The pain of .NET “AnyCPU” build typ for installers
Today I found an interesting post about why we should avoid using “AnyCPU” as build type when we are building managed assemblies. The problem simple is that when installing the application and are...
View ArticleHow do you define a good installer?
Did read Christopher Painter blog “Back To Basics – Installation Principles” today. It contain some very basic rules of creating an installer. In his blog he lists 14 point of what to avoid and what...
View ArticleSilent or unattended installation on NAV
What is silent or unattended installation Simply said silent install is installation without any UI. In this case it’s about how to run “setup.exe” in silent mode. It’s recommended that you only run...
View ArticleHowTo to set appsettings during installation using WIX
The point where most people have a hard time is remembering is to escape brackets. This to ensure WIX will not think it a property. If you forget to-do this you may end up in a situation where...
View ArticleHowTo add new key to appsettings with WIX
When adding a new key for appsettings you need to split the action in 3 steps. 1. Create the new empty “add” element 2. Create and set the “key” attribute. The tricky part here is how to add the “key”...
View ArticleGet full qualified host name in WIX
In one of our install we need to know the full qualified computer name during installation. For that purpose I did create an custom action with a simple vbscript that simple get the computer name and...
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