How Do I Create An Installer With Wix

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hi , i cant get mt program to install, i double click the setup, then it has a loading splash then its gone, nothing installed > my code>
Product Id="*" Name="SetupProject1" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="james" UpgradeCode="c0e1cb33-a89b-44ba-b8ef-a178f61548cb">
Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />

MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
MediaTemplate />

Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="SetupProject1" Level="1">
<componentgroupref id="ProductComponents">
/Feature>
/Product>

Fragment>
!-- Will default to C:\ if that is the main disk-->
Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
!-- Will reference to C:\speech-->
Directory Id="james" Name="speech">
!-- Will reference to c:\speech\james-->
Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="james" />
/Directory>
/Directory>
/Fragment>

Fragment>
ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
Component Id="ProductComponent" Guid="{6F44232F-1C0B-4278-AB2B-BFD34FAE863C}">
File Id="favicon.ico" Source="..\james\favicon.ico" />
File Id="Global.asax" Source="..\james\Global.asax" />
File Id="Web.config" Source="..\james\Web.config" />
/Component>
/ComponentGroup>
ComponentGroup Id="BinComponents" Directory="BIN">
Component Id="BinComponent" Guid="{A41811D7-49DD-462B-98D2-56DF1202008E}">
File Id="Antlr3.Runtime.dll" Source="..\james\bin\Antlr3.Runtime.dll" />
File Id="DotNetOpenAuth.AspNet.dll" Source="..\james\bin\DotNetOpenAuth.AspNet.dll" />
!-- And so on and on -->
/Component>
/ComponentGroup>
/Fragment>
/Wix>
- i get an error (unresolved refrence to symbol DirectoryBIN in section fragment
also im following some tutorials on this :)

Posted 12-Aug-15 23:27pm

jamesmc1535

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Sarath kumar.N 13-Aug-15 6:05am

From the error message u have given. There is already a higher version running on the system.Please uninstall the version and try again.

jamesmc1535 13-Aug-15 6:13am

alright makes sense , but to what is it refering to as already installed,? coz this is the 1st instalation i did

Sarath kumar.N 13-Aug-15 8:11am

If u want create installer u can use oneclick publish in visual studio

jamesmc1535 13-Aug-15 8:16am

im using 2015 and ive read multiple times that visual studios doesnt support it no more

Sarath kumar.N 13-Aug-15 8:18am

you want create a setup for a application right? Then I can help you!

jamesmc1535 13-Aug-15 8:20am

yes i want to create a setup for my program , so i can istall it on other computers

Sarath kumar.N 13-Aug-15 8:25am

No problem it's very easy. Just wait few more sec I will give a links.

jamesmc1535 13-Aug-15 8:28am

thanks man , because at the moment getting the progam to install is harder than the actual program was :o // thanks alot for youre help

Sarath kumar.N 13-Aug-15 8:35am

If u succeed please accept the solution.Thanks.

Sarath kumar.N 13-Aug-15 8:31am

You are Welcome! Thanks doesn't matter u have to succeed that's the matter! I'm waiting for ur reply!

jamesmc1535 13-Aug-15 8:41am

thanks for your effort, but those to tutorials show how to install it using vs 2010 which still has the template for setup installer, im using 2015 which doesnt have that template

Sarath kumar.N 13-Aug-15 8:47am

Before that u can install that template via visual studio gallery. https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/003f3135-bbca-4eb2-951d-88820065a124

jamesmc1535 13-Aug-15 9:04am

thanks man its working now

Sarath kumar.N 13-Aug-15 9:04am

That's great!!!

jamesmc1535 13-Aug-15 9:30am

i have one more question? want to know if its possible to add like the .net framework 4 instalation in with my program
?

Sarath kumar.N 13-Aug-15 9:34am

ask it in discussion please!

Sarath kumar.N 13-Aug-15 9:41am

Please visit the following link.http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6090913/make-an-installation-program-for-c-sharp-applications-and-include-net-framework

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Sarath kumar.N · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-13T02:29:00

Solution 1

Please follow the below links :

A step by step tutorial with images

If u have good network u can watch this youtube video then u can understand easily.

Youtube video

If u have any doubt u can ask after reading those links.

Posted 13-Aug-15 2:29am

Sarath kumar.N

Updated 13-Aug-15 2:30am

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