Removes MSI deployment tool feature

Removes the option to build a separate MSI deployment tool.
This simplifies the packaging process and reduces the number of artifacts produced.
The functionality is deemed redundant and not widely used.

src/lib-csharp/VelopackAsset.cs

@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ namespace Velopack
         Portable = 3,
         /// <summary> An application installer archive. </summary>
         Installer = 4,
-        /// <summary> A Windows Installer package (.msi) for the deployment tool.</summary>
-        MsiDeploymentTool = 5,
         /// <summary> A Windows Installer package (.msi).</summary>
-        Msi = 6,
+        Msi = 5,
     }
 
     /// <summary>

src/vpk/Velopack.Build/PackTask.cs

@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ public class PackTask : MSBuildAsyncTask
     
     public string? Compression { get; set; }
 
-    public bool BuildMsiDeploymentTool { get; set; }
     public bool BuildMsi { get; set; }
 
     public string? MsiVersionOverride { get; set; }

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging.Windows/Commands/WindowsPackCommandRunner.cs

@@ -220,12 +220,6 @@ public class WindowsPackCommandRunner : PackageBuilder<WindowsPackOptions>
         Log.Debug($"Setup bundle created '{Path.GetFileName(targetSetupExe)}'.");
         setupExeProgress(100);
 
-        if (Options.BuildMsiDeploymentTool && VelopackRuntimeInfo.IsWindows) {
-            var msiName = DefaultName.GetSuggestedMsiDeploymentToolName(Options.PackId, Options.Channel, TargetOs);
-            var msiPath = createAsset(msiName, VelopackAssetType.MsiDeploymentTool);
-            CompileWixTemplateToMsiDeploymentTool(msiProgress, targetSetupExe, msiPath);
-        }
-
         if (Options.BuildMsi && VelopackRuntimeInfo.IsWindows) {
             var msiName = DefaultName.GetSuggestedMsiName(Options.PackId, Options.Channel, TargetOs);
             var msiPath = createAsset(msiName, VelopackAssetType.Msi);
@@ -730,83 +724,6 @@ public class WindowsPackCommandRunner : PackageBuilder<WindowsPackOptions>
         }
     }
 
