I'm using the bootstrapper from MSI Factory, but that's it. In fact I've uninstalled it after making a copy of the bootstrapper folder :)
Since we already had a license I took at look at using it to speed up initial development and for doing some custom dialogs, but the generated code is pretty ugly and so we just went with heat + hand coding. The result is much, much more maintainable. I'm using a nant script as my "front end" to WiX and VS2005 for writing the code, VS makes things easier with all the auto-complete stuff, but you can get by with any text editor if you're on a budget. Sascha On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:03 AM, MacDiarmid, James D <james.macdiar...@eds.com> 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. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Bakkebo [mailto:bbakk...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 3:38 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSI Factory > > Hi James, just my two cents here... I had used a trial of MSI > Factory(wix > version) a long time ago when wix was around 2.0, but then I opted to > learn wix instead with the help of WixEdit at first. Bottom line is > once I learned Wix I found I dont need msi factory or wixAware, IMHO. > Perhaps these products have some advantages and ramp up speed is quick, > but if you are using msbuild/visual studio then you are better off > learning wix. The payback for me and my company has been reduced > release stress... thanks goes of course to the wix team.. > > Brian > > > > > 2009/5/5 MacDiarmid, James D <james.macdiar...@eds.com> > >> >> Does anyone use MSI Factory or WixAware to build their installs? I've > >> been evaluating WixAware and I like the interface, however it's still >> very buggy. I'd like to see if there are any other "front ends" >> available that support Wix 2.0 and/or Wix 3.0. I recently found MSI >> Factory and have started evaluating it. >> >> Thanks, >> Jim >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------- The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY >> circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a >> perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get >> the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full >> speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks > to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW > KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all > image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
