On 22-Jan-12 17:56, Neil Sleightholm wrote:
I get an "Updating" box that never stops spinning -- what does that mean?
It means that the code that checks the WiX release feed is still
pointing at SourceForge, so it tries in vain to report whether you're
installing the latest version of WiX.
If I click "Install" what will happen?
The same thing that happens in WixUI when you click Install.
What are all these weird new buttons?
License shows the license, nothing new there. Install starts the
install, same. News launches the news page on wixtoolset.org. Exit seems
fairly self-explanatory.<g>
I think you're engaging in hyperbole. Yes, it looks different but
buttons are still buttons. Would an old-school UI with stock OS buttons
be better? Or would it just look more familiar?
Other than the core WiX features that make creating Windows Installers
easy, one of the best features of WiX since v2 has been a good UI. My
end users understood it. I understood it. But this doesn't seem to be
a step forward. I know I can write own but I don't want too and in the
past WiX has given me a good UI that I can be proud of.
This is the WiX BA, not the WixStdBA that you get "for free" with Burn.
It exists in part as a demo of using Xaml and managed code to create a
custom BA. WixStdBA is similar in functionality to WixUI_Minimal.
I was really looking forward to burn but this has really disappointed
me (I know this isn't the core of what burn is about).
Correct. Most early adopters of Burn within Microsoft have written their
own BA. (Visual Studio "11" is the only one I know about that's publicly
known; it too has a Xaml-based BA with plenty of superfluous animation
and other ugliness.<g>)
I do apologise for appearing negative but just thought this worthy of
discussion.
Standing by to be flamed...
No flames but saying that a button labeled "Install" is confusing
doesn't seem worth a lot of discussion. If you're expecting the BA
equivalent of all the WixUI dialog sets in WiX v3.6, you'll be
disappointed.
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