The beta build of WiX v3.6 has been released. You can download it from http://wix.codeplex.com/releases/view/75656. Read more about the release at Rob's blog.

Rob posted an update on the progress of WiX v3.6.

The final build of WiX v3.5 has been released. You can download it from http://wix.codeplex.com/releases/view/60102. Read more about the release by Rob and Bob.

Unfortunately, a crashing bug was found in Votive so the escrow build was reset. WiX v3.5.2403.0 is the new escrow build. Again, this could be our final build so upgrade and help us find any showstoppers.

WiX v3.5.2325.0 is now in escrow. This could be our final build so upgrade and help us find any showstoppers. Rob posted more information on his blog.

WiX v3.5.2229.0 was released as the Released Candidate build. Upgrade and let us know how it goes. Rob and Bob posted on updates on their blogs.

WiX v3.5 and v3.6 are both making slow but steady progress. Rob posted detailed analysis on his blog.

The WiX v3.6 toolset now installs itself using its new bootstrapper technology called Burn. Rob walks through the highlights on his blog.

The WiX toolset source code and file releases have moved off of SourceForge to CodePlex. now installs itself using its new bootstrapper technology called Burn. Rob explains why on his blog.

Visual Studio 2010 support is key in WiX v3.5. To better meet those needs Rob describes some changes on his blog.

The final build of WiX v3.0 has been released. You can download it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix/files/. Read more about the release by Rob and Bob.

The WiX Working Group and the Visual Studio team are pleased to announce that Votive integration in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is now available in WiX v3.5. We encourage all Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 users to upgrade to the latest build of WiX v3.5 to try out the feature. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.5.0605.0/.

The WiX Working Group is pleased to announced that the WiX v3.0 RC2 build (v3.0.5217.0) is now available. We encourage all users to upgrade to this build for the latest fixes and to verify how ready WiX v3.0 is for release. For more information, see Highlights of WiX v3.0.5217.0 and the release notes. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.5217.0/ or from the WiX SourceForge.net releases page.

The WiX Working Group is pleased to announced that the WiX v3.0 "beta exit" build (v3.0.4805.0) is now available. We encourage all users to upgrade to this build for the latest fixes and to verify how ready WiX v3.0 is for release. For more information, see Rob’s announcement, Bob's follow-up, and Highlights of WiX v3.0.4805.0. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4805.0/ or from the WiX SourceForge.net releases page.

To help prevent spam on the WiX mailing lists, you must now subscribe to the lists before you can send e-mail to them. See the mailing list page for more information.

The WiX toolset status has been upgraded to Production/Stable to recognize the final build of WiX v2 (2.0.5805.0). See http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2008/02/17/WiX-toolset-on-SourceForge-marked-ProductionStable.aspx for more information.

There has been some suggestion that the WiX toolset is a dead project because we have not released a drop to the SourceForge release point in a long while. Those fears are unfounded for three reasons. First, WiX v2 is stable so we are not expecting another build of that version unless a showstopper bug shows up. Second, weekly drops show up at the Weekly Releases release point regularly. Finally, pushing to the SourceForge release point is a manual process for us and ends up a lower priority. In any case, development is still very much active and the wix-users mailing list is still the best place to get your questions answered.

Visual Studio 2008 has recently released and we are happy to announce that Votive is supported in both Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008. You can also install Votive side by side on both versions of Visual Studio. Support for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 was added in build 3.0.3328 (which also works for Visual Studio 2008 RTM) and the final Visual Studio 2008 RTM bits are in a build >= 3.0.3607, which is available on the weekly releases page.

After many months of being deprecated, its time to say goodbye (builds >= 3.0.2716.0). All FragmentRef's will need to be converted to one of the supported reference elements in WiX 3.0. Examples of these are ComponentRef, FeatureRef, PropertyRef, or CustomActionRef among others.

Many people have asked what's new in WiX version 3. Here is a list of things that have already been done and things that are still in the works.

A brand new version of Votive has been released in the v3 branch (builds >= 3.0.2120.0). Click here for a list of new features.

The old Votive3.msi has been renamed Wix3.msi as of builds >= 3.0.2120.0 to better describe the installer. It is the installation vehicle for installing the core WiX toolset and also Votive, ClickThrough, and other WiX tools.

On the right you will now see a link to our Weekly Releases. The best way to stay current is to check there each Wednesday around noon PST for the latest build of the WiX toolset.

ClickThrough is a new tool built on the core WiX toolset. It provides a GUI to create simple MSI files that auto-update over an RSS feed.

The first official WiX web site is now online. Content is a bit scarce initially, but we expect to add a lot more in the near future.