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Votive is a codename for Visual Studio add-ons for Windows Installer XML Toolset (WiX)

"Votive" project aims to provide a set of tools and IDE extensions that simplify working with WiX source files. It provides several Project and Item templates for common setup types like MSI or MSM, and also adds a set of MSBuild tasks that allow to integrate WiX tools (i.e. heat.exe) into the build tasks.

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How can I get WiX to call a method in a .NET assembly as part of the installation process?

I'm migrating some existing products to use WiX 3.5 (I'm using the Votive VS integration). Some of the items I'm installing need to be registered with a third-party framework. The requirement is that I must call a Register() method in a third party…
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How do I change the language of a Wix 3.5 MSI?

I have created an installer with Windows Installer XML 3.5 from within the Visual Studio 2010. The installer itself works pretty well but now I would like to change it's default language from english (1033) to german (1031). Therefore I changed the…
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How to reference custom WiX extension project in WiX installer project?

I have a WiX installer project and a DLL project with a custom WiX preprocessor extension in my project. The problem is that the WiX Visual Studio extension can reference WiX extensions only as DLLs, not as Visual Studio projects. Is there any good…
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Uunable to see WIX project type in Visual studio 2008/2010

I have Visual Studio 2008, 2010, and WIX37.msi (WIX 3.7) installed on my machine. However, I am unable to see WIX project type in Visual studio 2008/2010. Do I need to install additional tool/plugin?
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don't have any CustomActionAttribute in VS2010

I am trying to write a custom actions class library for my WiX install package. I've read that I should use CustomActionAttribute to mark the methods that I am planning to call from install package. There is no Votive plugin for VS2010, so when I…
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WIX Merge Module : Trying to use $(var.Project.TargetFileName)

I have created a simple Wix 3 Merge Module in VS 2005 ( .wxs )
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How to "force the WiX .exes to run out-of-process"

There is a bug in the WiX plugin for Visual Studio where file locks on referenced DLLs are not properly released. Therefore, you have to restart Visual Studio every time you want to recompile a custom extension DLL or any assembly referenced by…
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WIX 3.5 fails under NAnt but not under VS2010

I know this a is a common issue, but everything I can find in the forums seems to relate to 64bit framework incompatability (which is not an issue in my case). I have a set of simple WIX 3.5 installers developed using Votive that I can compile…
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Missing Wix 3.8 project template in VS 2013 Express

I have installed WIX 3.8 and I still can't find the WIX template in my VS. I don't have a C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\WiX folder as well. How do I enable Wix in VS 2013 Express?
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Detect Installed Software Using Wix

Just to start I'm fairly new to wix. I am currently using version 3.0 with the Votive Visual Studio plug in. I know the upgrade code of an existing software package. I need to be able to detect the installation of this existing program using the…
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Wix templates not showing up in project list

I downloaded and installed WiX 3.5 and, from what I understood, the templates for WiX projects should be installed and available when I try to make a new project. Did I miss a step somewhere?
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Make Folder in WiX Output on Build Drop Path

I have a question about WiX. But let me describe my situation first: I have a VS2010 Solution and added a WiX (Votive) Project to make a Setup. I am building this Setup on a TFS Build Server. Unfortunately all my Files (*.dll, *.sql, *.msi,…
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Resharper Live Templates for editing WiX source files

I'm writing a few WiX files today and there's a lot of repetitve typing involved, so it looks to me like Resharper's Live Templates would be very useful here. Does anyone know of any? I know it's not too hard to write new Live Templates so I may end…
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Is there a way to automatically extract registry entries for COM Interop?

When using Wix/Votive to create setup projects with Visual Studio integration, it seems like COM registration is a big hole in the feature set. Both Visual Studio and the integrated Visual Studio setup projects do this almost effortlessly. Wix, on…
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Can't get Wix custom action to work in Votive/VS2010

Help! I need to execute a managed custom action in my Wix 3.5 setup project and no matter what I've tried I can't get it to work. I'm using the Votive integration in Visual Studio 2010. My Wix Product.wxs file is basically unchanged from the visual…
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