I don't know much about Inno, but reasons for us to use MSI include: - rollbacks - patches (i.e., replacing less than full files), including with rollbacks - logging - integrates with Windows directly - and, maybe in the future, SCCM connections - Visual Studio integration (not as important now, but while we were learning, it helped) - Windows Installer terminology (which is admittedly double edged as a virtue)
Keith Douglas Statistics Canada | 170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 Statistique Canada | 170, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 613-951-4405 Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-1966 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -----Original Message----- From: Katherine Moss [mailto:katherine.m...@gordon.edu] Sent: October-04-12 3:43 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: [WiX-users] I have heard that MSI is too complicated from a programmer's prospective Hi guys, Since I am just learning to be a .NET C# programmer, can somebody shed light on why using WiX over something like Inno would be more complicated and why programmers are often less compelled to use WiX? I'm asking this because my friend has got a project he's working on where the main programmer is insistent on using Inno instead of WiX. It's bothering me because if my friend wants his product to be more administrator-friendly and compatible with group policy, doesn't he need to be using MSI technologies? I mean, he wants that administrative/ease-of-deployment across multiple servers/workstations edge, but is he going to get it using Inno? And if not, then what can I say to these people to help dispel the supposed "complications" of Windows Installer? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
