Alien::WiX - Installing and finding Windows Installer XML (WiX)

This document describes Alien::WiX version 1.305419001.

Note that the first digit will change if the API changes in an incompatible or major manner, while the other digits change when the version of WiX that is installed by this module changes.

There is no incompatibility between 0.x and 1.x versions, however.

    use Alien::WiX qw(:GENERAL);

    print wix_version();
    # Prints 3.0.5419.0, usually.

    $version_number = wix_version_number();
    die 'WiX beta-exit build or better required, stopping' 
        if ($version_number < 4805)

    print wix_binary('candle'), " exists\n";
    print wix_library('WixFirewall'), " exists\n";

    use Alien::WiX 0.305419 qw(:ALL);

    print wix_bin_candle(), " exists\n";
    print wix_bin_light(), " exists\n";
    print wix_lib_wixui(), " exists\n";

Installing this module will also install Windows Installer XML (otherwise known as WiX) version 3.0.5419.0, if it (or a later version) has not already been installed.

This module provides utility subroutines that would be useful for programs that use WiX to create Windows Installer (.msi) installation packages.

All routines will croak when errors occur. useing the module will also croak if WiX is not installed.

Returns the version of Windows Installer XML (i.e. 3.0.5419.0) as a string.

Returns the third portion of the version of Windows Installer XML (i.e. if wix_version returns 3.0.5419.0, this returns 5419) as a number.

Returns the location of the WiX program specified as its first parameter. The '.exe' part is not required.

Returns the location of the WiX extension library specified as its first parameter. The 'Extension.dll' part is not required.

Returns the location of candle.exe or light.exe.

Returns the location of the WixUI extension library.

Windows Installer XML not installed, cannot continue

The module could not find the registry key for WiX 3.0.

Cannot execute %s

The file wix_binary or a wix_bin routine was attempting to find could not be found or it could not be executed.

Cannot find %s

The file wix_library or a wix_lib routine was attempting to find could not be found.

Alien::WiX requires no configuration files or environment variables.

It checks the registry entries that WiX's installer wrote to the Windows registry to get its return values.

Note that this module checks if Windows Installer XML is INSTALLED, NOT that it successfully executes.

This module requires Perl 5.8.0.

Non-core perl modules required are Win32API::Registry (which is required to be installed in order to run the Makefile.PL or Build.PL successfully), Module::Build (which is required to install this module), Win32::TieRegistry, version, and Readonly.

Installation of Alien::WiX will install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and Windows Installer XML 3.0.5419.0 by downloading them from the appropriate sites unless otherwise specified.

If you want to install WiX in a non-default location, you will want to install it yourself before installing this module.

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-Alien-WiX-Version30@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

Curtis Jewell <csjewell@cpan.org>

Copyright (c) 2009, Curtis Jewell.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic (perlartistic).

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