And that technically isn't necessary. You'll just get a warning saying the RegistryKey/@Action attribute is deprecated.
I too am curious why upgrading is a big deal. We work hard to maintain backwards compatibility in the minor version updates. _______________________________________________________________ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -----Original Message----- From: David Connet [mailto:d...@agilityrecordbook.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 9:16 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] [WiX-devs] Query- Wix 3.5 integration with VS 2013 I just did this and it was pretty painless. Only had to make one change to my wxs - remove the 'Action="create"' attribute from my RegistryKey element. Dave >________________________________ > From: Heath Stewart <hea...@outlook.com> >To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. ><WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net>; Windows Installer XML toolset >developer mailing list <wix-d...@lists.sourceforge.net> >Cc: "Steiner, Jason L." <jason.stei...@credit-suisse.com>; OE KFIB 21 >Desktop Tools & Services - Pune <ddoe.kfi...@credit-suisse.com> >Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 8:54 AM >Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Query- Wix 3.5 integration with VS 2013 > > > >I'd be curious why moving from 3.5 to 3.8 would require a “lot of modification >in existing tools and require rigorous testing efforts”. 3.8 is backward >compatible with 3.5. Very rarely are public APIs (or even private APIs!) >changed between minor releases. I recommend updating your binaries and just >trying it. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised on how little change is >required. > > >The other option would be to use 3.8 on developers’ machines and build with >the 3.5 toolset in your official builds. As long as they don't use newer stuff >it should work (further proof of our dedication to back compact). > > > >- Heath from his Surface Pro > > >From: Shrivastava, Sudhanshu >Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 4:29 AM >To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset., Windows >Installer XML toolset developer mailing list >Cc: Steiner, Jason L. , OE KFIB 21 Desktop Tools & Services - Pune > > >Hi, > >This is in regards with WIX 3.5 integration with VS 2013. 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