I don't know that they do! How do you automate that a developer says "this file should be installed to that location"? There's no way to automate that unless you have some tool that records it, and that tool is basically WiX. You could have another pretty GUI tool that records what developers say, and then somehow use that but I can't see the point. The main issue with the apparently common division of labor between developers and setup builders is the incomplete specification of what the install is supposed to do. A tool like the one you're thinking about doesn't help that.
At the other end, after installation you can use a tool that looks at each component guid in the MSI file then uses MsiGetComponentPath to report where it is, perhaps show the file version, and then give that report to developers and ask them to check if it's correct, assuming of course that you have one file/registry key per component. There may also appear to be errors if a file doesn't in fact get installed because of the versioning rules. This simple approach wouldn't tell you if the COM registration is correct or if a service was installed as it was supposed to be. Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: jnewton [mailto:jonathan.new...@ni.com] Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 3:54 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How People Validate Their Installers I was curious to see how other people validate their installers to ensure they install the correct files, registry keys, etc into the proper locations. For example, if somebody on your development team says a file needs to be added to the installer and it needs to be installed into xyz directory, how do yall verify it was installed? I would like to develop some automated test application that determines this. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/How-People-Validate-Their-Installers-tp3278297p3278297.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ 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
