Hey Bill, 1. Yes, you can check in the wxs files as source. They are just XML. 2. Not exactly sure how to answer this, the best way in windows installer is to define the required registration keys in the MSI. Heat.exe can help harvest those keys. 3. It's beta. However, the goal of 3.5 is to add functionality while not breaking backwards compat. 4. Sure will. The general rule around WiX is that Custom Actions shouldn't be necessary though <wink/>
Hope that helps some, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Bill McCormick <wpmccorm...@ace-co.com>wrote: > Preliminary discovery has me almost ready to make the Wix leap from > Windows Installer. But before I do, I have a some questions that I can't > find the answer to in the FAQ or other (large) repositories of info: > > 1. I assume Wix will integrate with VSS without any problems. Is that > correct? > > 2. I have a number of legacy VB6 applications that I need to integrate > into the installer. I do this with a VS2008 Windows Installer project > and VSS by sharing application exe and other dependencies into a common > Files folder under the installer project, and doing registration as > necessary. Does Wix have a good solution for this? > > 3. If I'm just starting out with Wix, is the V3.5 beta far enough along > that I should consider it? > > 4. My current Windows Installer has a custom action. Will > /Dark/Candle/Light/ deal with this OK? > > Thanks, > > Bill McCormick > -- > ACE-CO > 5355 Dietrich Rd. > San Antonio, TX 78219 > (210) 661-4111 x512 > (800) 676-4111 Toll Free > (210) 662-6177 Fax > (210) 216-6641 Cell > mailto:wpmccorm...@ace-co.com > http://www.ace-co.com > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
