I don't think the current download function which uses ::InternetConnectW 
supports the file:// protocol.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicolás Alvarez [mailto:nicolas.alva...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 1:00 PM
To: WiX toolset developer mailing list
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Self Updating bundles and test cases

2014-07-15 14:55 GMT-03:00 Hoover, Jacob <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>:
> I have been pondering my options for building test cases around 
> self-updating bundles, and the best I can come up with is finding a 
> small/lightweight webserver that can serve a few static files.  With 
> that, we could enable build machines to test updates by running the 
> web server and hosting the static feeds and executables.
>
>   Does anyone have a better suggestion or additional thoughts?  Has 
> anyone ever used any such portable web server, and if so what was its name?
> (Looking for something that could be deployed either as a single 
> binary or a NuGet package, and something that has a license compatible 
> with the MS-RL.)

The tiny simple portable one I know of is written in Python, so it wouldn't 
help here...

Can't you use a file:/// URL for the feed and executables?

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Nicolás

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