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Having a Clue Shouldn't Be Optional

I was browsing the blogosphere tonight when I came across this frustrating blog post from a frustrated blogger who fits a growing stereotype: a hubris software developer who is clueless about Setup Development and loves to blame his own shortcomings on In
http://blog.deploymentengineering.com/2008/04/having-clue-shouldnt-be-optional.html

when setup isn&39t just xcopy : WiX in Visual Studio

I also agree. wix is much more maintainable once its up and going. Please include wix as the standard install authoring tool in visual Studio. ...
http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2006/09/18/761580.aspx

WiX - Votive Project

Windows installer XML WiX toolset. Search. Votive. Overview ... that lets you create and build wix setup projects using the visual studio IDE. ...
http://wix.sourceforge.net/votive.html

Visual Studio Team System Code Name "Rosario"

Microsoft visual studio Team System Code Name "Rosario" ... wix to be included in the visual studio &quotRosario&quot ...
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/bb725993.aspx

Adding New Components to Existing Features Installs the Feature Tree

As Developer Division starts to ship patches for the visual studio 2008, some users are being prompted for installation source media. This is a resulting of Windows installer needing the original source files if, for example, files are missing from disk
http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2008/02/18/adding-new-components-to-existing-features-installs-the-feature-tree.aspx

Visual Studio setup projects installer experience report - level ...

+1 for WiX, and I actually worked on the visual studio installer project at Microsoft! Ok, it&39s not THAT bad a codebase - it&39s actually pretty good, ...
http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeffrey.palermo/archive/2007/02/13/Visual-Studio-setup-projects-_2800_installer_2900_-experience-report-_2D00_-level-200.aspx

CodeProject: Creating an installer using Wix v3.0, Votive and Visual ...

An introduction to creating a wix installer using visual studio 2005/8 Author: duncanmhor Section: Installation Chapter: Development Lifecycle
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/WixTutorial.aspx

WiX - Votive Project

Votive is the visual studio package for wix that lets you create and build wix setup projects using the visual studio IDE.
http://wix.sourceforge.net/votive.html

Prerequisites for running XNA Framework 2.0-based games on Windows

There are a several prerequisite dependencies that must be satisfied on a Windows system that does not have the XNA Game studio 2.0 development tools installed in order to be able to play games built on the XNA Framework 2.0. Most of them are documented
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2008/02/29/7968464.aspx

Simplifying Complication: WiX project type in Visual Studio "Rosario"

I still think it should be called wix in visual Studio, but I would like it ... Add to the toolbox the Windows installer form components and modify the XML ...
http://matthewrowan.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!CCB05A30BCA0FF01!161.entry

CodeProject: Creating an installer using Wix v3.0, Votive and Visual ...

An introduction to creating a wix installer with GUI using visual studio 2005/8 Author: duncanmhor Section: Installation Chapter: Development Lifecycle
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/WixTutorial2.aspx?display=Print

Dr. Dobb's Build a Windows Installer Using WiX May 8, 2007

Windows installer XML WiX is an open-source toolset for building an .msi file based off of a definition in an XML document.
http://ddj.com/dept/windows/199400271?cid=RSSfeed_DDJ_Windows/.NET

Prerequisites for running XNA Framework 2.0-based games on Windows

There are a several prerequisite dependencies that must be satisfied on a Windows system that does not have the XNA Game studio 2.0 development tools installed in order to be able to play games built on the XNA Framework 2.0. Most of them are documented
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2008/02/29/7968464.aspx

WiX v3 in Visual Studio! - TestDriven.NET by Jamie Cansdale

Sep 16, 2006 ... visual studio to use an wix as its installer description language! Will this be a new feature in visual studio Orcas? Back in my pre-WiX ...
http://weblogs.asp.net/nunitaddin/archive/2006/09/16/WiX-v3-in-Visual-Studio_2100_.aspx

WiX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

... that allows creating and building wix setup projects using the visual studio IDE. ... Windows installer XML WiX toolset has released as Open Source on ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiX

CodeProject: Creating an installer using Wix v3.0, Votive and Visual ...

An introduction to creating a wix installer using visual studio 2005/8 Author: duncanmhor Section: Installation Chapter: Development Lifecycle...
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/WixTutorial.aspx

Customising your WiX MSI with Transform files

In the different applications development areas that I??ve worked in, the typical process for getting a product installed is something like this: Developers are responsible for building the installation package a wix MSI is preferred Then it??s
http://ozgrant.com/2008/03/11/customising-your-wix-msi-with-transform-files/

CodeProject: Creating an installer using Wix v3.0, Votive and ...

