registyryvalue in wix

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heat.exe is generating registryvalue for some dlls but not for all. why is that? Do i really need to use these registryvalue? Whats the purpose of it?

Posted 1-Jul-10 21:51pm

SubratT44

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Sandeep Mewara 2-Jul-10 5:08am

What is Heat.exe? Where from it came?

SubratT44 2-Jul-10 6:07am

heat.exe is a tool that comes with WIX. It has the capability to quickly capture files and directories from a computer and turn them into WiX authoring. It creates a .wxs file.

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Wes Aday · Answer 1 · 2010-07-02T11:18:00

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Heat - new tool for quickly capturing self-registration, typelib keys, assembly install info, websites, files, and directories into WiX authoring

Posted 2-Jul-10 11:18am

Wes Aday

Updated 2-Jul-10 11:19am

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