Re: [WiX-users] MSI Factory

MacDiarmid, James D wrote: > > Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of time to learn it on those > terms and we don't have Visual Studio, so I'm kind of stuck between a > rock and a hard place. > Well ... you don't need to buy Visual Studio at all - I use Wix very successfully with the Visu

Re: [WiX-users] MSI Factory

MacDiarmid, James D wrote: > > > Ok.. I have the shell installed but I don't see how to use Wix with it. > I tried to install Votive but it said it had to be a full version of VS > to install. Gr > > I can't recall hitting that problem - mine is definitely installed OK with Votive

Re: [WiX-users] MSI Factory

MacDiarmid, James D wrote: > > Ok.. I have the shell installed but I don't see how to use Wix with it. > I tried to install Votive but it said it had to be a full version of VS > to install. Gr > Are you sure you got the right package - I have just installed into a test virtual mach

Re: [WiX-users] MSI Factory

MacDiarmid, James D wrote: > > > I just installed the 3.0.5217 build of Wix 3 as well as all of the files > you mentionmed.. No luck. :( > > Yes - I mentioned that as when you said you could not get it to install I did this: 1. Loaded up my VMWare "Installer Test XP" VM - this is a base Wi

Re: [WiX-users] Votive cr*pping in my source tree

Charles Lecklider wrote: > > Is there a way to persuade Votive not to create a bin and obj directory > inside my source tree? I know that's where some idiot at Microsoft > decided Visual Studio would put things by default but at least they had > the good grace to allow you to change it if you w