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The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer

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  • © 2004

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  1. Phil Wilson
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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Installations Past, Present, and Future

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 1-11

  3. Building an MSI File: Visual Studio and Orca

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 13-30

  4. COM in the Windows Installer World

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 31-48

  5. Searches and Conditions

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 49-65

  6. Sequences of Events and Custom Actions

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 67-110

  7. How Do You Fix It?

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 111-128

  8. ASP.NET Setups

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 129-139

  9. Installing .NET Assemblies

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 141-167

  10. Installation Design

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 169-184

  11. Windows Services

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 185-199

  12. The GAC and Updating Assemblies

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 201-211

  13. Updates Using Patches

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 213-226

  14. Installation Environments

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 227-240

  15. How-Tos, Tips, and Gotchas

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 241-264

  16. Exploring the Installer APIs

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 265-276

  17. Tools and Futures

    • Phil Wilson
    Pages 277-281

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 283-302
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About this book

When a company builds and ships software, the installation process is often the first opportunity for a customer to view the the product and the company—and the installation experience can make or break a lasting impression. So this book is ideal for companies and developers who want to impress their clientele.

This book covers every aspect of using the Windows Installer, the underlying installer technology in Windows. A valuable tool for you software developers, this book helps ensure thorough and reliable installation for your customers. Most other books for software developers end too abruptly and omit critical information, like how to create the necessary installation software. But The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer picks up where the other books trail off.

About the author

Phil Wilson graduated from the University of Aston in Birmingham, U.K. with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, but he preferred computers to test tubes and eventually worked for 15 years on developing operating systems for Burroughs and Unisys mainframes. Phil started programming for Windows in the early 1990s and has developed in MFC, ATL COM, Visual Basic, and C#. He has been involved in installation design and technology for about eight years, and he became a Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" for Windows Installer in 2003. To get away from computers, he plays and records guitar, and enjoys camping in the California desert.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer

  • Authors: Phil Wilson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0676-7

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Phil Wilson 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-297-7Published: 29 April 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0676-7Published: 09 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 320

  • Number of Illustrations: 102 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Microsoft and .NET, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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