0. Modifying the MSI is not advised since that will mess with the signature. I think MST will have the same problem, but it might not if using the TRANSFORMS property (haven't tried). A tool to generate transforms makes sense (Office used to ship something just like this called "Office Customization Wizard" or something). Patching could get crazy.
1. Properties are the cleanest solution, except for the command-line. You could create your own bootstrapper that modified the way it took input to make this easier. 2. Orca? I've never considered giving that to an user. 3. WiX? I've considered giving that to an user. <grin/> There are a lot of options here... kinda' depends on the specifics of your scenario. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Mumford Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 20:57 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] transform creation I just wanted to make sure I'm not doing thing the hard way here. I'm creating an inatallation and I want my customers to be able to modify some its many properties. From what I can see they have the following options: 1. Specify a property on the command line. 2. Use Orca. 3. Use a WiX tool (like torch). These solutions have their problems: 1. Setting lots of properties means a really long command line and it's error prone. 2. Not "normal-user" friendly and huge download. 3. Even less user friendly than #2 since it's a developer tool. So instead I'm writing my own tool to use MSI.DLL to create a new modified MSI and/or MST. I just wanted to check that I'm not doing things the hard way here. Is this the best way to solve this problem? Thanks, Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
