WiX Toolset
Quite literally the most complicated piece of software for no apparent reason. #8700
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It looks like you don't understand the basic principles of Wix Toolset development. If you want to use the 5th version, then you can find a playlist on YouTube: dojo development Wix Toolset |
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Also on FireGiant you could find basic guides for Wix v4 and v5. |
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It's honestly quite frustrating how poorly designed this program appears to be. surely using C# on visual studio isn't the only way to release software on windows, right? apparently sodding no. sure released this oPeN sOuRcE utility for all to use, but goddamn is the documentation not just a link loop of "oh migrate to from v4 oh migrate from v3 oh download our visual studio plugin for which c# project steps are here" and what not. cant find a single page where the schematics of
Product.wxsare discussed in a straight forward way.no.
$ wix --version
5.0.1xxx
$ wix build Product.wxs -o installer.msi
'http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v5/wxs'. Please make the Wix element look like the following: .
okay replaced it with v4, nope.
C:\path\to\project\Product.wxs(3) : error WIX0005: The Wix element contains an unexpected child element 'Product'.
like hell I went to 'http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v5/wxs' to see if that'd contain any "template", but no that redirects to some 70s pop-punk rock on youtube??? how is that even legit.
wrote a program. successfully compiled. assembled binary and dlls into one location, yet cant get it to produce an installer package. like hell. swear if it wasn't a uni task I would have given up hours ago instead of sitting on my computer with 100 tabs opened (90 of which are of no use because of poor backward compatibility), remaining 10 are just hyperlinks to one other. jesus.
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