使用Msi诊断日志记录获取详细的故障信息 msiexec /i包。msi /l*v c:\Package.log

包的地方。Msi是您的包的名称 c:\Package.log是你想要输出日志的地方

Msi错误码

Wix介绍视频 哦，随机Wix介绍视频“Mr. Wix”Rob Mensching是“概念性的大图片”有帮助。

使用Heat.exe砸碎脸和造成“史诗Pwnage”痛苦的大安装

扩展Si的和 Robert-P关于热的回答。 翻译: (使用heat可以避免手动将单个文件输入到项目中，并且可以自动化构建，从而使整个过程更容易。) 详细介绍WiX 2.0热语法

For newer versions (not all that different from older versions but there are potentially annoying syntax changes....) go to the directory Heat is in from the cmd.exe and just type in heat but I have a example one right here for help with newer versions if needed. Adding the following to your Build Event in visual studio 2010. (Right Click Project->Properties ->Build Events-> Pre-Build Events) $(WIX)bin\heat.exe" dir "$(EnviromentVariable)" -cg GroupVariable -gg -scom -sreg -sfrag - srd -dr INSTALLLOCATION -var env.LogicPath -out "$(FragmentDir)\FileName.wxs -gg Generates Guids when heat is run(as in when you execute the command above) -scom Dont grab "COM files" -sreg Dont grab "Registry Files" -sfrag Dont grab "Fragments" -srd Dont grab the "root Dir" dir dir indicates you want Heat to look in a folder "$(EnviromentVariable)" The name of the variable you would add to the Preprocessor variables in the (Right click project, Go to properties) project properties->Build section where it says Define preprocessor variables (assumes visual studio 2010) Example: EnviromentVariable=C:\Project\bin\Debug;No double quotes but end with a semicolon -cg GroupVariable The ComponentGroup that will be referenced from the fragment created to the main wxs file FragmentDir The fragment directory where the output wxs fragment will be stored FileName.wxs The the name of the file Full tutorial here, So freakin helpful Part 1 Part 2

包括COM对象:

Heat生成所有(如果不是全部)注册表项和它们所需的其他配置。喜乐!

包括托管COM对象(又名。net或c# COM对象)

在托管COM对象上使用heat将为您提供一个几乎完整的wix文档。

If you don't need the library available in the GAC (ie, globally available: MOST of the time you do not need this with your .NET assemblies anyway - you've probably done something wrong at this point if it's not intended to be a shared library) you will want to make sure to update the CodeBase registry key to be set to [#ComponentName]. If you ARE planning on installing it to the GAC (eg, you've made some new awesome common library that everyone will want to use) you must remove this entry, and add two new attributes to the File element: Assembly and KeyPath. Assembly should be set to ".net" and KeyPath should be set to "yes".

然而，某些环境(特别是带有托管内存的环境，如脚本语言)也需要访问Typelib。确保在你的打字单上运行热度并包括它。Heat将生成所有需要的注册表项。多酷啊!

创建一个具有自定义操作的UI，该操作将设置一个变量，并且UI将根据自定义操作中设置的变量禁用/启用下一个按钮(或类似的)。

不像你想的那么简单，也不是太难，只是没有任何文档!

Wix与条件，属性和自定义操作的交互

这是一种帮助大型web项目验证部署的文件数量与内置到MSI(或合并模块)的文件数量匹配的方法。我刚刚在我们的主应用程序(仍在开发中)上运行了自定义MSBuild任务，它拾起了相当多的丢失的文件，主要是图像，但一些javascript文件已经滑过!

这种方法(通过连接到WiX项目的AfterBuild目标来窥视MSI的文件表)可以适用于其他类型的应用程序，在这些应用程序中，您可以访问所需文件的完整列表。

使用RobM特殊的“记住属性”模式

http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/The-WiX-toolsets-Remember-Property-pattern