wix3 – Page 2 – Tarik Billa

How to build a minimal WiX installer UI without a license page?

February 11, 2023 by Tarik

I would simply use one of the already created WiX UI and override the sequence (make it higher so that it will override the previous setting): <Product> … <UI> <UIRef Id=”WixUI_InstallDir” /> <!– Skip license dialog –> <Publish Dialog=”WelcomeDlg” Control=”Next” Event=”NewDialog” Value=”InstallDirDlg” Order=”2″>1</Publish> <Publish Dialog=”InstallDirDlg” Control=”Back” Event=”NewDialog” Value=”WelcomeDlg” Order=”2″>1</Publish> </UI> <Property Id=”WIXUI_INSTALLDIR” Value=”INSTALLFOLDER” /> … … Read more

Wix create non advertised shortcut for all users / per machine

January 28, 2023 by Tarik

Sorry if it’s bad etiquette to answer my own question. Recently I stumbled upon the information on DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS property. I created an install with advertised shortcuts and set the DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS property to 1 which produced non-advertised shortcuts. This bypasses ICE43 errors because an advertised shortcut can use a file as a keypath. Because DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS has … Read more

WiX tricks and tips

October 4, 2022 by Tarik

Keep variables in a separate wxi include file. Enables re-use, variables are faster to find and (if needed) allows for easier manipulation by an external tool. Define Platform variables for x86 and x64 builds <!– Product name as you want it to appear in Add/Remove Programs–> <?if $(var.Platform) = x64 ?> <?define ProductName = “Product … Read more