0. There are 47 v3.0 bugs open in the bug tracker.

New features

Heath added the NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR64 property to get the installation directory of the 64-bit .NET Framework.
Chris added support for applying patches via the setupexe “baby chainer.”

Bug fixes

Rob fixed 1577345: The WebAddress/@IP attribute description is confusing.
Dan fixed 1633301: AllowAdvertise attribute somtimes missing.
Rob fixed 1752713: Class@Context is not mandatory.
Rob fixed 1753850: PATCH : Critical fix for TypeLib versions.
I fixed 2025135: @ResponseFile is not shown in the help text for wix tools.
Heath fixed 2333964: Pyro patch does not update GAC assembly.

Highlights of WiX v3.0.4805.0

Posted on 5 December 2008 by Bob Arnson

WiX v3.0.4805.0 was released on Friday, 5-December-08. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4805.0/ or from the WiX SourceForge.net releases page.

Announcement

WiX v3.0.4805.0 is the WiX v3.0 “beta exit” build. We encourage all users to upgrade to this build for the latest fixes and to verify how ready WiX v3.0 is for release. For more information, see Rob’s announcement and my follow-up.

New features

I implemented 2230723: EventSource tag needs KeyPath attribute by adding support to let compiler extensions set the keypath of a component. I then changed the EventSource element in WixUtilExtension to use it and set a translated registry key as the component keypath.
Rob added a GenerateIdentifier method to CompilerCore to let compiler extensions reliably generate stable identifiers.
I added bind-time checking of the rules for generated component GUIDs.
I added the SuppressLocalization .wixproj property to corresponding to Light’s –sloc switch.
Aaron added documentation on how to use the WixUI_Advanced dialog set.

Bug fixes

Rob integrated updated localization strings.
Rob fixed the certificate custom actions to leave private keys when they’re still being used.
Jason fixed the HarvestProject item group in wix.targets to support harvesting from multiple projects.
Eric cleaned up some of the command-line handling of the pre-Burn setup.exe chainer.
Rob fixed a gnarly bug in SQL custom action string handling.
I fixed 2203576: Modify Wix MSBuild paths.
Mike fixed 2214222: Foreach statement preprocessing bug.
Rob fixed 2219545: Allow IIS SiteId to be set to the IIS6 hash value.
I fixed 2306759: wixout files are localised and can’t be re-localised.
I fixed 2318617: doc section “How To: Generate a GUID” clarification needed.
Dan fixed 2371536: light -fv fails on assemblies without AssemblyFileVersion.
I fixed 2372781: Outputs with – (dash) in generate invalid identifiers.
Heath fixed 2375069: NetFxExtension.wxs RegistrySearch isn’t set 64-bit.
I fixed 2380330: IIs and Certificate documentation.
I fixed 2390770: help page links to dead codeplex project.
Rob fixed 2390789: Util:Group not documented.
I fixed 2390796: Util:User.CanNotChangePassword not documented.
I fixed 2390797: Util:User.Disabled not documented.
I fixed 2390803: Util:User.Domain not documented.
Heath fixed 2391643: Changes to ProductCode should be allowed in torch.

Highlights of WiX v3.0.4721.0

Posted on 22 November 2008 by Bob Arnson

WiX v3.0.4721.0 was released on Friday, 21-November-08. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4721.0/ or from the WiX SourceForge.net releases page.

New features

I implemented 2062684: FirewallException should allow port to be a formatted value.

Bug fixes

I fixed 1581071: dark.exe crash on buggy msi.
Heath fixed 1979490: Torch throws exception when diffing two wixouts (or wixpdbs).
I fixed 2168920: ModuleSignature on MSM from MS Visual Studio Installer 1.1.
Rob fixed 2271094: SetProperty should not always set FirstSequence option.
I fixed 2308083: XMLFile don’t compile with Permanent="yes" and "XPath".
I fixed 2317565:Dark and Torch fail on CustomAction table validation.
Mike fixed a Votive project template so it always uses a valid cabinet name.

Joy of Setup

Bob Arnson on setup and servicing with WiX and MSI

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