JetWixExtension features the most comprehensive WiX preprocessor and BootstrapperApplication frameworks supporting either native Qt-based or managed WPF-based user interfaces for WiX bundles.

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JetBA

The most comprehensive, fully customizable, extensible, WPF-based UI for WiX bootstrappers.

SampleJetBA project presents usage of JetBA. It features a WPF user interface:

• Target folder selection
• SQL Server connection customization
• Summary page to review selections
• Input fields validations with pop up messages to notify errors
• Usage of JetBA View-models to bind burn variables, installation states, wizard navigation etc.

Preprocessor Extension

• Harvest directly from WiX source code by executing Heat commands

  <?pragma heat.dir "$(sys.SOURCEFILEDIR)..\bin\Release" -cg BIN -dr INSTALLFOLDER -ag?>
  

• Collection variables. The following example shows how to use collection variables to deploy a file six times with different target names- permutations of (a, b, c) and (x, y, z):

  <?pragma tuple.NIR a; b; c?>
  <?pragma tuple.BAR x; y; z?>
  <?foreach i in $(tuple_range.BAR())?>
  <Component Feature="ProductFeature" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
      <File Source="$(sys.SOURCEFILEPATH)" Name="Product.$(tuple.NIR($(var.i))).$(tuple.BAR($(var.i))).wxs"/>
  </Component>
  <?endforeach?>
  <?pragma endtuple.BAR?>
  <?pragma endtuple.NIR?>
  

• Generate random Id. Useful when deploying files with same name to different target folders:

    <ComponentGroup Id="random">
    	<Component Directory="Product.Dir">
    	<File Source="$(sys.SOURCEFILEPATH)" Id="$(jet.random_id())"/>
    	</Component>
    	<Component Directory="INSTALL_FOLDER">
    	<File Source="$(sys.SOURCEFILEPATH)" Id="$(jet.random_id())"/>
    	</Component>
    </ComponentGroup>
  

• Generate random or pseudo-random Guid.

  	<ComponentGroup Id="random">
      <?foreach account in localService;localSystem;networkService;applicationPoolIdentity?>
      <Component Id="webapp.$(var.account)" Guid="$(jet.Guid($(var.account)))" Transitive="yes">
        <Condition><![CDATA[IIS_ACCOUNT ~= "$(var.account)"]]></Condition>
        <CreateFolder />
        <iis:WebAppPool Id="$(var.account)" Name="WebUI" Identity="$(var.account)" ManagedRuntimeVersion="v4.0" ManagedPipelineMode="Integrated" />
        <iis:WebVirtualDir Id="$(var.account)" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" Alias="WebUI" WebSite="WebUI">
          <iis:WebApplication Id="$(var.account)" Name="WebUI" WebAppPool="$(var.account)" />
        </iis:WebVirtualDir>
      </Component>
      <?endforeach?>
  	</ComponentGroup>
  

• Detect bundles and get their versions in a variable:

    <jet:BundleSearch UpgradeCode="{1D1DB5E6-E0D8-3103-8570-369A82A9BF33}" VersionVariable="DetectedVC2013x86Version" NamePattern="\bx86\b"/>
  

• RebootBoundary attrbiute on bundle packages: force reboot after the package if any preceding package required reboot

JetBA++

The only native fully customizable, extensible, Qt-based UI for WiX bootstrappers.

Building the sample

1. Clone the repo
2. Restore Nuget packages
3. If you restore nuget packages from within Visual Studio, then close & reopen Visual Studio
4. Rebuild project Bootstrapper The installer will be built in $(SolutionDir)build\bin\$(Configuration)\Bootstrapper\JetBA_Showcase.exe

Note that Debug builds attempt to attach a debugger while Release builds do not.