Creating a Localized Windows Installer & Bootstrapper: Part 1

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This series of articles is a complete end-to-end solution for building a localizable Windows Installer & Bootstrapper using some real-world requirements.

wixwindowsinstallerdemo.zip
- build.bat
- build
  - MyApp.Installer.build
  - Prerequisites.exe
- installer
  - binary
    - Banner.bmp
    - Dialog.bmp
    - EULA_en-gb.rtf
    - EULA_it-it.rtf
    - WMIQuery.vbs
  - bootstrapper
    - banner.bmp
    - configuration.xml
    - dotNetFx40_Client_setup.exe
  - Component.wxs
  - Components.xslt
  - Config.wxi
  - en-GB.wxl
  - Installer.suo
  - it-IT.wxl
  - Main.wxs
- targetfiles
  - MyApp.suo
  - MyApp
    - bin
      - Release
        
        MyApp.exe
        
        MyAppLibrary.dll
- tools
  - MsiIntel.SDK
    - WiSubStg.vbs

@Echo Off
path=%path%;..\tools\nant-0.90\Bin

REM Ensure prereqisite tools are available
build\Prerequisites.exe

Echo ******************************************************************************
Echo.
Echo To build this project first replace the GUIDs defined in "installer\Config.wxi"
Echo.
Echo ******************************************************************************


pause

pushd build

nant /f:MyApp.Installer.build compile

popd

copy /Y installer\bin\release\setup.exe setup.exe

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Mike Carlisle - Technical Architect with over 20 years experience in a wide range of technologies.

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