WiX Toolset v3.10 released • Joy of Setup

Update: WiX v3.10.1 has been released.

As planned, WiX v3.10 was released on (American) Labor Day. The RTM build is v3.10.0.2103.

Download it here.

Update: Rob also had words about WiX v3.10.

Contributors

Highlights

@barnson added support for Visual Studio 2015 in the WiX build, native SDK libraries, and Votive. [pull request] [pull request] [pull request] [pull request] [issue] [pull request] [pull request] [pull request] [pull request]
@heaths added Visual Studio 2015 detection properties. [pull request] [pull request]
@barnson added .NET Framework 4.6 support. [issue] [pull request]

[issue] [pull request] [pull request] [pull request]
@firegiantco added support for ISO/IEC 19770-2:2015 software id tags. [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request]

Burn and WixStdBA

@barnson restored the SWAPRUN bits to the Burn stub. [issue] [pull request]
@to-pse fixed Burn logging when it’s disabled. [issue] [pull request]
@heaths added logging around registration and hash mismatches. [pull request] [pull request]
@barnson fixed some Burn variables. [issue] [pull request]
@to-pse added support for setting variables from theme pages in WixStdBA. [issue] [pull request]
@jchoover fixed a WixStdBA doc bug. [issue] [pull request]
@rseanhall fixed bugs in pre-req handling in WixStdBA. [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request]
@bmurri added support for LaunchWorkingFolder variable for controlling the working directory for LaunchTarget support. [issue] [pull request]
@pavelanfimov added support for distinct success and failure messages for different actions. [issue] [pull request]
@barnson fixed a crash that occurred building bundles with five-field version numbers. [issue] [pull request] [pull request]
@rseanhall added support in WixStdBA to load edit boxes from identically-named Burn variables. [issue] [pull request]
@rseanhall added support in WixStdBA to format the close-confirmation localization string, so it can reference Burn variables. [issue] [pull request]
@rseanhall fixed some bugs in managed-BA hosting. [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request]
@rseanhall fixed hidden variables. [issue] [pull request]
@rseanhall fixed BOOTSTRAPPER_REQUEST_STATE_CACHE. [issue] [pull request]
@barnson added WixStdBALanguageId Burn variable. [pull request]
@rseanhall fixed some Burn variables that weren’t available from the elevated Burn process. [issue] [pull request] [pull request]
@rseanhall made the WixBundleManufacturer variable writeable. [issue] [pull request]
@rseanhall obfuscated hidden variable values in logging. [issue] [pull request]
@jchoover fixed a bug that left a temporary file behind. [issue] [pull request]
@barnson fixed some Burn and WixStdBA doc bugs. [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request]
@barnson added ExePackage/CommandLine to support conditional command-line arguments. [issue] [pull request]
@barnson made sure that pre-v3.10 .wxl files work with v3.10 WixStdBA themes. [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request]
@barnson prevented an elevated bundle from launching elevated hyperlinks. [issue] [pull request]
@rseanhall added literal string variables for built-in variables that might contain brackets. [issue] [pull request]
@heaths prevents Burn from downloading payloads that already exist in a layout. [issue] [pull request]
@creativbox added “files in use” to WixStdBA. [issue] [pull request]
@heaths makes sure WixBundleOriginalSourceFolder is set. [pull request]
@heaths added support for a top-level cache action. [pull request]
@robmen fixed a bug with COM initialization. [issue] [pull request]
@barnson added logging around potentially time-consuming external activities. [pull request]

Core toolset

@heaths added support for building empty patch transforms. [pull request]
@barnson added support for minimal-verbosity logging in MSBuild targets. [pull request]
@barnson added clarifying documentation. [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request]
@jmcooper8654 clarified an error message. [issue] [pull request]
@robmen fixed some documentation links. [pull request]
@cnadeau clarified ServiceInstall documentation. [pull request]
@bmurri prevents contradictory InstallPrivileges and InstallScope values. [issue] [pull request]

Extensions

@rseanhall added WixHttpExtension to take advantage of the Windows HTTP Server API. [issue] [pull request] [pull request] [pull request]
@phillhgl added support for adding privileges to properly register a resource using RestartResource. [issue] [pull request]
@vetrivelc fixed a duplicated hotkey in WixUI for nl-NL localization. [pull request]
@barnson fixed the RegisterPerfmonManifest custom action. [issue] [pull request]
@rseanhall fixed a bug that prevented FileShare from sharing out the root of a drive. [issue] [pull request]
@norberthd added support for a port range in a firewall exception. [issue] [pull request]
@barnson added support for “OR LATER” detection of .NET Framework. [issue] [pull request]
@barnson added WixBroadcastSettingChange custom action. [pull request]
@barnson added some WixNetfxExtension documentation. [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request]
@barnson fixed the Install button in WixUI for de-DE localization. [issue] [pull request]
@firegiantco added a quiet-execution custom action that is also silent???that is, that doesn’t log input or output. [pull request]
@barnson added bind-time variables to allow tweaking some .NET Framework package conditions and paths. [issue] [pull request]
@amoravec made UriProtocol case-insensitive. [issue] [pull request]

Libraries

@heaths made the DUtil error-checking macros variadic so developers no longer have to think about how many arguments they want in their message beforehand. [pull request]
@rseanhall fixed some ThmUtil bugs. [issue] [pull request]
@barnson fixed function return types in XmlUtil. [issue] [pull request]
@barnson fixed wcsistr calling convention. [issue] [pull request]
@mike-gc fixed a breaking change made earlier.

[issue] [pull request]

Infrastructure

@rseanhall updated the build to use the latest Sandcastle help-build tool and to acquire it via NuGet. [issue]
@robmen added an error message that detects when strong-name verification skipping hasn’t been set up for a developer build. [pull request]
@rseanhall made maintaining history easier by merging individual history messages into the master history.md. [pull request] [pull request]
@robmen fixed an error message. [issue] [pull request]
@heaths added support for the Windows 10 SDK. [pull request]

And the rest

@dwickern fixed Heat to escape special characters Heat generates. [issue] [pull request]
@barnson fixed some bugs in Lux. [issue] [pull request]
@stunney added support for the Binary and Icon tables to the Melt tool for patching. [issue] [pull request]
@barnson fixed a couple of Votive bugs. [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request]
@rseanhall made the regular expressions in wix.xsd XSD-legal. [issue] [pull request]
@jozefizso fixed a typo. [pull request]
@rseanhall fixed some bugs in Heat for tools versions 12.0 and 14.0. [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request]
@jchoover fixed some bugs in the WiX bundle’s bootstrapper application. [issue] [pull request] [issue] [pull request]
@stunney added validation in Melt to make sure an .msi and .wixpdb match. [issue] [pull request]
@lakmus85 changed Votive to support OutputName with embedded properties. [issue] [pull request]