Nick Ramirez - WiX 3.6 - A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML [декабрь 2012, PDF, ENG]

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

Год: декабрь 2012
Автор: Nick Ramirez
Издательство: Packt Publishing
ISBN: 9781782160427
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF
Качество: Изначально компьютерное (eBook)
Интерактивное оглавление: Да
Количество страниц: 488
Описание: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.What you will learn from this book :

• Register with Add/Remove Programs and build in a consistent way to uninstall your software
• Customize an easy to navigate install Wizard
• Gain an understanding of the order in which events happen during an install and how to hook into this process
• Learn how WiX builds and links your files into the final MSI package and how to fine tune this process
• Make your project more modular with Fragments, Components, and ComponentGroups
• Prevent users from installing your software on unsupported operating systems and introduce other prerequisite checks
• Install, start, stop, and uninstall Windows services at the time of setup
• Bootstrap required dependencies before installing your own software