Re: [WiX-users] Moving existing MSI based setup to WiX roadmap

2008-02-20 Thread Karim MacDonald
Stas Klyachkovsky wrote: > > Could somebody share his/her experience w/ such conversion? > Provided you're starting from an InstallShield MSI project, it's actually fairly straight-forward to do - should take you about a week to port a mid-complexity (I know, what sort of definition is that :-

Re: [WiX-users] Moving existing MSI based setup to WiX roadmap

2008-02-19 Thread Bob Arnson
Stas Klyachkovsky wrote: 1. What is Fragment? See WiX.chm for the doc and the source for the WiX setup in src\Setup for an example. 2. How to handle IS UI (dialogs and flow)? The WixUI library can replace it, for standard UI; you can customize it to an extent. -- sig://b

Re: [WiX-users] Moving existing MSI based setup to WiX roadmap

2008-02-19 Thread Stas Klyachkovsky
existing MSI based setup to WiX roadmap Stas Klyachkovsky wrote: What is the most convenient way to convert IS project to WiX? Use Dark to decompile your .msi package then break it apart into logical parts using Fragment. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com

Re: [WiX-users] Moving existing MSI based setup to WiX roadmap

2008-02-19 Thread Bob Arnson
Stas Klyachkovsky wrote: What is the most convenient way to convert IS project to WiX? Use Dark to decompile your .msi package then break it apart into logical parts using Fragment. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

[WiX-users] Moving existing MSI based setup to WiX roadmap

2008-02-19 Thread Stas Klyachkovsky
Hi there, I'm Setup developer. My MSI package is developed using InstallShield technology. Now I want to start using WiX. Where can I find best practice for WiX design? What is the most convenient way to convert IS project to WiX? Could somebody share his/her experience w/ such conversion? Thanks