Just had a quick skim over it, and at the bottom of part 2 your link to part 3 actually points to part 2 again. Following the link to part 3 gives a "Requested page not found error".
Rob Rennie Petersen wrote: > Julie, > > Thanks for the Wiki. > > To all interested: > > I've published the first two pages (out of five) of my "beginners > tutorial". > > http://www.merlinia.com/mdt/WiXTutorial.msl > > It's a lot more work than I expected. :-( > > Corrections, suggestions, criticism, etc. very welcome. > > Probably not of much interest to anybody here because it's so > introductory... > > Yours, > Rennie > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> Julie Campbell >> Sent: 23. april 2007 19:52 >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: [WiX-users] Beginner's Tutorial, Books, Versions... >> >> I'm a little late on the topic, but I didn't have access to >> my e-mail over the weekend. Like some others mentioned, I am >> a software engineer first and an installer person third or >> fourth ... some perspective, comments, ideas ... sorry, this is long. >> >> I started learning WiX in late 2006 after management finally >> came to the realization that our current installers (written >> by a third party) had no chance at all of working under >> Vista. After looking at InstallShield 12, Wise and WiX, I >> chose WiX for my emergency development, specifically v3 as I >> got the impression it was stable enough (and hasn't given me reason to >> doubt) for general application installers. >> >> The tutorial Gabor created and maintains was good to start >> out with and gave me that initial "WiX is easy and I like it" >> feeling. However, as it is for v2, it didn't cover some >> things I needed to know and other things didn't apply. >> >> There are several great WiX bloggers out there and some >> really awesome explanations of more advanced topics. However, >> I find searching for and reading blog entries a really >> painful way to come up a learning curve. >> >> So, I started reading the mailing list religiously and saved >> notes whenever I saw something I thought might be useful. I >> created and admin a very successful intranet MediaWiki site >> at work, so I started saving these notes on an intranet wiki >> of my own, because despite the creation and early promise of >> wixwiki.com, it is locked down very tightly, not really >> organized, I can't even find an e-mail address to request an >> account from (though I could probably search for rmacfadyen >> in wix-users), and there have been a whopping 5 changes in >> the last 60 days. >> >> Before I know it, I'm up to over 50 pages of rough notes and >> link collections (see http://www.mindcapers.com/wiki/WiX). >> I'm also seeing the same questions on this list over and >> over. I'm having to dig through WiX source code to answer >> some of my questions. I look for a book on WiX, there isn't >> one. With the WiX v3 roadmap looking like completion at the >> end of 2007, I'm thinking by then I'll move from "competent >> user" to "expert" with the demands ahead of me anyway. My 16 >> years of professional development gives me enough insight to >> how long this learning curve will take. I start considering >> writing a book for software developers to come up the >> intermediate learning curve to save some of the pain I went >> through (thank you Google for easing that effort!). >> >> As I started digging around more, and putting notes in a Word >> document, there are dozens (at least) of developers blogging >> about WiX. There is a Wiki. There is a mailing list. There >> are at least a couple people contemplating writing a book. >> >> So ... what I would really like to see is group effort on >> getting one superb set of documentation together rather than >> the hodge-podge of incomplete sources of information that exist today. >> >> I am willing to help, leading or following, doesn't matter. >> Any of the following would be great: >> >> * I am an excellent MediaWiki admin and could clean up, categorize and >> improve wixwiki.com given the opportunity. >> * I would be happy to migrate my non-duplicated WiX materials >> to wixwiki.com. >> * My wiki has open registration if the tightly locked down >> wixwiki.com site isn't loosened up a bit. >> * I would love collaborators on a book. I haven't written an >> entire book before, but I've got a good outline started and a >> knack for translating technical mumbo-jumbo into >> understandable explanations. I also have excellent >> organizational skills. However, there are some topics I have >> only glossed over (IIS, SQLServer, xmlconfig) as these aren't >> of immediate interest to me. Besides, it is a bit silly for >> a relative outsider to try to go it alone and re-create >> wheels that have already been rounded. A book probably isn't >> all that far off with "go ahead and steal my blog entries as >> long as you consider me a contributor" permission grants. It >> would also be silly not to have at least small pieces of book >> created by Rob, Bob and the other Wixperts. >> >> A wiki can be as good as a book if organized correctly. >> There are also MediaWiki extensions available to convert wiki >> sites into .chm files, which would be immensely useful for >> those of us that go "off network" for a few days at a time. >> >> I sent an e-mail to wixadmin quite a while ago asking for a >> release to sign and offering to assist with the help files, >> but never received a response. >> I have no idea whether that was due to my lack of "karma" or >> a bit-bucket e-mail address. >> >> Anyway, enough babbling from me. What would you like to see? >> I seem to be set of creating or improving *something*, for >> my own use if nothing else, might as well make it easier on >> myself and share with the world at the same time. >> >> Julie Campbell >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> _______________ >> Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by >> MessageLabs. For more information please visit >> http://www.ers.ibm.com >> ______________________________________________________________ >> _______________ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 >> Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control >> of your XML. No limits. Just data. 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