More on WIX

Since my last blog post I have found a lot more out about WIX which is worth noting. It is pretty easy to add a custom action like this,

http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/authoring_custom_actions.htm

The custom actions can also be written in C# by selecting 'new project' in visual studio and selecting 'C# custom action project'.

Here is a bit more info,

http://blogs.msdn.com/jasongin/archive/2008/05/23/custom-action-project-templates.aspx

Here is some more about dealing with databases from WIX,

http://blogs.claritycon.com/blogs/sajo_jacob/archive/2007/11/14/WiX-and-Databases.aspx

Later on I will try and give some more specific examples from the WIX package I am creating. It is pretty complicated though so it is hard to know where to start.