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Introduction
The Windows Installer XML (WiX) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code. The toolset supports a command line environment that developers may integrate into their build processes to build MSI and MSM setup packages.
Latest news
WiX v3.5 Release Candidate.
October 29th, 2010
WiX v3.5.2229.0 was released as the Released Candidate build. Upgrade and let us know how it goes. Rob and Bob posted on updates on their blogs.
State of the WiX toolset in October, 2010.
October 10th, 2010
WiX v3.5 and v3.6 are both making slow but steady progress. Rob posted detailed analysis on his blog.
Burn, baby. Burn.
September 6th, 2010
The WiX v3.6 toolset now installs itself using its new bootstrapper technology called Burn. Rob walks through the highlights on his blog.
WiX toolset source and releases move to CodePlex.
June 6th, 2010
The WiX toolset source code and file releases have moved off of SourceForge to CodePlex. now installs itself using its new bootstrapper technology called Burn. Rob explains why on his blog.
Change of plans for WiX v3.5.
April 28th, 2010
Visual Studio 2010 support is key in WiX v3.5. To better meet those needs Rob describes some changes on his blog.
WiX v3.0 released.
July 4th, 2009
The final build of WiX v3.0 has been released. You can download it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix/files/. Read more about the release by Rob and Bob.
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