They are right, burn is a tool to allow you to collect data and chain some MSIs silently, but you will need to make a custom BA to get the most from it.
The visual studio installer is a custom burn BA that does just that. -----Original Message----- From: StevenOgilvie [mailto:sogil...@msn.com] Sent: 15 November 2013 17:49 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Question re WIX other MSI installer tools... Hi, I work for a small company and we are using WIX for our Enterprise software. We have a Server application with Services and use a SQL Server database. Our Client Software connects to the Server/Database to get client configuration info via the Services that is also installed with the Client software. So we use SQL Server/.NET 4.0/IIS 7.x+/NServiceBus + In house services It is partly my fault that I didn’t communicate what WIX can/cannot do what Burn can/cannot do. Product Management had a “vision” of a software install of our Server compared to the MS SQL Server install (yuck)… an executable asks questions and then the MSI’s run silently using the info passed as MSI properties… And to look “sexy” like the MS Visual Studio 2012 install. We have pre requisites that we install… and Burn is an awesome tool, but the UI is how to say politely “bland”. I have been using Neil’s Extended BA DLL and making modifications to suit our needs which has helped… I have tried to convey that burn is not meant as a “tool to gather information and then kick off MSI” but rather a tool to install pre requisites and install our software product. There has been talk that maybe WIX isn’t the tool we should use but a COTS application like InstallShield etc… I have tried to convey that, that will not solve the issue of what they want. As well InstallShield and other tools are expensive, support is expensive, upgrades are expensive… I try to tell them that yes you can have an information gathering tool, but a COTS application will not do that… that would have to be a in house developed tool that will take some time and effort… Have I missed anything else? Thanks, Steve Btw I really enjoy using WIX, I was an InstallShield/Wise/InstallAnywhere user and I have been converted J -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Question-re-WIX-other-MSI-installer-tools-tp7590687.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
