Release v2.4.3.0

• #1673: Error on using template "WixSharp Managed Setup - Custom Dialog (Wix 3)"
• #1675: Bundle ExePackage 'Cache' parameter
• Added prevention of the WiX5 tools for the Custom BA bootstrapper template. Downgrading it to WiX4 tools.
• Issue #1667: AddDefaultNamespaces removing processing instructions
• Updated skip dialog example

Release v2.4.2.0

• Added Compiler.PreferredComponentGuidConsistency to allow consistent generation of the component GUIDs between all versions of the same product.
• Fixed ExitDialog (form) layout problem
• Fix error WIX0400: The ProgressText element contains illegal inner text when setting CustomAction ProgressText or RollbackProgressText

Release v2.4.1.0

• #1652: Bundle DotNetCompatibilityCheck element support
• #1653: Avoid unnecessary *Ref element for Fragment definitions.
• #1579: installDir variable erased depending on ManagedProject structure
• Updated custom dialogs to deal with changes in the size of Wix stock background images

wix4: Release v2.4.0

wix4: Release v2.4.0

• #1638: Simplify Custom UI; removeed Caliburn.Micro dependency for WPF UI
• #1641: How to set or use Launchcondition Action in Wix#
• #1613: Hidden child features in FeaturesDialog.UserSelectedItems
• #1604: Some strings in Dialogs from .wxl are not replaced in Custom WPF UI
• #1637: Custom WPF FeaturesDialog (possibly default too) non-functional.
• Improved VSTemplates. Triggered by #1624
• Updated VS project Templates for supporting Caliburn.Micro removal

Release v2.3.2.0

Wix4

• Issue #1606: Incorrect FirewallException.IcmpTypesAndCodes property type

Wix4 Release v2.3.1.0

Wix4 Release v2.3.1.0s the

The most significant change in this release is the ability to use build dependencies not available in the default WiX locations:

WixTools.SignTool = @"tools\signtool.exe";
WixTools.MakeSfxCA = @"tools\WixToolset.Dtf.MakeSfxCA.exe";
WixTools.Heat = @"tools\heat.exe";
WixTools.DtfWindowsInstaller = @"tools\WixToolset.Dtf.WindowsInstaller.dll";
WixTools.WixToolsetMbaCore = @"tools\WixToolset.Mba.Core.dll";
WixTools.SfxCAx64 = @"tools\x64\SfxCA.dll";
WixTools.SfxCAx86 = @"tools\x86\SfxCA.dll";
WixTools.WixExtensionsDir = @"%userprofile%\.nuget\packages";

Changes:

• #1574: Cannot build .net 8 example project
• #1587 Support for pulling in dlls for runtime dependencies
• VSTemplates update. Added warning message about project.GUID. Triggered by #1597 Contributed by @fredemmott
• Added error handling to continue execution if WiX extension is not installed. The error will still be reported by the WiX compiler
• Added Project.AddCastomActionRefAssembliesOf to add CA-referenced assemblies programmatically.

Wix3: Release v1.26.0

• #1638: Simplify Custom UI - removed Caliburn.Micro
• #1641: How to set or use Launchcondition Action in Wix#
• #1613: Hidden child features in FeaturesDialog.UserSelectedItems
• #1613: Hidden child features in FeaturesDialog.UserSelectedItems
• #1604: Some strings in Dialogs from .wxl are not replaced in Custom WPF UI
• Issue #1561: ComponentIDs for files change depending on folder that source is built from.
• fixed problem with SetShellSize not setting the top level window size
• Added CommonTasks.MapAsDeferredProperty extension method

Release v2.3.0.0

• #1580 Shortcut "Target" produces unexpected results for many supported WiX environment constants
• #1574: Cannot build .net 8 example project (NET-Core)
• #1546: dotnet tool install --global wix - Need for all users
• #1585: Dotnet tool should not be relied on for wixsharp.
  Added error logging on dotnet or wix not found.
• Added error log for failure to find WiX extension. Triggered by #1574, #1589
• Improved the documentation for AutoElements and Compiler.AutoGeneration (triggered by #1578)
• #7591: added WiX5 Custom BA sample (<wixsharp>\Source\src\WixSharp.Samples\Wix# Samples\Bootstrapper\WiX5-Spike\WixToolset.WixBA)
• added missing SilentBA for WixSharp.Core
• fixed problem with SetShellSize not setting the top level window size

Release v2.2.0.0

Note, this product version v2.2.0 binaries are packaged in the Nuget packages that has one extra increment of the Patch version component - v2.2.1. This is due to the nuget packge being rereleased to address the packaging problem.

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##Changes:

• Implemented MsiExePackage. Triggered by #1554
  The dedicated sample WixBootstrapper_MsiEmbeddedUI shows how to use it

  var bootstrapper =
        new Bundle("Managed Product Bundle",
                    new MsiExePackage(msi)
                    {
                        Name = "ManagedProduct",
                    });

• Issue #1557: Error when specifying Package Platform as ARM64

• Added restart elevated routine for custom BA sample

• Added WixProject.WixBuildCommandGenerated event. Can be used to manipulate wix.exe command line arguments. Triggered by #1557

• Added CommonTasks.MapAsDeferredProperty extension method:

  project.MapAsDeferredProperty("MYPROPERTY");
  // instead of
  project.DefaultDeferredProperties += ",MYPROPERTY";

• Added string.CompleSelfHostedMsi extension for building self executable msi files:

  msi.CompleSelfHostedMsi(msi + ".exe");

• added calling dotnet tool restore when using wix as a local tool. Triggered by #1546

WiX4 - Release v2.1.7.0

Special thanks to @geghamyan for contributing Project.SignAllFiles functionality.

NOTE, Project.SignAllFiles=false by default but it will be changed to Project.SignAllFiles=true in the next release.

• Added file signing functionality to the project build process (Project.SignAllFiles).
• Added WiX5 new attributes (known at the time) for FirewallException'
• Issue #1533: Allow specifying the Group name when adding a FirewallException
• WixSharp.Core: Added EmbeddedUI sample solution