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wixsharp - Wix4 Release v2.3.1.0 Latest Release

Published by oleg-shilo 3 months ago

Wix4 Release v2.3.1.0s the

The most significant change in this release is the ability to use build dependencies not available in the default WiX locations:

WixTools.SignTool = @"tools\signtool.exe";
WixTools.MakeSfxCA = @"tools\WixToolset.Dtf.MakeSfxCA.exe";
WixTools.Heat = @"tools\heat.exe";
WixTools.DtfWindowsInstaller = @"tools\WixToolset.Dtf.WindowsInstaller.dll";
WixTools.WixToolsetMbaCore = @"tools\WixToolset.Mba.Core.dll";
WixTools.SfxCAx64 = @"tools\x64\SfxCA.dll";
WixTools.SfxCAx86 = @"tools\x86\SfxCA.dll";
WixTools.WixExtensionsDir = @"%userprofile%\.nuget\packages";

Changes:

#1574: Cannot build .net 8 example project
#1587 Support for pulling in dlls for runtime dependencies
VSTemplates update. Added warning message about project.GUID. Triggered by #1597 Contributed by @fredemmott
Added error handling to continue execution if WiX extension is not installed. The error will still be reported by the WiX compiler
Added Project.AddCastomActionRefAssembliesOf to add CA-referenced assemblies programmatically.

wixsharp - Release v2.3.0.0

Published by oleg-shilo 3 months ago

#1580 Shortcut "Target" produces unexpected results for many supported WiX environment constants
#1574: Cannot build .net 8 example project (NET-Core)
#1546: dotnet tool install --global wix - Need for all users
#1585: Dotnet tool should not be relied on for wixsharp.
Added error logging on dotnet or wix not found.
Added error log for failure to find WiX extension. Triggered by #1574, #1589
Improved the documentation for AutoElements and Compiler.AutoGeneration (triggered by #1578)
#7591: added WiX5 Custom BA sample (<wixsharp>\Source\src\WixSharp.Samples\Wix# Samples\Bootstrapper\WiX5-Spike\WixToolset.WixBA)
added missing SilentBA for WixSharp.Core
fixed problem with SetShellSize not setting the top level window size

wixsharp - Release v2.2.0.0

Published by oleg-shilo 4 months ago

Note, this product version v2.2.0 binaries are packaged in the Nuget packages that has one extra increment of the Patch version component - v2.2.1. This is due to the nuget packge being rereleased to address the packaging problem.

##Changes:

Implemented MsiExePackage. Triggered by #1554
The dedicated sample WixBootstrapper_MsiEmbeddedUI shows how to use it

var bootstrapper =
      new Bundle("Managed Product Bundle",
                  new MsiExePackage(msi)
                  {
                      Name = "ManagedProduct",
                  });

Issue #1557: Error when specifying Package Platform as ARM64
Added restart elevated routine for custom BA sample
Added WixProject.WixBuildCommandGenerated event. Can be used to manipulate wix.exe command line arguments. Triggered by #1557

Added CommonTasks.MapAsDeferredProperty extension method:

project.MapAsDeferredProperty("MYPROPERTY");
// instead of
project.DefaultDeferredProperties += ",MYPROPERTY";

Added string.CompleSelfHostedMsi extension for building self executable msi files:
```
msi.CompleSelfHostedMsi(msi + ".exe");
```
added calling dotnet tool restore when using wix as a local tool. Triggered by #1546

wixsharp - WiX4 - Release v2.1.7.0

Published by oleg-shilo 5 months ago

Special thanks to @geghamyan for contributing Project.SignAllFiles functionality.

NOTE, Project.SignAllFiles=false by default but it will be changed to Project.SignAllFiles=true in the next release.

Added file signing functionality to the project build process (Project.SignAllFiles).
Added WiX5 new attributes (known at the time) for FirewallException'
Issue #1533: Allow specifying the Group name when adding a FirewallException
WixSharp.Core: Added EmbeddedUI sample solution

wixsharp - WiX3: Release v1.25.3.0

Published by oleg-shilo 5 months ago

Special thanks to @geghamyan for contributing Project.SignAllFiles functionality.

NOTE, Project.SignAllFiles=false by default but it will be changed to Project.SignAllFiles=true in the next release.

Added file signing functionality to project build process (Project.SignAllFiles).
fixed an accidental recursion in AsWixVarToPath
Issue #1490: Missing images in Managed WPF UI
Updated WixSharp.wix.bin.3.14.1.nupkg

wixsharp - Wix4: Release - v2.1.6.0

Published by oleg-shilo 6 months ago

#1503: %AppData% folder no replace by path wix4
#1493: Question : Make Wix# Wix Toolset v5 compatible
#1491: How to set title and description for CustomDialogWith<T>
#1310: Problem during dynamic localization
Enhancement #1497: MSI language
Improved algorithm for locating compatible version of installed WiX extension file.
Added extension method for reading localized strings from wxl files: product.LocalizationFile.GetLocalizedString("ProductName")

wixsharp - Wix4: Release v2.1.5.0

Published by oleg-shilo 7 months ago

NET Framework:

#1473: Build error with WixToolset.UI.wixext
Issue #1444: wix.exe not found if installed as local tool
minor improvements triggered by #1469

NET Core (v2.1.3.0):

added project templates
improved error reporting during compilation.
added full CustomUI sample (to be used as a template)

wixsharp - WiX4: Release v2.1.4.0 (.NET Core only)

Published by oleg-shilo 7 months ago

Issue #1444: wix.exe not found if installed as local tool

wixsharp - NetCore: Release v2.1.3.0