-    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
-    private void CompileWixTemplateToMsiDeploymentTool(Action<int> progress,
-        string setupExePath, string msiFilePath)
-    {
-        bool packageAs64Bit =
-            Options.TargetRuntime.Architecture is RuntimeCpu.x64 or RuntimeCpu.arm64;
-
-        Log.Info($"Compiling machine-wide msi deployment tool in {(packageAs64Bit ? "64-bit" : "32-bit")} mode");
-
-        var outputDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(setupExePath);
-        var setupName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(setupExePath);
-        var culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US").TextInfo.ANSICodePage;
-
-        // WiX Identifiers may contain ASCII characters A-Z, a-z, digits, underscores (_), or
-        // periods(.). Every identifier must begin with either a letter or an underscore.
-        var wixId = Regex.Replace(Options.PackId, @"[^\w\.]", "_");
-        if (char.GetUnicodeCategory(wixId[0]) == UnicodeCategory.DecimalDigitNumber)
-            wixId = "_" + wixId;
-
-        Regex stacheRegex = new(@"\{\{(?<key>[^\}]+)\}\}", RegexOptions.Compiled);
-
-        var wxsFile = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, wixId + ".wxs");
-        var objFile = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, wixId + ".wixobj");
-
-
-        var msiVersion = Options.MsiVersionOverride;
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(msiVersion)) {
-            var parsedVersion = SemanticVersion.Parse(Options.PackVersion);
-            msiVersion = $"{parsedVersion.Major}.{parsedVersion.Minor}.{parsedVersion.Patch}.0";
-        }
-
-        try {
-            // apply dictionary to wsx template
-            var templateText = File.ReadAllText(HelperFile.WixTemplatePath);
-
-            var templateResult = stacheRegex.Replace(templateText, match => {
-                string key = match.Groups["key"].Value;
-                return key switch {
-                    "Id" => wixId,
-                    "Title" => GetEffectiveTitle(),
-                    "Author" => GetEffectiveAuthors(),
-                    "Version" => msiVersion,
-                    "Summary" => GetEffectiveTitle(),
-                    "Codepage" => $"{culture}",
-                    "Platform" => packageAs64Bit ? "x64" : "x86",
-                    "ProgramFilesFolder" => packageAs64Bit ? "ProgramFiles64Folder" : "ProgramFilesFolder",
-                    "Win64YesNo" => packageAs64Bit ? "yes" : "no",
-                    "SetupName" => setupName,
-                    _ when key.StartsWith("IdAsGuid", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) => GuidUtil.CreateGuidFromHash($"{Options.PackId}:{key.Substring("IdAsGuid".Length)}").ToString(),
-                    _ => match.Value,
-                };
-            });
-
-            File.WriteAllText(wxsFile, templateResult, Encoding.UTF8);
-
-            // Candle preprocesses and compiles WiX source files into object files (.wixobj).
-            Log.Info("Compiling WiX Template (candle.exe)");
-            var candleCommand = $"{HelperFile.WixCandlePath} -nologo -out \"{objFile}\" \"{wxsFile}\"";
-            _ = Exe.RunHostedCommand(candleCommand);
-
-            progress(45);
-
-            // Light links and binds one or more .wixobj files and creates a Windows Installer database (.msi or .msm). 
-            Log.Info("Linking WiX Template (light.exe)");
-            var lightCommand = $"{HelperFile.WixLightPath} -spdb -sval -out \"{msiFilePath}\" \"{objFile}\"";
-            _ = Exe.RunHostedCommand(lightCommand);
-
-            progress(90);
-
-        } finally {
-            IoUtil.DeleteFileOrDirectoryHard(wxsFile, throwOnFailure: false);
-            IoUtil.DeleteFileOrDirectoryHard(objFile, throwOnFailure: false);
-        }
-        progress(100);
-
-    }
-
     protected override string[] GetMainExeSearchPaths(string packDirectory, string mainExeName)
     {
         return [

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging.Windows/Commands/WindowsPackOptions.cs

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ public class WindowsPackOptions : WindowsReleasifyOptions, INugetPackCommand, IP
     public string MsiLogo { get; set; }
 
     public bool BuildMsi { get; set; }
-    public bool BuildMsiDeploymentTool { get; set; }
 
     public string MsiVersionOverride { get; set; }
 }

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging/HelperFile.cs

@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ public static class HelperFile
 
     public static string StubExecutablePath => FindHelperFile("stub.exe");
 
-    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
-    public static string WixTemplatePath => FindHelperFile("wix\\template.wxs");
-    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
-    public static string WixCandlePath => FindHelperFile("wix\\candle.exe");
-
-    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
-    public static string WixLightPath => FindHelperFile("wix\\light.exe");
-
     [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
     public static string WixPath => FindHelperFile($"wix\\{WixVersion}\\wix.exe");
 

src/vpk/Velopack.Vpk/Commands/Packaging/WindowsPackCommand.cs

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ public class WindowsPackCommand : PackCommand
 
 
     public bool BuildMsi { get; private set; }
-    public bool BuildMsiDeploymentTool { get; private set; }
 
     public string MsiVersionOverride { get; private set; }
 
@@ -92,10 +91,6 @@ public class WindowsPackCommand : PackCommand
 
             this.AreMutuallyExclusive(signTemplate, signParams, azTrustedSign);
 
-            AddOption<bool>((v) => BuildMsiDeploymentTool = v, "--msiDeploymentTool")
-                .SetDescription("Compile a .msi machine-wide deployment tool.")
-                .SetHidden();
-
             AddOption<bool>((v) => BuildMsi = v, "--msi")
                 .SetDescription("Compile a .msi machine-wide bootstrap package.");
             

test/Velopack.Packaging.Tests/Velopack.Packaging.Tests.csproj

@@ -13,12 +13,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Octokit" Version="14.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Packaging" Version="6.13.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Formats.Asn1" Version="9.0.3" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Dtf.WindowsInstaller" Version="5.0.2" />
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller">
-      <HintPath>..\..\vendor\wix\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>

test/Velopack.Packaging.Tests/WindowsPackTests.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Runtime.Versioning;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
-using Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller;
 using Microsoft.Win32;
 using NuGet.Packaging;
 using Velopack.Compression;
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ using Velopack.Util;
 using Velopack.Vpk;
 using Velopack.Vpk.Logging;
 using Velopack.Windows;
+using WixToolset.Dtf.WindowsInstaller;
 
 namespace Velopack.Packaging.Tests;
 