Nov 26, 2007 ... "Under the hood", a wix visual studio project uses a number of binaries to build the installation packages defined in the project xml files. ...
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/WixTutorial.aspx

Windows Installer XML WiX toolset

Visual studio 2008 has recently released and we are happy to announce ... You can also install Votive side by side on both versions of visual Studio. ...
http://wix.sourceforge.net/

Visual Studio ships the WiX toolset.

Visual studio already had a solution for building Windows installer databases that was and still is very limited and showed no interest in ...
http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/11/26/Visual-Studio-ships-the-WiX-toolset.aspx

Comment on Windows Mobility Center Tile/Tile Installer Source Code

0 comments As promised, I have made the source code for both the Display Off tile and its installer available for download. displayOffTileSrc.zip VS08 project contains the code for the tile executable itself. It??s nothing magic, simply creates a
http://www.anti-tgtsoft.com/?p=36respond

VSLive! Orlando 2008

You need an installer. The ???Setup And Deploy??? projects in visual studio are??well, let??s face it??kind of lame. But then there??s WiX??Windows installer XML. ...
http://vslive.com/2008/orlando/asplive.aspx

Visual Studio ships the WiX toolset.

Visual studio already had a solution for building Windows installer databases that was and still is very limited and showed no interest in the wix toolset.
http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/11/26/Visual-Studio-ships-the-WiX-toolset.aspx

Windows Installer XML WiX toolset

... supported in both visual studio 2005 and visual studio 2008. You can also install Votive ... both versions of visual Studio.
http://wix.sourceforge.net/

Customising your WiX MSI with Transform files

In the different applications development areas that I??ve worked in, the typical process for getting a product installed is something like this: Developers are responsible for building the installation package a wix MSI is preferred Then it??s
http://ozgrant.com/2008/03/11/customising-your-wix-msi-with-transform-files/

WiX Integration - Matt Ward

The installer created by this project installs a License.rtf file to the .... Votive is a visual studio plug-in that you can use to create wix setup ...
http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/mattward/archive/2006/09/17/WixIntegration.aspx

WiX v3 in Visual Studio! - TestDriven.NET by Jamie Cansdale

... in 2005, the visual studio team approached the core wix development team about ... visual studio to use an wix as its installer description language! ...
http://weblogs.asp.net/nunitaddin/archive/2006/09/16/WiX-v3-in-Visual-Studio_2100_.aspx

CodeProject: Creating an installer using Wix v3.0, Votive and Visual ...

An introduction to creating a wix installer with GUI using visual studio 2005/8 Author: duncanmhor Section: Installation
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/WixTutorial2.asp

Functional Testing of Cmdlets

While developing unit and functional tests for Windows installer PowerShell Extensions, I needed a way to invoke cmdlets without requiring elevation on Vista. That is, of course, because running elevated has always been a bad idea unless it is required.
http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2008/04/06/functional-testing-of-cmdlets.aspx

Toolbox: WiX Installation, Creating PowerPoint Decks, and More

Creating installation packages using wix can be as easy as point and click ... Now, with visual studio Team System, Microsoft has released another source ...
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163440.aspx

Software Installogy ? Documentation for WiX in Microsoft Visual ...

DevLog by Megh Neupane ... This documentation contains information about the version of wix distributed with visual studio Team System code name "Rosario" November CTP.
http://devinstall.msiblog.com/2007/11/27/documentation-for-wix-in-microsoft-visual-studio-team-system-code-name-rosario-november-ctp/

Buck Hodges : WiX to be included in the Visual Studio "Rosario" ...

Rob Mensching has written a post about the wix toolset being included with the Rosario release of visual studio Team System. wix is part of the ...
http://blogs.msdn.com/buckh/archive/2007/12/04/wix-to-be-included-in-the-visual-studio-rosario-release.aspx

Functional Testing of Cmdlets

While developing unit and functional tests for Windows installer PowerShell Extensions, I needed a way to invoke cmdlets without requiring elevation on Vista. That is, of course, because running elevated has always been a bad idea unless it is required.
http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2008/04/06/functional-testing-of-cmdlets.aspx

Visual Studio ships the WiX toolset.

They had already adopted the wix toolset as the platform to build the visual studio installation package and were now seriously considering shipping the wix ...
http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/11/26/Visual-Studio-ships-the-WiX-toolset.aspx

Aaron Stebner&aposs WebLog : Building setup packages for Visual Studio ...

This article describes how to create an MSI-based setup package to install project templates , item templates and starter kits for use with visual studio . It uses a real-world ...
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/780151.aspx

when setup isn't just xcopy : Windows Installer XML WiX toolset ...

... the MSI/MSM tasks WiX into building some high quality addins for visual studio .NET that just generate and edit XML adhering ...
http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2004/04/05/107709.aspx