Just published a library I created on one of past jobs out of Updater Application Block and WiX’s ClichThrough component.
Please meet: DotUpdater
It can auto-update an application, just create a RSS feed of updates and Windows Installer (MSI) binaries.
Some pages that somewhy didn’t appear at top of Google searches for WiX help.
WiXWiki.com – pretty useful and contains some snippets you won’t find in WiX manual or tutorial. Many of rare code snippets
WiX development releases; some broken (last two broken in VS 2008), some contain the very things you’ll need;
Justin Rockwood’s blog entry with [...]
Update: for a ready solution (library), see official release announcement
Windows Installer on itself is a pain. WiX saves you from it, mostly wrapping the complexity into XML constructs understandable to non-gurus.
Well, not completely – you still have to know:
why the heck shortcut didn’t appear in start menu;
how to create a web site shortcut;
why [...]
