Working with the WiX Toolset - SVNUG Presentation 31

Keith Reichert presents "Working with the WiX Toolset" at the Sangamon Valley .NET User Group (SVNUG) September 2013 presentation meeting on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013, at the Hilton (downtown Springfield, Illinois). In this two-part video, Keith shows us how to create application installers using the free WiX framework. In part one, Keith demonstrates properties of an installation and shows us how to get started with WiX. In part two, he shows us how to use WiX's bootstrapping features to wrap multiple application installations using a single WiX-generated installation UI.
The Sangamon Valley .NET User Group (SVNUG) is a Microsoft technology user group based in Springfield, Illinois, and is intended for .NET developers interested in exploring the many facets of .NET technology-Windows Azure, Windows Server, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Entity Framework (EF), Silverlight, HTML5 and JavaScript, WinRT, Modern UI, and many more. The group meets once a month for a presentation on specific topics.
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[@shadoninja]

The minecraft logo on the taskbar did not go unnoticed!

[@arifekurt383]

Very good presentation, thank you very much.

[@jonathananderson371]

Very nice. Thank you for posting this. The tool for converting .msi to wix code (.wxs) is called dark.exe (not harvest)

[@KRoc]

Thanks for the presentation.

[@andregeuze]

Thanks Keith, got my installer running within 15 minutes! Was just wondering where you define the variable "AppBinDir" which you reference in the XML?

[@nerdonwheelsmtb]

Hi, you can use in xml definition

[@wallyhighsmith9005]

Nice presentation...thanks.

[@vaibhawpratapsingh6164]

How can I have 3 or more application embedded in one setup and user have checkbox for selection of application to install and it creates its shortcut depending upon no of application installed

[@potterybypranay]

If i Install bootstrap exe and want to see all the pre-req entries in Add remove program, how can i show there entries?

[@abdulrehman-gg4kw]

How can I include Dot Net framework in wix installer so I don't need to manually install dotnet framework

[@crawshaws1234]

Great... no part 2...

[@HariKumarReddyGutha]

provide build at pipeline with wix project for window installer

[@vishalrockzz1909]

Hello Sir It is a great tutorial but do we have any option for the update functionality of the installer like for install we use launchaction.install and similarly for uninstall we use launchaction.uninstall
For upgrade:-I changed the product code in msi(product.wxs) and called LaunchAction.Modify and
LaunchAction.UpdateandReplace
None of them were working.
Upgrade for msi works but for this custom UI bundle it is not working
Please help me on this issue
Thanks in advance