MAKEMSI quickly and reliably creates MSI files in a non-programmatic way\You Can Help Make MAKEMSI Better!

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You Can Help Make MAKEMSI Better!

I provide my tools for free as I like to download and use free tools myself and like to "pay back" and help others in a similar manner rather than just be a consumer of other peoples generosity. Perhaps you'd like to help others (or me) as well...

Any snippets which demonstrate something would be much appreciated as would any useful macros. If macros it would be nice if a complete working sample script were supplied as I may not be familiar with the requirements etc.

Some ideas:

• Donate via PayPal
  If you are really happy with the added reliabilty of your MSIs and all the time MAKEMSI saves you then you might like to donate via PayPal (secure payment also accepts credit cards). You can choose whatever ammount you like and will help improve MAKEMSI.

• Report Problems
  If you have any problems then I'd like to know. I will then hopefully be able to do something about it so others won't have to suffer.

  Could I have done anything to make an error message easier to understand?

• General FeedBack
  Any trouble installing? Any feedback (good or bad) is welcome. If you don't like something then proposed solutions are nice.

• Suggest or MAKE Specific Improvements
  The "User Contributions" section lists some of the few I have received. Another example is the performace suggestions which make MAKEMSI quite a bit faster than it originally was.

• Tell Your Friends
  If you like it tell your friends!

• Link to the MAKEMSI/MSIDIFF
  The more links to my site (the makemsi.htm/msidiff.htm pages) the more people will find the tool.

• Help Others
  Join the MAKEMSI forum and help others by answering requests for help etc.

• The MAKEMSI Manual
  There are spelling and other mistakes in the manual. I will fix any that I notice or are reported.

  The manual may not be complete in some areas and if you can help fill in any gaps that would be a huge help.

  Some commands don't have good examples or perhaps examples at all, have you got a fragment that could be useful in the manual?

  You may know how to do something specific, in which was it could be added to the user contributions or tips sections in the manual.

• Review MAKEMSI at Download Sites
  If you like MAKEMSI then please say so!

• Submit MAKEMSI to Download Sites
  You have my permission to submit MAKEMSI to any download site that does not charge for downloads (its free). Please search the site first to ensure its not already there! I have a pad file at "http://dennisbareis.com/makemsi.pad.xml" for those sites that take them.

• BOINC for the MAKEMSI Team!
  I have created a BOINC MAKEMSI Team for those who use BOINC but are currently not part of any team. If not currently donating your "spare" CPU to medical research etc then perhaps you'll consider it.

MAKEMSI PAD FILE

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        <State_Province>Vic</State_Province>
        <Zip_Postal_Code>3000</Zip_Postal_Code>
        <Country>Australia</Country>
        <Company_WebSite_URL>http://dennisbareis.com/index.htm</Company_WebSite_URL>
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            <Author_Last_Name>Bareis</Author_Last_Name>
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            <Contact_Last_Name>Bareis</Contact_Last_Name>
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        <Program_Install_Support>Install and Uninstall</Program_Install_Support>
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    <Program_Descriptions>
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            <Keywords>Setup, MSI, MSM, merge module, automatic, programatic,  programatically, make msi, build msi, create msi, update, msi, XML like script</Keywords>
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            <Char_Desc_450>Create or update MSI (Windows Installer) based installers for files, registry etc using an XML like script. Can use in automated builds (NMAKE, ANT, NANT builds etc). A HTML report can be created (with a "file verify" button). For both beginners and advanced users. Common processes can be defined once and reused in multiple projects (templates). Has extensive documentation and a large user group (500+ members).</Char_Desc_450>
            <Char_Desc_2000>Create or update MSI  (Windows Installer) based installers for files, registry etc using an XML like script. Can use in unattended builds (NMAKE, ANT, NANT builds etc). It builds a HTML report by default (with a "file verify" button). For both beginners and advanced users. Common processes can be defined once and reused in multiple projects (templates). Has extensive documentation and a large user group (500+ members). A MSI compare or disassemble tool is available which generates MAKEMSI output, this is commonly used by people wishing to automate tasks they currently use ORCA for.
Also has a framework for easy MSM (merge module) and CUB (MSI validation suite) building.</Char_Desc_2000>
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    </Program_Descriptions>
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            <Application_Info_URL>http://dennisbareis.com/makemsi.htm</Application_Info_URL>
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        <Download_URLs>
            <Primary_Download_URL>http://dennisbareis.com/zips_fw/makemsi.zip</Primary_Download_URL>
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    <Permissions>
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