For those that don’t read Bob’s blog and see the weekly release summaries, please pay close attention to the note below regarding changes to address bug 2020595. In builds 3.0.4325.0 and later the output location for WiX builds of localized installers is now outputdir\culturename\targetname.msi.
This change was made based on feedback and discussion on this list, and addresses the problem where my previous change broke minor upgrades due to the package name change. For those with additional build process that wraps the regular WiX builds you may need to tweak your scripts to account for the new output location when you move to this build of WiX (I know I will when I move my team to this build!). The output location for unlocalized WiX projects (those that don’t contain a .wxl file) remains unchanged. Thanks, Neil Feed: Joy of Setup Posted on: Saturday, July 26, 2008 2:50 PM Author: Bob Arnson Subject: Highlights of WiX v3.0.4325.0 WiX v3.0.4325.0 was released on Friday, 25-July-08. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4325.0/. New features * Mike Carlson changed the preprocessor to stop evaluating expressions in a false <?if?> block. That lets you check for the presence of a preprocessor variable, for example, and use it in the block "knowing" that it’s defined. Bug fixes * Jason<http://blogs.msdn.com/jasongin/> and Mike cleaned up FxCop warnings. * Mike also added an error message when the cab-handling code couldn’t create temporary files. * Aaron<http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/default.aspx> cleaned up some command-line handling code. * 2010040: Bind files into the library file not working.<http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2010040&group_id=105970&atid=642714> * 2013944: CAs always fail on Windows 2000 (or lower).<http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2013944&group_id=105970&atid=642714> * 2016490: Votive doesn’t honour Visible item metadata <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2016490&group_id=105970&atid=642714> * 2020595: 3.0.4309.0 breaks msi filename compatibility<http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2020595&group_id=105970&atid=642714> Note that this change places localized output into subdirectories named after the culture (e.g., en-us). The previous change embedded the culture id in the output name (e.g., foo.en-us.msi) which might have caused problems because MSI package names can’t change except by major upgrade. Thanks to blogless Neil for the MSBuild mojo. * 2025134: Using ExtractFiles Method <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2025134&group_id=105970&atid=642714> * 2025411: Localized incremental builds are somewhat broken<http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2025411&group_id=105970&atid=642714> View article...<http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/07/26/highlights-of-wix-v3043250/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
