It's been around 6 years since I've used Wise (I thought it was now defunct) - however, at the time, the only automated way of building MSI's was to pass a command-line to the main application which ended up showing UI. This meant that it didn't work on a box without a UI session, which is problematic if you are using TeamBuild.
While I'd also recommend WiX, it has a steep learning curve. Wise tried to hide a lot of the Windows installer gunk from a user (although sometimes it did it badly); Wix forces you to learn it. However, once you've learnt it, writing successful installers is a lot easier. All DevDiv and Office installers are now based on WiX. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Craft Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 8:13 AM To: ozTFS Subject: RE: Wise Project Studio and TFS We are fresh off a learning curve climb for WiX. Wow. It is a breath of fresh air compared to VS setup projects. Anyway, WiX is free and integrates fine into TFS (it's another MSBuild build type and can be all command line driven). If you are willing to "pay" for WiX (it will cost you time but zero dollars) then you don't have to advise the client to buy a commercial license. HTH. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Sniderman Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 9:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Wise Project Studio and TFS My client is using Wise for building MSI's. Searches on Wise Package Studio and TFS haven't turned anything up. I assume it's callable from a command line? Is the lack of info a red-flag? Is it "wise" to consider advising the client to buy a license for an alternative tool? (We are taking up packing from another team - not clear if the license will transfer anyway and may need to buy one anywho...) Thanks! Daniel P. Sniderman| Sr Consultant| Magenic MCSD.NET, MCTS: Team Foundation Server 2010 Administration 333 E. Butterfield Rd. Suite 100, Lombard, IL 60148 Mobile: 847-668-4882 | eFax 847-390-7810 magenic.com | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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