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• MOSS: Custom commands for the stsadm.exe utility

  I'm doing some work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) and I recently discovered that with MOSS (and WSS v3) the administration utility is extensible. Stsadm.exe is something that I have a love-hate relationship with, but it's interesting Read More... Posted 22 January 2007 09:18 by john.rayner | 0 Comments Filed under: MOSS, Installers, MSI, Deployment, WSS3

• WSS2: Stsadm.exe removes existing web.config files

  I'm writing an installer to install a SharePoint site onto a server and have found some strange behaviour in stsadm.exe. The relevant portion of my installation goes like this: Create a new directory Create an IIS web site on this directory Deploy Read More... Posted 20 November 2006 16:23 by john.rayner | 0 Comments Filed under: Installers, MSI, Deployment, SharePoint 2003, WSS2

• WiX: Integrating into the continuous build

  I've been working on a WiX installer recently and I was asked to integrate it into the project's continuous build process. This turned out to be surprisingly easy. Early on in the development, I decided to use WiX version 3. It is nicely integrated Read More... Posted 17 November 2006 14:17 by john.rayner | 3 Comments Filed under: Continuous integration, Continuous build, CC.Net, Engineering practices, CruiseControl.Net, Installers, MSI, WIX

• WiX: A not-quite-so-gentle introduction

  In my last post, I gave a very high-level overview of MSIs and WiX. Here I discuss more of the detail and provide the basic technology context which lots of tutorials seem to omit. Read More... Posted 15 November 2006 20:46 by john.rayner | 0 Comments Filed under: Engineering practices, Installers, MSI, WIX

• WiX: A gentle introduction

  An introduction Windows Installer XML (WiX) - what is, why you might want to use it, and some useful WiX-related links Read More... Posted 10 November 2006 12:39 by john.rayner | 1 Comments Filed under: Engineering practices, Installers, MSI, Deployment, WIX