Thanks Phil. I'll update my lexicon. Can you answer my question #5? The answer to that question is the one I'm most looking forward to. I'm still working my way through the tutorial and unfortunately, I haven't been able to quickly get to that answer in any other way.
Bill Wilson, Phil wrote: > Just in case there is some misunderstanding, there is no "from Windows > Installer" in this picture. There might be a "from Visual Studio 2008" ora > "from InstallShield" but these are all just tools to generate MSI filesetups. > WiX has a better solution than Visual Studio setups for many tasks, > particularly installing services. Visual Studio 2008 setups are most > definitely not straight-up Windows Installer. If anything WiX is! > > Phil Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill McCormick [mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 2:41 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Moving from Windows Installer to Wix > > I'm almost ready to make the Wix leap from Windows Installer. But before > I do, I have a some questions that I can't find the answer to in the FAQ > or other info repositories: > > 1. It looks like Wix will integrate with VSS without any problems. Are > there any caveats? > > 2. I have a number of legacy VB6 applications that I need to integrate > into the installer. I do this with a VS2008 Windows Installer project > and VSS by sharing application exe and other dependencies into a common > Files folder under the installer project, and doing registration as > necessary. Does Wix have a good/better solution for this? > > 3. If I'm just starting out with Wix, is the V3.5 beta far enough along > that I should consider it? (Maybe based on #5 below?) > > 4. My current Windows Installer has a custom action. Will > /Dark/Candle/Light/ deal with this OK? > > 5. I need some number of User Interface data entry forms . However, some > User Interface forms should have a conditional property that is set > based on a previous user selection (check box) on a previous User > Interface form. With the straight-up Windows Installer, you cannot have > a conditional user interface, nor is it possible to return information > from a custom action to act further on, say in setting up registry > entries. How can Wix help here? > > Thanks, > > Bill McCormick > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached > files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which itis > addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally > privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its > status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then > deletethis message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any > purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from > a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company > registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Portland House, > Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number 166023). For a list of > European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to > http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. > You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail > inet.hqhelpd...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
