cppcheck/win_installer
Kimmo Varis 469be78254 Installer: Write Cppcheck version and install path to registry.
As suggested by mcartoixa at forums. This helps 3rd party software to
find the Cppcheck in Windows environment. Note that this commit
writes to HKCU instead of suggested HKLM.
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The Wix Installer for Windows
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New cppcheck Windows installer is created with WiX:
http://wix.sourceforge.net/

You'll need:
 - latest Wix (3.0 or later)
 - MSBuild (coming with Visual Studio, also with VS 2008 express)
 - VS 2008 CRT merge module
 
Configuring
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Installer configuration is done in file config.wxi. Depending how you build
cppcheck you may need to alter the paths for binaries.

Product version and other info
------------------------------

Version number and product name are set in file productInfo.wxi.

Building installer
------------------

Before building the installer make sure all the components are build:
 - CLI executable (cppcheck.exe)
 - GUI executable (cppcheck-gui.exe)
 - GUI translations (*.qm)
 - Manual (onlinehelp.qhc)

And that runtime files are available:
  - Qt runtimes:
      QtCLucene4.dll, QtCore4.dll, QtGui4.dll, QtHelp4.dll, QtNetwork4.dll,
      QtSql4.dll and QtXml4.dll
  - MS CRT merge module (Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86.msm)

Build installer by giving this command line in VS command prompt (or run
vcvars32.bat in DOS prompt first to setup environment):

> msbuild cppcheck.wixproj /p:Platform=x86,ProductVersion=X.YY

For example:
> msbuild cppcheck.wixproj /p:Platform=x86,ProductVersion=1.40

Installer is created to Build -folder.