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I want to deploy a VSTO 3 Application Level Word 2007 addin that I've written with Visual Studio 2008. I see that WiX has an extension named WixOfficeExtension that looks like it might have this functionality, but I can't find any documentation for it, and I can't discern it's purpose from the source code. Has anyone attempted this before, and were you able to pull it off successfully? This is the code I ended up using. I basically ported the examples from MSDN to use WiX. Note: This specific solution is only for a Word 2007 addin, but the case for Excel is very similar. Simply modify the

I am using Wix to create MSI installers. My requirement is to pass parameters while installing msi from the command line and update' the appsettings.json` with the values passed. To achieve this, I have added below property and component. <Property Id="ApplicationLog.pathFormat" /> <Component Id="config" Guid="*"> <File Id="appconfig" Source="$(var.BasePath)\appsettings.json" KeyPath="yes" Vital="yes"/> <util:XmlFile Id="_pathFormat_" File="$(var.BasePath)\appsettings.json" Action="setValue" Name="pathFormat" Value="[pathFormat]" ElementPath="/ApplicationLog/Serilog/WriteTo/Args/" Sequence='1'

We have a file structure with multiple files and folders. I a ma total newb to the wix toolset and not quite sure, how to include all of these files and keep the directory structure. I know, that I can add files like this: <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER"> <Component Id="ProductComponent"> <File Id="FILE_InstallMeTXT" Source="InstallMe.txt" KeyPath="yes"/> </Component> </ComponentGroup> But do I have to do this for every single file (we have > 200 files). Kind regards! Take a look at the heat tool here . For first time setup this does a great job of getting all

Suppose that you have an installer (not a wix installer) that you downloaded from somewhere. How can you know UpgradeCode of that installer so that you can fill it in in the UpgradeCode section in the new installer that you prepare? Can I learn it from registry somehow? So the question is basically, how to know the UpgradeCode of a program that is installed in the computer. Actually my problem is that my product has been installed with another installer and I am now trying to move it to wix installer. However, I can't find upgrade code in previous installer and I want to find it from installed

What I would like to do is this: <Property Id="LICENSEKEYPATH"> REMOVE~="ALL" AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE <DirectorySearch Id="ProgramDataSearch" AssignToProperty="yes" Depth="4" Path="[#ProductDirInAppData]"> <FileSearch Id="LicenseFileSearch" Name="lic-conf.enp"/> </DirectorySearch> </Property> When my application is being uninstalled, only then, do I want to search for the license file and get its path. Currently, although the code doesnt give any errors, it still searches for the license file path even when I am installing the file. Because of this, the setup gets delayed by a long time.

My product has several features including two services. Let's call them ServiceA and ServiceB. Both of these service features are optional. However if both ServiceA and ServiceB is selected during install I want to create a service dependency between them so that ServiceB will depend on ServiceA (in other words ServiceB must always start before ServiceA is launched). How do I achieve this in WIX 3.6? Natalie Carr <ServiceInstall Id="ServiceA" DisplayName="ServiceA" Name="ServiceA" Account="LocalSystem" Start="auto" ErrorControl="normal" Type="ownProcess"> <ServiceDependency Id="ServiceB"/> <