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Documentation for creating SilentDragonLite MSI

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# Creating SilentDragonLite MSI installer for Windows with msitools and wixl
This documentation is for creating a SilentDragonLite MSI installer for Windows using msitools and wixl. Documentation for msitools is here: https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools Documentation for wixl can refer to WiX toolset as it tries to share the same syntax: https://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/
This was tested on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
## Install msitools and wixl
```
sudo apt-get -y install msitools wixl
```
## Download latest SilentDragonLite Windows release and unzip
Latest releases located here: https://git.hush.is/hush/SilentDragonLite/releases Example below is for SilentDragonLite 1.5.2
```
wget https://git.hush.is/attachments/37c68ff3-725c-4ceb-b28a-8c131739585c
unzip 37c68ff3-725c-4ceb-b28a-8c131739585c
```
This will unzip into a directory named SilentDragonLite-v1.5.2-win
```
cd SilentDragonLite-v1.5.2-win
```
## Copy silentdragon.ico to SilentDragon directory
The icon file `silentdragon.ico` is currently not included in release zip, but is required to create an MSI installer with a smaller size. Setting icon SourceFile in the .wxs file to SilentDragonLite.exe will duplicate the .exe and make the installer over 100MB instead of ~80MB. How you get this .ico file is up to you. I extracted from .exe on Windows. Maybe it will be included in .zip release in the future to make this easier for anyone trying to create a MSI file for the first time.
## Create WiX source file (.wxs)
This is an XML file. You should name it what you want the .msi file to be named IE: `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs`
Below is a copy of the contents of the `SilentDragon-1.5.2.wxs` file Note that GUID's all need to be unique. This will create shortcuts to SilentDragon on desktop and in the start menu as well as have uninstall support from Add/Remove Programs. A tutorial that explains the basics of creating these files can be found here: https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/
```
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='windows-1252'?>
<Wix xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi'>
<Product Name='SilentDragonLite' Id='2dc57a1d-b094-4ada-9141-c1cd4bd3ac42' UpgradeCode='d67c14a1-8cf8-438b-b32b-5e8aaae06a40'
Language='1033' Codepage='1252' Version='1.5.2' Manufacturer='HUSH'>
<Package Id='*' Keywords='Installer' Description="HUSH SilentDragonLite Installer"
Comments='' Manufacturer='HUSH'
InstallerVersion='100' Languages='1033' Compressed='yes' SummaryCodepage='1252' />
<Media Id='1' Cabinet='SilentDragonLite.cab' EmbedCab='yes' DiskPrompt="CD-ROM #1" />
<Property Id='DiskPrompt' Value="HUSH SilentDragonLite 1.5.2 Installation [1]" />
<Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
<Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>
<Directory Id='HUSH' Name='HUSH'>
<Directory Id='INSTALLDIR' Name='SilentDragonLite'>
<Component Id='MainExecutable' Guid='24fb99eb-d6b6-4d96-a1b1-631acdff8222'>
<File Id='SilentDragonLiteEXE' Name='SilentDragonLite.exe' DiskId='1' Source='SilentDragonLite.exe' KeyPath='yes'>
<Shortcut Id="startmenuSilentDragonLite" Directory="ProgramMenuDir" Name="SilentDragonLite" WorkingDirectory='INSTALLDIR' Icon="SilentDragonLite.exe" IconIndex="0" Advertise="yes" />
<Shortcut Id="desktopSilentDragonLite" Directory="DesktopFolder" Name="SilentDragonLite" WorkingDirectory='INSTALLDIR' Icon="SilentDragonLite.exe" IconIndex="0" Advertise="yes" />
</File>
</Component>
<Component Id="READMEFILE" Guid="126d74da-bd82-496d-a936-78d6f0bf2f3c">
<File Id="README" DiskId='1' Source="README" KeyPath="yes"/>
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="Programs">
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="SilentDragonLite">
<Component Id="ProgramMenuDir" Guid="a47c750e-1dcc-49cd-bec1-d283f4b24401>
<RemoveFolder Id='ProgramMenuDir' On='uninstall' />
<RegistryValue Root='HKCU' Key='Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]' Type='string' Value='' KeyPath='yes' />
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" />
</Directory>
<Feature Id='Complete' Level='1'>
<ComponentRef Id='MainExecutable' />
<ComponentRef Id='ProgramMenuDir' />
<ComponentRef Id='READMEFILE' />
</Feature>
<Icon Id="SilentDragonLite.exe" SourceFile="silentdragon.ico" />
</Product>
</Wix>
```
## Build MSI file from WiX source file
```
wixl -v SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs
```
This will create a `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.msi` file in the same directory which can then be distributed. If it created without error and is larger than 0kb, congratulations!
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