Welcome to this tutorial on using Burn in WiX 4 to build a software installation bundle with your own custom .NET bootstrapper application. It includes two working solutions, one targeting .NET 4.6.2 and another for .NET 8.0.
The tutorial has been updated to demonstrate the changes needed to support a bootstrapper application for WiX 5.
This entry in the wiki covers the small changes you'll want to be aware of. For the most part, the v4 tutorial applies to v5.
This is for intermediate to advanced .NET and WiX users. You should also have a basic understanding of the workings of Windows Installer and the databases (MSI files) it uses to deploy software.
The wiki covers concepts and provides a code walkthrough.
This repo includes both .NET Framework and .NET Core solutions. Each of the important source files have accompanying pages in the wiki which go into much more detail than can be reasonably be provided in code comments.
For an organized walkthrough, the wiki provides navigation links at the bottom of each page. Starting with the Home page, following these links will guide the reader through building their own bundle.
There is no build script. Open either Framework\Framework.sln or Core\Core.sln in Visual Studio and build.
A Windows Sandbox configuration is provided so the installers can be run without affecting your development environment.