Building Chained Installation Packages

In this section, we will cover the basics of creating a simple setup that produces an EXE package using the WiX toolset.

Burn is the term that is used to describe the feature of building an EXE package with the WiX toolset. Bundle is the term that is used to describe the entity of a Burn package. To build a Burn package, you need to author the package content in XML using the WiX schema. This section will give you an overview of the schema and how to use it to create a Burn package.