Other people have covered the technical aspects of the WiX toolset all over. To summarize, I think it is safe to say that if the Windows Installer supports it the WiX toolset supports it, the only question is how much education is required before you can accomplish what you want done. <smile/>
But I really want to speak to the future a little bit. I've been working on the WiX toolset for over 10 years now. We have accomplished a lot but there is plenty more to do. But look what we've done. Since 2005 we've released two versions of the WiX toolset, each one raised the bar in the quality of packages. The community here has been growing and now we have thousands of people on the mailing list with scores of highly knowledgeable people answering questions. Every year we seem to pick up another couple people that make the WiX toolset that much better. Personally, I'm more excited about the future of the WiX toolset than I ever have been before. With WiX v3.0 we have a really solid base. With WiX v3.5 we will finally have a bootstrapper/chainer. In WiX v4.0, we will be tackling the complexity of the language which seems to be the largest complaint now (because, IMHO, the WiX toolset output quality is so high the only thing to do is make it easier to output that quality <smile/>). Other people have pointed out there are plenty of companies that have bet on the WiX toolset (both of mine included). But ultimately, the decision is yours to decide to bet on a group of highly knowledgeable volunteers working on something they believe in completely. We'll be working on it here, either way. <smile/> -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Matt Walker <matt.wal...@synergis.com>wrote: > Something else I just thought of and should have included in my last > email... > > > > What about the future of WiX? With it being free, how do I know it will > be around for a while if I would choose to go this route with our > installations? > > > > Did I read somewhere that it can be integrated into Visual Studio as > well? > > > > Again, thanks for all of the quick responses. All information has been > more than helpful and although my initial questions to this group really > weren't WiX related, I am now curious and downloading the tool right > now. > > > > Even still, if there is anyone out there with InstallShield and/or > InstallAware experience, let me now what's good and bad about the > products. > > > > I haven't had any responses from anyone with InstallAware experience so > maybe that should tell me something. In saying that, I'm not sure how > expansive this group is so maybe it shouldn't tell me anything. > > > > Again thanks and keep the information coming!! > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
