sporadic notes about some findings while developing software. no warranties whatsoever. any opinions stated here are my personal ones, are very probable to change drastically over time and do not necessarily reflect positions of my employer.
COM without Registry - Side-by-Side Assemblies in XP
XML Serializer & Default Attribute Value
Batch: Find And Replace Text In A File
Visual Studio 2005 C++ code template/snippet add-ins
batch files: search and replace strings in a variable
http://wix.sourceforge.net/ Mother of all
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer_XML Nice little overview
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/ Tutorial