<s>
Windows	B-Language
Installer	I-Language
XML	I-Language
Toolset	B-Application
(	O
WiX	B-Language
,	O
pronounced	O
"	O
wicks	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
toolset	B-Application
that	O
builds	O
Windows	B-Application
Installer	I-Application
packages	O
from	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
command-line	O
environment	O
that	O
developers	O
may	O
integrate	O
into	O
their	O
build	O
processes	O
to	O
build	O
MSI	B-Application
and	O
MSM	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
was	O
the	O
first	O
Microsoft	O
project	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
under	O
an	O
open-source	O
license	O
,	O
the	O
Common	O
Public	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
has	O
used	O
WiX	B-Language
to	O
package	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
,	O
SQL	O
Server	O
2005	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005/2008	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
includes	O
Votive	O
,	O
a	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
add-in	O
that	O
allows	O
creating	O
and	O
building	O
WiX	B-Language
setup	O
projects	O
using	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Votive	O
supports	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
and	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
for	O
source	O
files	O
and	O
adds	O
a	O
WiX	B-Language
setup	O
project	O
type	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tool	O
Description	O
Candle	O
Candle	O
compiles	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
documents	I-Protocol
to	O
object	O
files	O
that	O
contain	O
symbols	O
and	O
references	O
to	O
symbols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Light	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
collecting	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
binaries	O
,	O
packaging	O
them	O
appropriately	O
,	O
and	O
generating	O
the	O
final	O
MSI	B-Application
or	O
MSM	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lit	O
Lit	O
combines	O
multiple	O
object	O
files	O
into	O
a	O
library	B-Library
for	O
convenience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	O
Dark	O
takes	O
existing	O
MSI	B-Application
and	O
MSM	O
files	O
and	O
generates	O
XML	B-Protocol
documents	I-Protocol
that	O
represent	O
the	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heat	O
Heat	O
creates	O
WiX	B-Language
file	O
list	O
code	O
from	O
a	O
file	O
,	O
directory	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
project	O
,	O
website	O
,	O
VB6	B-Language
COM	B-Application
component	O
,	O
performance	O
counter	O
category	O
,	O
or	O
Registry	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
3.0	O
'	O
s	O
Heat	O
replaced	O
WiX	B-Language
2.0	O
'	O
s	O
more	O
limited	O
Tallow	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paraffin	O
can	O
also	O
exclude	O
files	O
by	O
extension	O
or	O
regular	B-Language
expression	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyro	O
Pyro	O
creates	O
Patch	O
files	O
(	O
msp	O
)	O
without	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Installer	I-Application
SDK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
include	O
small	O
size	O
,	O
proper	O
elevation	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
a	O
very	O
customizable	O
UI	O
and	O
progress	O
indicators	O
,	O
and	O
automatic	O
download	O
of	O
required	O
dependencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
was	O
the	O
first	O
Microsoft	O
project	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
under	O
an	O
open-source	O
license	O
,	O
the	O
Common	O
Public	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
hosted	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
Microsoft	O
project	O
to	O
be	O
hosted	O
externally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
Mensching	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
author	O
and	O
lead	O
developer	O
of	O
WiX	B-Language
,	O
works	O
on	O
WiX	B-Language
in	O
his	O
spare	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
he	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
WiX	B-Language
on	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
he	O
commented	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
did	O
not	O
feel	O
that	O
many	O
people	O
inside	O
Microsoft	O
understood	O
what	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
community	O
was	O
really	O
about	O
and	O
I	O
wanted	O
to	O
improve	O
that	O
understanding	O
by	O
providing	O
an	O
example.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2006	O
,	O
several	O
other	O
Microsoft	O
employees	O
from	O
various	O
product	O
divisions	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
worked	O
on	O
WiX	B-Language
with	O
Mensching	O
,	O
meeting	O
after	O
business	O
hours	O
once	O
a	O
week	O
to	O
coordinate	O
development	O
efforts	O
and	O
write	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
WiX	B-Language
moved	O
from	O
SourceForge	B-Application
to	O
CodePlex	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
14	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
transferred	O
the	O
WiX	B-Language
copyright	O
to	O
the	O
Microsoft-sponsored	O
Outercurve	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
license	O
was	O
changed	O
from	O
the	O
Common	O
Public	O
License	O
to	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-License
Reciprocal	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
4	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
WiX	B-Language
was	O
transferred	O
to	O
the	O
.NET	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2012	O
,	O
the	O
traditional	O
setup	O
project	O
type	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
(	O
available	O
only	O
as	O
an	O
extension	O
since	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
is	O
a	O
recommended	O
alternative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
WiX	B-Language
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
version	O
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
version	O
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
July	O
4	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
version	O
3.5	O
was	O
released	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
version	O
3.6	O
was	O
released	O
September	O
3	O
,	O
2012	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
Burn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
version	O
3.7	O
was	O
released	O
December	O
24	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.7	O
supported	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
,	O
2010	O
and	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
version	O
3.8	O
was	O
released	O
November	O
28	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
support	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
version	O
3.9	O
was	O
released	O
October	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
version	O
3.10	O
was	O
released	O
September	O
3	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
version	O
3.11	O
was	O
released	O
May	O
5	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
version	O
3.11.1	O
was	O
released	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WiX	B-Language
version	O
3.11.2	O
was	O
released	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wix	B-Language
v4	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
5	O
April	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