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         var runner = GetPackRunner(logger);
         await runner.Run(options);
 
-        string msiPath = Path.Combine(tmpReleaseDir, $"{id}-win-DeploymentTool.msi");
+        string msiPath = Path.Combine(tmpReleaseDir, $"{id}-win.msi");
         Assert.True(File.Exists(msiPath));
 
         using Database db = new Database(msiPath);

vendor/wix/candle.exe.config

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<!--
-  <copyright file="app.config" company="Outercurve Foundation">
-    Copyright (c) 2004, Outercurve Foundation.
-    This software is released under Microsoft Reciprocal License (MS-RL).
-    The license and further copyright text can be found in the file
-    LICENSE.TXT at the root directory of the distribution.
-  </copyright>
--->
-<configuration>
-    <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
-        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" />
-        <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" />
-    </startup>
-    <runtime>
-        <loadFromRemoteSources enabled="true"/>
-    </runtime>
-</configuration>

vendor/wix/light.exe.config

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<!--
-  <copyright file="app.config" company="Outercurve Foundation">
-    Copyright (c) 2004, Outercurve Foundation.
-    This software is released under Microsoft Reciprocal License (MS-RL).
-    The license and further copyright text can be found in the file
-    LICENSE.TXT at the root directory of the distribution.
-  </copyright>
--->
-<configuration>
-    <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
-        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" />
-        <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" />
-    </startup>
-    <runtime>
-        <loadFromRemoteSources enabled="true"/>
-    </runtime>
-</configuration>

vendor/wix/template.wxs

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension" xmlns:netfx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/NetFxExtension">
-  <Product Id="*" Name="{{Title}} Deployment Tool" Language="1033" Codepage="{{Codepage}}" Version="{{Version}}" UpgradeCode="{{IdAsGuid1}}" Manufacturer="{{Author}}">
-
-    <Package Description="This package installs a deployment tool for {{Title}}. Not {{Title}} itself. {{Title}} is only installed if a user logs into the machine." InstallScope="perMachine" Comments="Comments" InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" Platform="{{Platform}}"/>
-    <MajorUpgrade AllowSameVersionUpgrades="yes" DowngradeErrorMessage="A later version of this product is already installed. Setup will now exit."/>
-    <Media Id="1" Cabinet="contents.cab" EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high"/>
-
-    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
-      <Directory Id="{{ProgramFilesFolder}}">
-        <Directory Id="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY" Name="{{Title}} Deployment Tool" />
-      </Directory>
-    </Directory>
-
-    <DirectoryRef Id="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY">
-      <Component Id="{{Id}}.exe" Guid="{{IdAsGuid2}}" Win64="{{Win64YesNo}}">
-        <File Id="{{Id}}.exe" Name="{{Id}}DeploymentTool.exe" Source="./{{SetupName}}.exe" KeyPath="yes"/>
-      </Component>
-    </DirectoryRef>
-
-    <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR">
-      <Component Id="RegistryEntries" Guid="{{IdAsGuid3}}" Win64="{{Win64YesNo}}">
-        <RegistryKey Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run">
-          <RegistryValue Type="expandable" Name="{{Id}}Deployment" Value="&quot;[#{{Id}}.exe]&quot; --checkInstall" />
-        </RegistryKey>
-      </Component>
-    </DirectoryRef>
-
-    <Feature Id="MainApplication" Title="Main Application" Level="1">
-      <ComponentRef Id="{{Id}}.exe" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="RegistryEntries" />
-    </Feature>
-  </Product>
-</Wix>