Questions tagged [votive]

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 maintain file reference integrity from a WIX Setup Library

I am using the Wix Toolset 3.8 Visual Studio add-in. I have created a WIX Setup Library which encapsulates some common components that will be consumed by various service deployment projects. This library includes references to several solution…
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WiX Source Files In a Different Directory From the Project File

I'm building an installer for a Visual Studio 2010 solution and I've decided to go with WiX. I've added the WiX setup project to the solution and am trying to configure it in a similar fashion to the rest of the projects in the solution. The way…
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Does Votive support Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate?

I want to use Votive with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate I want to know if it is supported with it. I have Wix 3.5 and Windows Installer 5.0
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2 .msi files from one WiX Votive project

As the title says, I want to output 2 .msi files from one project (one is per-user, and the other is per-machine). I have seen in this thread that it can't be done in some conventional way, but perhaps there is a way to do so as some kind of hack in…
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