A bare-bones WiX setup that demonstrates copying files to the Program Files directory and interacts with the files in it.
The generated msi installs install-plugin.bat
and plugin.txt
into "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiXTestSetup", then executes the install-plugin.bat
which places the plugin.txt
in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3".
- Visual Studio 2019
- WiX plugin for VS (Votive2019.vsix) installed
- WiX SDK installed and PATH
"C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.11\bin"
included
- https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/getting-started/the-files-inside/
- https://www.add-in-express.com/docs/wix-setup-package.php
- https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/105638/A-quick-introduction-Create-an-MSI-installer-with
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22979129/how-to-execute-an-exe-during-wix-install
- https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/