WiX Toolset

This repository contains the WiX Toolset codebase.

Developing WiX

Prerequisites

• A command line Git client that is in the system path
• Visual Studio 2022 (17.8.2 or higher) with the following installed:

Workloads
ASP.NET and web development
.NET desktop development
Desktop development with C++

Individual components
.NET 6.0 Runtime (Long Term Support)
.NET Framework 4.7.2 SDK
.NET Framework 4.7.2 targeting pack
.NET Framework 4.6.2 targeting pack
MSVC v141 - VS 2017 C++ ARM64 build tools (v14.16)
MSVC v141 - VS 2017 C++ x64/x86 build tools (v14.16)
MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ ARM64/ARM64EC build tools (Latest)
MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 build tools (Latest)
Git for Windows

• Download the latest nuget.exe command-line tool and put it in a directory on the path.

Getting started:

• Fork the WiX repository into your own GitHub repository
• Clone the WiX repository from your fork (git clone https://github.com/yourdomain/wix.git) into the directory of your choice

To build the WiX toolset:

• Start a VS2022 'Developer Command Prompt'
• Change directory to the root of the cloned repository
• Issue the command devbuild (or devbuild release if you want to create a release version)

Executing your newly built WiX toolset

• build\wix\Debug\publish\wix\wix --help (Change Debug to Release if you built in release mode)

Pull request expectations

• Pick an outstanding WiX issue (or create a new one). Add a comment requesting that you be assigned to the issue. Wait for confirmation.
• To create a pull request, fork a new branch from the main branch
• Make changes to effect whatever changed behavior is required for the pull request
• Push the changes to your repository origin as needed
• If the main branch has changed since you created your branch, rebase to the latest updates.
• If needed (ie, you squashed or rebased), do a force push of your branch
• Create a pull request with your branch against the WiX repository.