Brian, You are absolutely right, but I am in the process moving from a single install shield package to a more flexible Msi modules using Wix with one Setup.exe which is created in C# which does the initial Prerequisite installs(such as .NET Framework/SQL Server) and use a CommandLine to Setup.exe depending the Product line. Hope I can achieve it.
Arun Perregattur -----Original Message----- From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers.br...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:31 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multi-project development Hey Reese, I hope you don't mind my 2ยข. If you are able to componentize to the level you mention below I think it might be easier for you to use individual MSIs for the installations. Having said that I realize this will then push you to a bootstrapper if you want to deploy a suite of your product. However, this would allow for individual maintenance plans for each product independently. If your product line is being developed to handle deprecation for calls to the backend and any shared components this would allow for, possibly, less updates. However, you would need to look into breaking out any "common" assemblies/files into a unique package as well. As Arun has mentioned, it is easier to include all in one and just maintain the one. However, if you are supporting multiple product lines this might become more difficult. Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Reese <quattro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rob, sure, we have a small team of about 4 developers and I'm the only > one who has MSI / build / installation knowledge. I want to get to a point > where (obviously with some of my help) the others projects, solutions, etc. > can be merged or built into a master installer or installers. One thing we > are debating is whether to have an installation for each application or one > master suite for all the applications. Most likely the installations will > possibly look like this --> one for our database, one for our > application/web server and n for our client applications. The development > will likely include multiple solutions. Should there be a WiX merge module > project for each .NET project which we compose into an installation? Any > recommendation or guidance would be much appreciated, thanks. > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Rob Mensching > <rob.mensch...@microsoft.com>wrote: > > > Can you provide a few more specifics about your situation? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Reese [mailto:quattro...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 16:01 > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] Multi-project development > > > > Hi, what is the current recommendation regarding multiple project/ > > developer > > installation authoring via WiX. At one point I heard it might be to go > with > > the merge module project but is there a better way? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
