Introduction to the WiX Toolset

Pluralsight
Course Summary
This course will provide you with a complete introduction to the WiX Toolset and Windows Installer.
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Course Description
The WiX Toolset is an open source tool for creating Windows Installer packages. It offers complete access to all the features provided by Windows Installer, but in a pragmatic, programmer-oriented way. This course provides a primer on Windows Installer technology, and then gets you up to speed on the WiX Toolset. You will learn how to create Windows installer packages, take advantage of WiX extensions, plan for product upgrades, and even how to create an installation bootstrapper for installing your application and all its prerequisites.
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Course Syllabus
Overview- 27m 34s
—Overview 1m 8s
—Preconditions 1m 26s
—The Setup Experience 2m 2s
—Dependencies 2m 50s
—Setup Development 1m 40s
—The WiX Toolset 3m 38s
—WiX Components 2m 39s
—Installing WiX 2m 13s
—Demo: Hello WiX 8m 57s
—Summary 0m 55sEssential Windows Installer Concepts- 1h 3m
—Outline 1m 36s
—What Is Windows Installer? 4m 37s
—Windows Installer Packages 4m 5s
—MSI Viewers 6m 7s
—MsiExec 2m 1s
—Logging 11m 24s
—Windows Installer Codes 2m 49s
—Properties 3m 33s
—Features and Components 3m 13s
—Installation Types and Phases 2m 57s
—Sequences 2m 45s
—Standard Actions 3m 29s
—Custom Actions 4m 17s
—Conditions 6m 13s
—Formatted Text 2m 40s
—Summary 1m 43sCreating Installation Packages With the WiX Toolset - Part 1- 59m 29sCreating Installation Packages With the WiX Toolset - Part 2- 1h 1m