As I recall, IS 7 days had two distinct products. Developer ( MSI ) and Professional ( InstallScript ). Back then Basic MSI projects were called Regular MSI or something like that. I think it wasn't until InstallShield 9 that the two products were merged together into "DevStudio".
As an aside, just because you have an .ISM file doesn't mean it's an MSI project type. Pure InstallScript projects store their information in an ISM to leverage the same infrastructure ( ability to save in DTD / XML ). Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me ----- Original Message ---- From: Thom Leigh <t...@mondago.com> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Mon, January 31, 2011 7:41:51 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue Hmm I thiiink IS7 could create MSI installs or non-MSI installs... This page details switches you can pass to an IS setup.exe: http://kb.flexerasoftware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displ ayKC&docType=kc&externalId=Q105473&sliceId= Perhaps /b or /extract all or /a would be useful for you to get at the .msi/files. Failing that you could try starting your setup.exe, and then when install is running, go to your %TEMP% directory, and see if it has extracted an .msi there (sort the directory by Date Modified and see if a folder was created since you started the setup.exe) Otherwise, as CP says, I imagine you'll be doing it manually: Go through the IS project, understand it, make notes on what it does, and then recreate that behavior in WiX. -----Original Message----- From: Arun Kumar [mailto:arun_jku...@persistent.co.in] Sent: 31 January 2011 13:18 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue I have three cab files and out of them I can only extract one cab file using 7zip. Other 2 cabs are not getting extracted. Also it seems InstallShield version of 7.0 was used to build the installer. Regards, Arun. -----Original Message----- From: Thom Leigh [mailto:t...@mondago.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:36 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue Does the msi exist in any of the cabs or setup.exe file? (try opening them with 7zip) What version of InstallShield was used to build the installer? -----Original Message----- From: Arun Kumar [mailto:arun_jku...@persistent.co.in] Sent: 31 January 2011 12:54 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue I don't see any MSI file in my setup folder; instead some cab files and an "setup.exe". Regards, Arun. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:11 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Migrating from InstallShield to WIX Issue My favorite way to do this is to use dark.exe to decompile the MSI into .wxs files then start reorganizing the code so it is more human readable. On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Arun Kumar <arun_jku...@persistent.co.in>wrote: > Hi All, > > I am new to Installshield and I have some Installshield project > files(.ism, .rul, etc). > > I need to migrate from Installshield script to WIX script. > > Can somebody help me out in achieving this. > > Any pointers will be really helpful. > > Thanks. > AK > > > > > DISCLAIMER > ========== > This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which > is the property of Persistent Systems Ltd. It is intended only for the > use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are > not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, > copy, print, distribute or use this message. 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