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Personal musings on shipping the first version of software.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 1 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I explain what I've been up to as of late while shipping the first version of the System Definition Model....
when setup isn't just xcopy

Creating a Microsoft Open Source project on SourceForge.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 6 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I try to capture the process for creating a new project on SourceForge from Microsoft....
when setup isn't just xcopy

OSCON 2004, Day 3 - When reality invaded a bit of OSCON then I came home.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 1 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I finish up my "trip report" of OSCON 2004 and notice how reality has started seeping into Open Source....
when setup isn't just xcopy

OSCON 2004, Day 2 - It's about the relationships.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching

Imagine a blog entry about my second full day at OSCON 2004 and meet several incredibly amazing people from the Open Source community....
when setup isn't just xcopy

OSCON 2004, Day 1 - r0ml rocks, everything goes well, and I really like the Ximian guys

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 5 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I talk about my first real day at OSCON 2004 where I saw an amazing keynote, presented WiX, and hung out with a few guys from Ximian while a good time was had by all....
when setup isn't just xcopy

OSCON 2004, Day 0 - Travel, eat, talk, nothing too exciting... yet.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 9 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I talk about my first day at OSCON 2004....
when setup isn't just xcopy

I'm going to OSCON and I now need a bio and a presentation! Help!

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 10 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I look for a few suggestions about what I should present and write in my bio for OSCON 2004....
when setup isn't just xcopy

"Exceptions traveling through your code," a great way to say you will need rollback for setup.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching

Imagine a blog entry where I am reminded how important rollback is in setup and take a few minutes remind everyone....
when setup isn't just xcopy

To blog or to book? That is the question.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 18 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I discuss my current thinking about writing a book and solicit input from my readers....
when setup isn't just xcopy

Weird parsing problems using the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset?

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching

Imagine a blog entry where I point out that the .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 Tech Preview (that fixes a bug you might encounter when using the WiX toolset) has been posted....
when setup isn't just xcopy

What I would do if I didn't continue to "fight the good fight" for setup?

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 16 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I ramble along after having my wisdom teeth pulled and come up with something of a vision statement....
when setup isn't just xcopy

Balloons, fishing poles, and personal empowerment.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 11 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I take a lot of real life and come up with a long way to say "RTFM"....
when setup isn't just xcopy

The questions Microsoft employees keep asking about Open Source.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 3 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I take a Microsoft employee's questions and turn them into a mock interview in a public forum (i.e. my blog)....
when setup isn't just xcopy

Local Installation Source Tool (listool.exe) released to web.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 5 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I talk about the new Local Installation Source tool (listool.exe) that allows you to enable, disable, and move your LocalCache....
when setup isn't just xcopy

VBScript (and Jscript) MSI CustomActions suck

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 22 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I explain why VBScript and Jscript should not be used for MSI CustomActions....
when setup isn't just xcopy

My philsophical musings about building setup for software.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 27 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I go into the details of how I believe setup build processes should work....
when setup isn't just xcopy

Checking in on the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset development environments.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 6 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I go back out to SourceForge and take a peek at all the projects that appear to be building a development environment for the Windows Installer XML toolset....
when setup isn't just xcopy

O'Reilly Net on Getting Started with WiX.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 3 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I discuss a couple issues in an introduction article to the WiX toolset I found online....
when setup isn't just xcopy

Windows Template Library (WTL) has released as Open Source on SourceForge.net

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 5 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where Microsoft releases the Windows Template Library project under the Common Public License....
when setup isn't just xcopy

Sections, Symbols and References in the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 10 Comments
Imagine a blog entry about what I think makes the Windows Installer XML toolset unique and powerful: sections, symbols, and references....
when setup isn't just xcopy

It's a bit after noon, do you know where your mother is?

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching

Imagine a blog entry reminding everyone that it is Mother's Day and a funny story my Mom told me when I called her....
when setup isn't just xcopy

Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset in Time?

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 2 Comments
Imagine a blog entry about a Time article that mentions the WiX toolset....
when setup isn't just xcopy

Registering an Assembly for COM Interop in a MSI file with the Windows Installer XML toolset.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 18 Comments
Imagine a blog entry where I dig into problems to think about when writing CustomActions and try to provide a better solution for registering COM Interop for .NET assemblies....
when setup isn't just xcopy

End of the beginning for the Windows Installer XML toolset.

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 9 Comments
Imagine a blog entry about the time when the Windows Installer XML toolset bug count seemed manageable and Rob was going to have to start writing documentation....
when setup isn't just xcopy

So you want to be a Windows Installer XML developer?

Posted over 9 years ago

by Rob Mensching
- 16 Comments
People have started expressing interest in joining the Windows Installer XML toolset development community so I figured I should get some administrative details out of the way. If you are interested in contributing code to the Windows Installer XML toolset, it is very important to read through all four of these topics....