Site with MSI Tips and Notes
Updated: 31 Oct 2008
I stumbled upon this site and wanted to share it with you. It contains MSI tips and notes - very handy for beginners.
http://www.prairienet.org/~pops/msi_tips.html
It covers and explains the below topics in a nice and simple manner.
- Expanding properties at run time
- Avoiding custom actions by using the -File tables
- Fixing up a failed uninstall
- File versions vs. ProductVersion
- Some property names (silly)
- Add or Remove Programs properties
- Logging switches
- Merge modules and properties
- AppSearching
- Launching a batch file in a custom action
- "Sorry, but..."
- Taking inventory of installed products, features, and components
- Script custom action notes
- Common property problems
- Investigating self-repair
- "How do I create a nested installation?"
- Using SpawnWaitDialog
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