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Build the installer
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-Prerequisites
-configure for build
-make sure the Visual Studio IDE directory is in you OS path variable ('../Microsoft Visual Studio14/Common7/IDE/')
-Install the WiX toolset...
- http://wixtoolset.org/releases/
-I used stable version 3.10.3 for development
-make sure the WiX directory is in you OS path variable ('..\WiX Toolset v3.10\bin')
-Sourcetrail has to be built with the 'deploy' flag
-installer would still build if the deploy flag wasn't set, but the Sourcetrail wont run properly on a user machine
-Execute build.bat
-This will build sourcetrail.msi file, all needed custom action dlls and the setup.exe file
-setup.exe and sourcetrail.msi are needed to install
-setup.exe checks whether sourcetrail is installed and will either start the initial installation or the upgrade installation
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Clean the project
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-Just delete the "bin" and "build" folders
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Update Version Number
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-See below ('chapter' Create new Version)
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Add new components (e.g. files) to the installation
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[description]
-xml elements are described as follows:
-To do X use tag <tag>
-attribute: attribute description
-...
General
-to add a file create a <Component> element
-mind the <Directory> tags, they define where the component will be installed. Add new directories if necessary
-Id: the directory will be referred to within the wix project using this id
-Name: the name of the folder that will be created on the user machine
-Id: is used to refer to the component within the wix project
-Guid: GUIDs are unique id's used by windows to identify and refer to installed files, applications and so on. You need to create a new GUID for every new component
Visual Studio can create GUIDs (Tools->Create GUID), or just google for a tool
It's reasonably safe to assume that every newly created GUID is unique
-Add a file to component using the <File> tag
-Id: guess what...
-Name: the name that the file will have on the user machine, may be different from the file name on the source machine
-Source: the path and name to the file on the source machine, relative to the current .wxs file
-KeyPath: depends on where you want to install the file, see below in 'Add new file to...'
-usually there is one component for each single file. Multiple files can be added to a component, this might make sense if the files are considered 100% inseparable. The recommended way however is one file per component
Add new file to the installation directory (installDir.wxs)
-static files that must not be changed go here
-just like above, with KeyPath='yes'
-if there are more files in a component, only one file has the KeyPath attribute
Add new file to the user folder (appDataDir.wxs)
-files that will be changed by sourcetrail or the user should be put here
-needs a RegistryKey element within the component element to provide the KeyPath
- <RegistryKey Action="none" Key="Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]\>yourKeyNameHere<" Root="HKCU" >
<RegistryValue Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes" />
</RegistryKey>
Not quite done yet! (sourcetrail.wxs)
-components need to be added to a feature (a feature is part of a software, consisting of components, that may or may not be installed during setup)
-right now we only have the Complete/Program feature, so no part of sourcetrail is optional right now
-to add a component to a feature use the <ComponentRef> tag
-Id: id of the component you want to reference
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Create new version
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Version Number
-is now a preprocessor variable
-is defined in build.bat
-candle.exe -dprojectVersion="0.7.0" ...
-replace 0.7.0 with the desired version number
Minor upgrade (sourcetrail.wxs)
-for when only a few files are to be updated
-update the version number in build.bat script
-do NOT change the product GUID
-the package GUID has to change, that happens automatically though so don't worry 'bout it
Major upgrade (sourcetrail.wxs)
-for big changes, like a new major version
-update the version number in build.bat script
-DO change the product GUID
-insert the same GUID into the uninstall_wix.bat script
-package GUID changes too, but that's again done automatically