It used to be distributed with the IDE in previous versions of VS. It's still free, but it's no longer distributed with the IDE.
On 17 January 2013 08:35, Katherine Moss <katherine.m...@gordon.edu> wrote: > Wasn’t that free with the IDE? I take it then that it’s probably not > free now, right? **** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *William Luu > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 16, 2013 4:32 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: vs 2010 and 2012**** > > ** ** > > My last reason for using VS 2010 whilst still having VS 2012 installed was > due to lack of Crystal Reports support in the new IDE.**** > > ** ** > > Thankfully, they've finally released an update that supports 2012 in the > last couple of days. So now I no longer have a reason to use VS 2010.**** > > On 17 January 2013 00:54, Katherine Moss <katherine.m...@gordon.edu> > wrote:**** > > The comparable edition to vproj in VS 2012 is Install Shield LE. And for > dialog design, if you wanted a point/click interface, you can use > SharpSetup, though I have not figured out how to make that program produce > straight MSI files instead only producing standard .exe files. And then > you could use InstallAware if you wanted to as well which also has a VS > add-in that works with VS 2012. **** > > **** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *mike smith > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 15, 2013 6:39 PM**** > > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: vs 2010 and 201**** > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote:**** > > Wallace, Craig et al**** > > **** > > You may recall a few months ago I was stung by this subtle and easily > missed change. As a migration test I opened all of my solutions in VS2012 > and ran a bulk bouild and I was surprised when it hiccuped on dozens of > vdproj files! It's a serious impediment to quickly flipping over to VS2012 > for all our live development.**** > > **** > > There is a vdproj to WiX xml converter, but it produces reams of > unreadable xml and I didn't bother **** > > **** > > That implies that there is readable xml. :^)**** > > **** > > persuing it further. The output is useful as a tutorial however.**** > > **** > > I was pleasantly surprised by how well WiX was integrated into VS2010 and > managed to get a couple of simple setup projects working reasonably quickly > thanks to their good help and examples. However, old setup projects with > custom dialogs in them have me blocked at the moment as you have to design > the dialogs manually with x,y positions and lengths, a really tedious and > fragile process (is there a WiX dialog designer??). I also haven't yet > cracked how to make a WiX installer that behaves like an old IIS setup > project.**** > > **** > > **** > > wix isn't bad, but why in h*ll did they have to write it in xml? Too lazy > to write a text parser, you think?**** > > **** > > **** > > -- > Meski**** > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv**** > > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills**** > > ** ** >
