After working with WiX today, I realized that it’s not perfect. But, it isn’t horrible. Maybe my issues are from following “tutorials” that are written for WiX 2.0, while I’m using WiX 3.0.
Whatever the reason, I have encountered only a few problems so far:
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<removefolder id="FolderName" on="uninstall">this caused a lot of errors. I don’t know if WiX 3.0 has changed how it handles removal of folders? I noticed when I uninstall without specifying
<removefolder>, it actually removes the folder properly. (I’m using this on a folder under ProgramMenuFolder) -
Creating a new UI and adding dialogs was a pain. Referencing my dialog with
DialogRef="NewDialogName"kept throwing errors. Quite a few google searches later, I still couldn’t find a fix or a reason for the errors. The resolution: instead of creating the dialog in a different file as a Fragment, I just added it to the file modeled after WixUI_Mondo. After doing this, the dialog worked. Maybe fragments are broken? Or, maybe I wasn’t compiling and linking the library properly.
- Many tutorials refer to a tool called tallow to create a Fragment of Components/Files. But, the tool is now called Heat. It’s a useful tool, but I’m still having problems getting Fragments that I create to work right.