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Highlights of WiX v3.0.5120.0

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WiX v3.0.5120.0 was released on Friday, 20-March-2009. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.5120.0/.

There are 23 v3.0 bugs still open.

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  <strong>NEW FEATURE. </strong>Added the MSI SDK help file to the WiX installer. We're shipping the 4.5 RTM version until MSI 5.0 is released.
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  Performance regression when using .wixpdb files
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  Malformed documentation that broke the <a href="http://wix.sourceforge.net/">Web site</a> contents
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  Heat's project harvester doesn't handle linked project items.
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  IIS custom actions could fail during uninstall because of missing data.
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  WixGamingExtension doesn't support uninstalling from Game Explorer.
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  CloseApplication custom action didn't support 64-bit processes.
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  1966509
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=1966509&group_id=105970&atid=642714">Resource class doesn't handle named resource types</a>
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  2166555
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2166555&group_id=105970&atid=642714">Add more error information to DTF InstallerExceptions</a>
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  2485646
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2485646&group_id=105970&atid=642714">Heat generates FileSource inconsistently</a>
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  2580643
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2580643&group_id=105970&atid=642714">IIS7: secure WebAddress causes install to fail</a>
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  2591044
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2591044&group_id=105970&atid=642714">DTF Database corruption when database not committed</a>
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  2616261
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2616261&group_id=105970&atid=642714">EmbeddedUI breaks when CustomAction is included</a>
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  2655021
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2655021&group_id=105970&atid=642714">Id attribute in FileSearch error</a>
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  2672243
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2672243&group_id=105970&atid=642714">MSI 5.0 Table MsiServiceConfig not working</a>
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  2672249
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2672249&group_id=105970&atid=642714">Missed functionality in MSI 5.0 table MsiLockPermissionsEx</a>
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  2672296
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2672296&group_id=105970&atid=642714">WiX 3.0.5106.0 breaks heat COM harvesting</a>
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  2672300
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2672300&group_id=105970&atid=642714">Heat adds registry entry for TypeLib HELPDIR not attribute</a>
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  2674951
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2674951&group_id=105970&atid=642714">Missing flags in EmbeddedUI</a>
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  2683227
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2683227&group_id=105970&atid=642714">IIS metabase is not saved before creating backup</a>
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  2687145
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2687145&group_id=105970&atid=642714">ArithmeticOverflowException in Installer.UseFeature</a>
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  2687285
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2687285&group_id=105970&atid=642714">FeatureInstallation.Usage throws when no usage data</a>
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  2689061
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2689061&group_id=105970&atid=642714">Docs say FeatureGroupRef is a valid child of FeatureRef.</a>
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  2689869
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2689869&group_id=105970&atid=642714">Impossible to bind multiple CheckBoxes to same property</a>
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  2694706
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2694706&group_id=105970&atid=642714">MakeSfxCA does not ignore abstract EmbeddedUI classes</a>
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  2694488
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  <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2694488&group_id=105970&atid=642714">RegistrySearch for type "file" return directory path only</a>
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