VS Templates Release v2.4.5

• Manifest's dependency pack Microsoft.Net.Component.4.7.2.TargetingPack is replaced with Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.CoreEditor.
  This is to allow to install on both VS2022 and VS2026. It's related to #1929.

Release v2.14.0

• WixSharp-VS-Templates: updated nuget packeges refs to use the latest package available
• #1857: .NET 9 Support ?
• #1926: Added support for DotNetCoreSearch element
  Add DotNetCoreSearch and dynamic AOT TFM selection
• #1927: LGHT0369 "Component has a @Guid value that duplicates another component in this package." because of a GetHashCode32 collision
  WixGuid.Generator = GuidGenerators.CollisionFree;
  GuidGenerators.CollisionFree has been contributed by @snechaev

Release v2.13.0.0

• #1917: WixSharp generates wix.tools.csproj with floating versions (*) causing unintended upgrade to WiX v7 and build failures (WIX7015)
• Added support for WiX7
• Add detection and user guidance for WiX v7+ EULA errors (WIX7015, NU1102) and clear warnings and instructions for EULA acceptance

Release v2.12.3.0

• Issue#1900 Sudden build failures on GitHub with "WixSharp attempted to install the extension but did not succeed"
• PR #1905 from PatrickHofman/master
  Fix ArgumentNullException on MemoryStream constructor
• ProjectFileSigner is extended to support batch signing for all any files not embedded assemblies only

Release v1.12.2.0

Release v1.12.2

• #1887 QOL request: batch files together into fewer signtool invocations
• ProjectFileSigner is extended to support batch signing for all files, not just embedded assemblies only.

courtesy of @dand-oss

• Added: FileAssociation.IconFile property for auto-registering icon files
  When IconFile is set to a path, WixSharp automatically registers an Icon element and uses its ID for the file association.
  This simplifies icon setup for non-advertised file associations where the Icon attribute must be an Icon Id rather than a file path.
• Added: InstalledFileAction resolves file key by name if ID not found
  When the Key property doesn't match an exact file ID, WixSharp now searches for a file by name (case-insensitive) and uses its ID.
  This allows using simple filenames like "MyApp.exe" instead of having to specify the WiX-generated file ID.
  If multiple files match the name, an exception is thrown with a clear error message listing the matching files.

Release v2.12.1.0

• #1887: QOL request: batch files together into fewer signtool invocations
• #1890: SetNetPrerequisite only works for single .NET runtime requisite.
• #1852: Managed Setup - Custom WPF UI with custom action fails with a "System.BadImageFormatException" when Platform = Platform.x64

Release v2.12.0.0

#1852: Managed Setup - Custom WPF UI with custom action fails with a "System.BadImageFormatException" when Platform = Platform.x64

• Added option for scheduling Load event (project.LoadEventScheduling).
  The possible values:
  • OnMsiLaunch (new + default)
  • InUiAndExecute (new)
  • InExecute (old)
• Added a complete set of UAT for project.LoadEventScheduling'
• Fixed inconsistency when selecting SfxCA.dll CPU architecture (triggered by #1852)

Release v2.10.0.0

• #1856: New error after upgrading from v2.7.6 to v2.7.7 (or v2.8.0)
• #1851: Extension not found if it is only installed via nuget package
• #1850: Fixed missing null check and returning disposed object in extension method
• #1848: Missing space in cmd file from BuildMsiCmd
• Added CommonTasks.InsertToBinaryTable (prompted by #1846)
• Added Project.SetProductIcon(...) extension method.
• Added isolating binaries during signing and packaging to acoid file locking
• Updated Bootstrapper samples
  • Added WixBootstrapperUI(WiX4) legacy sample
  • External BA sample is isolated as a separate project
  • WixBootstrapperUI is updated to use internal (in teh build script) UI implementation
  • Reworked SigningBundle and Signing samples to show real end-to-end signing

Release v2.9.1.0-pre

• #1856: New error after upgrading from v2.7.6 to v2.7.7 (or v2.8.0)
  (Added using shadow copies of the build script assembly to allow signing)
• #1851: Extension not found if it is only installed via nuget package
• #1850: Fixed missing null check and returning disposed object in extension method
• #1848: Missing space in cmd file from BuildMsiCmd
• Added CommonTasks.InsertToBinaryTable (prompted by #1846)
• Added Project.SetProductIcon(...) extension method.

Release v.2.9.0.0

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• #1839: CA fail when using Artifacts build output
• Added the Wix WebAddress 'Header' attribute (courtesy of Deaadman)
• #1838: Background image validation issue
• #1833: Antivirus problems during installation of WixSharp built MSIs (2)
  • Compiler.SignAllFilesOptions.SignEmbeddedAssemblies default value is changed to false
  • Updated property documentation to indicate that teh file can be locked and to suggest a workaround