Thanks Neil, that makes sense - it would be impressive if Votive worked without VS ;). It's more a "common-sense informational" than a warning I suppose ... The discussion had me worried that some dependency on VS had crept into WiX itself.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:41 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix redistributable > > Yes Votive doesn't work, everything else works fine. I assume it was > added as it is not common to install it without VS (I only noticed it > because I install to a build server that doesn't need VS). > > This is the message: "Votive, the WiX project and editor package for > Visual Studio, cannot be installed because Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 > Standard Edition or higher is not installed." > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Farrell [mailto:jfarr...@pillardata.com] > Sent: 05 January 2010 19:02 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix redistributable > > Really? Why? I'm still using an old version of WiX which > didn't include > such a warning - why was it added? Does something not work > properly with > more recent versions of WiX if Visual Studio isn't present? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 4:28 PM > > To: nagara...@symphony.cc; General discussion for Windows > > > > For info the WiX install doesn't require visual studio, it > > just warns if it is not found. > > > > Neil > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: nagaram.c [mailto:nagara...@symphony.cc] > > Sent: 05 January 2010 12:07 > > > > Hi, > > > > I am using just smoke.exe to one of solutions I am working > > right now, Is > > there any link by which only this light weight component be > downloaded > > instead of wix toolkit that requires visual studio. > > > > Thanks, > > Nag > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > ------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app > distribution fast and > easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app > distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
