As an aside, I also recommend Hyper-V. It's also free and the latest R2 SP1 adds the capabilities for dynamic memory allocation. The advantage in Hyper-V to me is that it has much broader hardware support ( pretty much everything on the Windows HCL list ) where VMWare is more picky. For those with more money to spend, hypervisors are pretty much commodity items now and the real magic is in the provisioning automation that you put around them. At my day job we use a system called VMLogix Labmanager which allows me to create template and configurations for automating the deployment of all sorts of images. If you are a TFS user then is also some pretty cool synergy between System Center Virtual Machine Manager and TFS. ( Think of a build that auto deploys a system, then some automated integration tests fail and a defect is automatically logged in the work item system. Later a developer open the bug to work on it and he has the deployed VM available to him on the spot. )
--- 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 --- On Tue, 5/10/11, Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com> wrote: From: Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Testing the UI To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 10:45 AM How do you mean test exactly? If you only want to check the text & layout of dialogs you can preview them using Orca or InstEd! The recommended approach for installation testing is to use virtual machines -> http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/09/24/test-your-setups-virtually/ In addition to the products Bob A. recommends I'd add VMWare's ESXi (now known as vSphere Hypervisor) if you have hardware which it supports as it's pretty damn impressive as well as free. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Francisco Gabriel Malbrán [mailto:fgmalb...@gmail.com] Sent: 09 May 2011 20:03 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Testing the UI Hello there. I've been struggling around this subject for some time now, and I'm wondering about the best approach to follow on achieving such objective. Right now, what I am thinking on is to mock all the installer by customizing the entire dialog set and placing all the dialogs one behind the other (so they can be tested on localization matters).Yet this is a partial solution because of all possible error messages. Besides makes me feel like a cave man intending to make fire :). Is there any recommended approach on the matter? Any previous experience story or custom approach would also be good :). Thanks in advance. -- Francisco ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
