LIGHT - Creates an MSI file

Example:

     > light myfile.wixobj

     > light -ext WixUIExtension -ext WiXNetFxExtension -cultures:"en-US" installer\%PRODVERSION%\InforOptionsDlg.wixobj installer\%PRODVERSION%\InforUI_InstallDir.wixobj installer\%PRODVERSION%\en\gis.wixobj -loc %VMLABEL%\gis.en-US.wxl -o installer\%PRODVERSION%\en\gis.msi

Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Linker version 3.0.4909.0

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 usage:  light.exe [-?] [-b basePath] [-nologo] [-out outputFile] objectFile [objectFile ...] [@responseFile]

   -ai        allow identical rows, identical rows will be treated as a warning

   -au        (experimental) allow unresolved references

              (will not create a valid output)

   -b <path>  specify a base path to locate all files

              (default: current directory)

   -bcgg      use backwards compatible guid generation algorithm

              (almost never needed)

   -bf        bind files into a wixout (only valid with -xo option)

   -cc <path> path to cache built cabinets (will not be deleted after linking)

   -ct <N>    number of threads to use when creating cabinets

              (default: %NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%)

   -cub <file.cub> additional .cub file containing ICEs to run

   -cultures:<cultures>  semicolon-delimited list of localized string cultures

              to load from libraries

   -d<name>[=<value>]  define a wix variable, with or without a value.

   -dcl:level set default cabinet compression level

              (low, medium, high, none, mszip; mszip default)

   -dut       drop unreal tables from the output image

   -ext <extension>  extension assembly or "class, assembly"

   -fv        add a 'fileVersion' entry to the MsiAssemblyName table

              (rarely needed)

   -ice:<ICE>   run a specific internal consistency evaluator (ICE)

   -loc <loc.wxl>  read localization strings from .wxl file

   -nologo    skip printing light logo information

   -notidy    do not delete temporary files (useful for debugging)

   -o[ut]     specify output file (default: write to current directory)

   -pdbout <output.wixpdb>  save the WixPdb to a specific file

              (default: same name as output with wixpdb extension)

   -pedantic  show pedantic messages

   -reusecab  reuse cabinets from cabinet cache

   -sa        suppress assemblies: do not get assembly name information

              for assemblies

   -sacl      suppress resetting ACLs

              (useful when laying out image to a network share)

   -sadmin    suppress default admin sequence actions

   -sadv      suppress default adv sequence actions

   -sf        suppress files: do not get any file information

              (equivalent to -sa and -sh)

   -sh        suppress file info: do not get hash, version, language, etc

   -sice:<ICE>  suppress an internal consistency evaluator (ICE)

   -sl        suppress layout

   -sloc      suppress localization

   -sma       suppress processing the data in MsiAssembly table

   -spdb      suppress outputting the WixPdb

   -ss        suppress schema validation of documents (performance boost)

   -sts       suppress tagging sectionId attribute on rows

   -sui       suppress default UI sequence actions

   -sv        suppress intermediate file version mismatch checking

   -sval      suppress MSI/MSM validation

   -sw[N]     suppress all warnings or a specific message ID

              (example: -sw1009 -sw1103)

   -swall     suppress all warnings (deprecated)

   -usf <output.xml>  unreferenced symbols file

   -v         verbose output

   -wx[N]     treat all warnings or a specific message ID as an error

              (example: -wx1009 -wx1103)

   -wxall     treat all warnings as errors (deprecated)

   -xo        output wixout format instead of MSI format

   -? | -help this help information

Environment variables:

   WIX_TEMP   overrides the temporary directory used for cab creation, msm exploding, ...

For more information see: http://wix.sourceforge.net