Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue

2011-01-31 Thread Christopher Painter
Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me - Original Message From: Thom Leigh To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Mon, January 31, 2011 7:41:51 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallS

Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue

2011-01-31 Thread Thom Leigh
eneral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue I have three cab files and out of them I can only extract one cab file using 7zip. Other 2 cabs are not getting extracted. Also it seems InstallShield version of 7.0 was used to bu

Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue

2011-01-31 Thread Christopher Painter
Funny, I just saw a tweat for a RentACoder job to convert an InstallShield project to WiX.   The estimated price range was wait for it $4 - $99 USD. Really? That's laughable even if you are working in a developing country for $5 - $10 an hour. So how do you migrate an InstallShield

Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue

2011-01-31 Thread Arun Kumar
: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:36 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue Does the msi exist in any of the cabs or setup.exe file? (try opening them with 7zip) What version of InstallShield was used to build the

Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue

2011-01-31 Thread Thom Leigh
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue I don't see any MSI file in my setup folder; instead some cab files and an "setup.exe". Regards, Arun. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Mon

Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue

2011-01-31 Thread Arun Kumar
et. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue My favorite way to do this is to use dark.exe to decompile the MSI into .wxs files then start reorganizing the code so it is more human readable. On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Arun Kumar wrote: > Hi All, > > I am ne

Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue

2011-01-31 Thread Rob Mensching
My favorite way to do this is to use dark.exe to decompile the MSI into .wxs files then start reorganizing the code so it is more human readable. On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Arun Kumar wrote: > Hi All, > > I am new to Installshield and I have some Installshield project files(.ism, > .rul, e