Wix download files during install

First, select the control panel and then in control panel search, type windows features turn and then you will get the option and then click on it and then you will get as below:. And tick the boxes for the futures you want to enable, and click on Ok and apply. So that the downloaded windows features will install. Step 8: After the installation of windows features required for Wix. Now click on the. Step If we want to have a look at the license and read it, then we can click on the License page then it will open as below and read the agreement, and the sample output is as below:.

Now we have selected WiX Toolset Visual Studio extension, and then it will redirect to the Visual studio market place, and then we need to click on download and install as below:. We have also seen how to integrate the WiX toolset with the Visual Studio. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote.

I need to distribute the installer to various people and each one of them will need to get a different certificate file for the application.

Currently I put the file inside the component element just like the other files exe, dlls, manual etc , but I was thinking about removing the certificate from the installer and download it automatically from my site during the setup process based on some credentials provided in a custom UI screen.

So is it possible or not to implement something like this? Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Tom Blodget Tom Blodget Regards — Django Anonymous. Could you please go again with my question, I have done an update and will appreciate your review.

But how to check if it is already installed or not? And if it is already installed then it should not install again. Windows Installer keeps a database of products, features and components. So, this isn't something you need to do in your WiX bootstrapper.

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You just click the checkbox that says. If it works, great. If it doesn't, the same complexity still exists under the covers. I only agree with you when someone is a lurker. Although setup deployment is development, in terms of community sharing is on the bottom. Your solution is not what I asked for.

I am looking for this in the context of WiX. It's trivial to do it in a Visual Studio project. And if I don't receive any answer I will spend the time to solve it myself and share it with everybody.

I've been sharing on my blog for 12 years. NET framework. IT has a link to the NetFx extension but the link is broken.

Easy to fix the URL and get it right though. Cristopher I know about you from your community contributions. In this case I was stucked with the missing link, jumped to the forums, and finally post my question here. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. It can be found in the following locations with examples: How To: Install the.