WixEdit

When you want to get an application up and running on your machine, you must launch an installer and said installer will guide you through the installation process. WixEdit helps you create such installers. And more to the point, the application allows you to come up with MSI and MSM setup packages with the WiX Toolset – it is an editor for XML source code of the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset.

The setup wizard that helps you install WixEdit on your Windows-powered machine allows you to choose between a Typical installation (install the most common program features), a Custom Installation (you can choose which program features will be installed: binaries, sources, samples, templates, WiX 3.0), and a Complete Installation (all program features will be installed).

The main part of the application’s interface is taken up by the project you’re working on – it won’t take you long to figure things out and, if you want to quickly get started with the application, you can load a sample project and play with it. At the top there’s a traditional File Menu that allows you to easily access the application’s functionality.

Speaking about functionalty, WixEdit’s main purpose is to help you create MSI installers by using the WiX Toolset. The application displays files in a structured manner, comes with a WixEdit wizard to add files and functionality to MSI files, a powerful find function, the option to edit WiX source files, and more. To sum it up, this tool offers all the tools you need and guides you through the whole process of creating installers.

Go get WixEdit if you need an efficient tool to help you create MSI installers.