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This documentation contains information about the version of WiX distributed with Visual Studio Team System code name "Rosario" November CTP. It contains information about:
• What WiX is
• Using WiX on the command line
• Using WiX in Visual Studio
• WiX Schema Reference
• Advanced WiX Usage such as patch building, custom actions, and extensions
• Additional help links and resources
The following articles were created/updated throughout August 2007 for InstallShield Related Products - categorized based on section -
FIXES/HOTFIXES
INFORMATIONAL
HOWTO’s
PROBLEMS
Reference: InstallShield Support
The following articles were created/updated throughout July 2007 for InstallShield Related Products - categorized based on section -
BUGS
CODES
FIXES/HOTFIXES
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When building a DIM reference into an InstallShield project, you may see that OS Conditions evaluate the ‘Greater Than’ conditional statement as ‘Equals’.
Applies to Product(s):
Project Type: Windows Installer, InstallScript MSI
Solution:
Per InstallShield Support, this is due to an issue present in InstallShield’s DIM Import module.
Download new DimImport.dll & Resolute
The July 2007 edition of Macrovision’s Newsletter has the following as highlights:
New Knowledge Base Articles Added Include:
Visit the July 2007 AdminLetter for links & details.
AdminStudio includes a standalone, zero-footprint setup for Repackager. This allows you to install Repackager by itself on a clean machine to repackage applications. The repackaged setup can then be transferred to a build machine with AdminStudio installed or copied to a network location. The download is in the form of a setup.exe that should be launched on the clean machine.
Beginning with AdminStudio 8.5, the standalone Repackager is available on the installation DVD in the Tools folder entitled “StandaloneRepackager.exe”.