Arnette, Bill wrote: > So my plan is to create a WiX project that the licensing system builds > whenever it gets a license request. The licensing system will generate > the license files and then build the WiX project. > I'll create a WixLib with the components for the license files. After > the project is built, the licensing system will package the .msi up in a > self-extracting zip file for the user to download. > > Does this seem like a reasonable thing to do with WiX/MSI? > Sure. Two things to think about:
- You'll want the license generator to generate and keep track of GUIDs for product code (at least). Otherwise you're "flying blind." - You should investigate the new heat harvester technology. It should be a pretty easy job to take advantage of heat's templates. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
