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WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML

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WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML

Overview of this book

The cryptic science of Windows Installer can seem far off from the practical task of simply getting something installed. Luckily, we have WiX to simplify the matter. WiX is an XML markup, distributed with an open-source compiler and linker, used to produce a Windows Installer package. It is used by Microsoft and by countless other companies around the world to simplify deployments. "WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML" promises a friendly welcome into the world of Windows Installer. Starting off with a simple, practical example and continuing on with increasingly advanced scenarios, the reader will have a well-rounded education by book's end. With the help of this book, you'll understand your installer better, create it in less time, and save money in the process. No one really wants to devote a lifetime to understanding how to create a hassle-free installer. Learn to build a sophisticated deployment solution targeting the Windows platform in no time with this hands-on practical guide. Here we speed you through the basics and zoom right into the advanced. You'll get comfortable with components, features, conditions and actions. By the end, you'll be boasting your latest deployment victories at the local pub. Once you've finished "WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML", you'll realize just how powerful and awesome an installer can really be.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Publishing control events


To trigger an event, nests a Publish element inside a Control element. The Event attribute identifies the action that you want to publish and the Value attribute sets the required argument for that action. For example, to cause a PushButton control to open a new modal window, add a Publish element inside it that specifies the SpawnDialog event with Value set to the name of the dialog to open, as in the following snippet:

<Control Id="ShowPopupButton"
         Type="PushButton"
         Text="Show Popup"
         Height="17"
         Width="56"
         X="245"
         Y="243"
         Default="yes">
<Publish Event="SpawnDialog"
           Value="PopupDlg" />
</Control>

You'll find that different events require different arguments in the Value attribute. Here, Value takes the ID of the Dialog element you want to open. Also, only certain events can be published by certain controls. The following table lists the events that can be published and which...