Hey Katherine, For the past 20 years I have been using various InstallShield products, InstallAware, Wise Studio etc...
When I first found out the company I work for was using WIX I shuddered... but now after using it for 5 weeks it's pretty good (and free), there have been some hiccups but that is to be expected. IMHO, if your installing a Windows application no matter what it is, you use a tool that is using MSI technology, you get so much for free (Updates/upgrades/ARP/rollbacks/Windows standard API's etc... etc...) why would you want to use something that is not using MSI technology?? Plus C#, VB, C++ custom action support). INNO uses Pascal scripting? Was built using Delphi? Who the heck uses Pascal scripting or Delphi? Steve -----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
