The Wix Installer for Windows
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cppcheck Windows installer is created with WiX:
http://wix.sourceforge.net/
You'll need:
- latest Wix (3.6)
- 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
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Version number and product name are set in file productInfo.wxi.
Building installer
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Before building the installer make sure all the components are build:
- CLI executable (cppcheck.exe)
- GUI executable (cppcheck-gui.exe)
- GUI translations (*.qm) - generated by the Qt's lrelease -tool
And that runtime files are available:
- Qt runtimes:
QtCore4.dll, QtGui4.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.
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