It seems a bit unfair to blame MSI for the SQL Server install. On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Katherine Moss <katherine.m...@gordon.edu>wrote:
> Thanks; I wish that MSI could prove so simple for users though in some of > Microsoft's own products. Example? I had SQL server Express 2012 on my > server a few months ago, had to uninstall it to clear out some errors, and > are you kidding me? I had to reinstall the operating system to reinstall > it! Components got left behind, network share errors abound (I was not > even installing from the network!), third-party uninstaller tools did not > show the seemingly existing components, and still no explanation from the > sQL server team at Microsoft! What does that tell you about MSI? It still > appears to have it's defects. Unless my case was an isolated incident? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 7:25 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; General > discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. ( > wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] I have heard that MSI is too complicated from a > programmer's prospective > > MSI is complicated. Setup is complicated. There is a learning curve but > once you nail it, it's easy for your users. > > The key to MSI is that it's declarative (functional programming), > transactional and has standardized support for upgrades, patches, > uninstall, repair, silent and so on. Learn how to do all this and you can > crank out massively complex, scalable installers with very low defect rates. > > Try to do that in any procedural (Wise, InstallScript, PowerShell, > VBScript, .BAT, NSIS, Inno, whatever..) language and you'll quickly find > yourself with tomes of buggy code and inconsistent installation behavior. > > I did the latter for 6 years before switching to MSI. I've been doing MSI > for 10 years. You can take what I say to the bank. > > ---------------------------------------- > From: "Katherine Moss" <katherine.m...@gordon.edu> > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 2:46 PM > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net)" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: [WiX-users] I have heard that MSI is too complicated from a > programmer's prospective > > Hi guys, > Since I am just learning to be a .NET C# programmer, can somebody shed > light on why using WiX over something like Inno would be more complicated > and why programmers are often less compelled to use WiX? I'm asking this > because my friend has got a project he's working on where the main > programmer is insistent on using Inno instead of WiX. It's bothering me > because if my friend wants his product to be more administrator-friendly > and compatible with group policy, doesn't he need to be using MSI > technologies? I mean, he wants that administrative/ease-of-deployment > across multiple servers/workstations edge, but is he going to get it using > Inno? And if not, then what can I say to these people to help dispel the > supposed "complications" of Windows Installer? Thanks. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM > Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is > happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic > at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. 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