I don't know where you draw the line between 'simple' and 'top shelf', a few of the products whose installers were developed entirely with WiX are:
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 (over 4,600 files and 53,000 registry keys) Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Sun Microsystems MySQL > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Walker [mailto:matt.wal...@synergis.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:00 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] InstallShield 2010 vs InstallAware 9 > > >From just initially talking about or thinking about WiX my > first guess would be that this would be the option for > simpler installation processes/tasks and that the 'Top Shelf' > products (with regard to price not quality) would pull the > heavier weighted install stuff. > > I would be interested in the cons of WiX, but I don't know if > that would offend anyone in this group. > > Here is the list of what our installations do... what can't > be done or is difficult to do with WiX? > > -Install\Configure a web site (with the help of some Custom > Actions to tweak some config files) > -Various Custom Actions: call windows installer .dlls, call > executables stored in the .msi, call executables on > destination or installed w/application > -Dialog addition and editing > -Copy, Move and Delete File operations (Wise - basically > populates the Move.. and RemoveFile tables > -Query the Registry up front for launch condition values and > values to populate dialog controls in the UI > -Add, update INI files > -Add File Associations/Extensions > -Create and control Windows Services > -Install Pre-requisite checking > -Language localization support > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:34 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] InstallShield 2010 vs InstallAware 9 > > Anything? Really? I'm sorry, I like WiX a lot but I can > list out a couple dozen glaring feature and usability gaps. > WiX is nice but let's keep some perspective here. > > --- On Thu, 11/12/09, Brian Simoneau > <bsimon...@freedomscientific.com> wrote: > > > From: Brian Simoneau <bsimon...@freedomscientific.com> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] InstallShield 2010 vs InstallAware 9 > > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 11:05 AM > > My company was using InstallShield > > before switching to WiX. I have > > never used InstallAware, but the only advice I can give is > > to use WiX. > > It's free and can do anything that the commercial products > > do, sometimes > > better. > > > > -Brian Simoneau > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Walker [mailto:matt.wal...@synergis.com] > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:10 AM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] InstallShield 2010 vs InstallAware 9 > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > I'm new to the group and was pointed here by an individual > > from whom > > I've received valuable assistance on many .NET, install > > related topics > > over the past several years. I know this is a Wix > > users group, but I'm > > hoping someone can give me some insight, guidance, etc. > > > > > > > > We as a company are looking to switch our install build > > product. The > > company whose product we use has undergone several company > > takeovers/changes recently and it doesn't look like the > > development > > effort is there for this particular product. > > > > > > > > We've been focusing on InstallShield 2010 and InstallAware > > 9. I've used > > InstallShield products in the past and never really had any > > major > > problems to speak of. IS seemed fairly easy to use > > and suited all of > > our needs. This seems to be the case with > > InstallShield 2010. > > > > > > > > InstallAware is a tool of a different kind as it appears to > > be primarily > > script based but does have a Visual interface as > > well. It might be > > because I could be subconsciously hooked on InstallShield, > > but > > InstallAware seems cumbersome to me. I guess that may > > also be that I'm > > just not used to their way of doing things. > > Conversion for us would > > take a larger amount of time with this product, but if it > > works and is > > stable, that really won't matter much to me. > > > > > > > > What I've heard and from what I already knew, they are both > > major > > players with InstallShield having a longer lifespan so > > far. I've been > > told that InstallAware claims to be on the cutting edge, > > but their > > installs at times display weird behavior. > > > > > > > > I'm trying to find an individual(s) that has used both or > > similar > > products for a compare and contrast of sorts. What > > are the pros and > > cons? 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