You can write BA's in managed code too. The WixBA is managed (available in the WiX tree) as is the Visual Studio BA (obviously, not available).
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Wesley Manning <wmann...@dynagen.ca> wrote: > I thinks it's learning to use the API of C++ burn that’s the hurdle. > Especially since an installer is fairly important to get right. I've been > putting off creating a custom BA because of lack of docs. Eventually I > will and at that time I can provide a tutorial if it's still useful. Even > with a tutorial there is a lot of info and best practices that you miss. > Creating installers is a small part of my job unfortunately. > > But I can understand why Rob encourages contributors to code/docs it > wouldn't be economic to produce a book I think. > > Wes > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: September-18-13 4:42 PM > To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: Bootstrapper -- Can it be > UI-less? > > On my 5 year old machine it takes 5 minutes to build all of the WiX > toolset source. That isn't *that* long is it? Seems like a reasonable > amount of time to build a project of our size. There is documentation in > the WiX.chm with instructions how to build. > > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Alain Forget <afor...@cmu.edu> wrote: > > > Is there a tutorial somewhere on where to get the stock BA's source, > > and how to make various changes to it? The only tutorial I found > > involved cracking open Visual Studio, and seemed to involve > > recompiling the whole source and...yeah, a big hurdle to jump. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nicolás Alvarez [mailto:nicolas.alva...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 15:25 > > To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML > toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: Bootstrapper -- Can it be UI-less? > > > > The stock BA is open source. You don't need to start from scratch, > > just modify the stock one. > > > > -- > > Nicolás > > > > 2013/9/18 Alain Forget <afor...@cmu.edu>: > > > It just seems like going from the stock BA to rolling your own > > > custom BA > > just to either get rid of the UI or add a single text box, radio > > button, or window/step seems extremely costly in time and effort for > > what seems like a minor modification. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:40 > > > To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML > > toolset. > > > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: Bootstrapper -- Can it be UI-less? > > > > > > I believe the mantra is don't use installer UI's, use a BA UI. As > > such, if you need a custom UI then generate a BA to give the look and > > feel that you want. The reasoning behind having a BA UI is so you can > > have a single unified installation experience. Having a chain of 5 > > MSI's all exposing their own UI's would result in a choppy and subpar > user experience. > > > > > > That being said, WiX is open source, so anyone is free to > > > contribute > > enhancements. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:31 AM > > > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: Bootstrapper -- Can it be UI-less? > > > > > > There seems to be a lot of demand for more control over installer > > > and > > bootstrapper UIs. Just out of curiosity, is this being worked on for > > future WiX releases? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:27 > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > Subject: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: Bootstrapper -- Can it be UI-less? > > > > > > Yes. You'd need to create a custom BA. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:27 AM, nkshirsagar <nkshirsa...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Rob and others on the mailing list! > > >> > > >> I'm wondering the same thing. I have a minimal UI msi that I've > > >> customised slightly with logos and banners. I want this UI to run > > >> immediately instead of the first screen that the botstrapper UI shows. > > >> (licence agreement, etc). > > >> The licence agreement gets shown twice as that screen is already in > > >> my MSI UI. All I need the bootstrapper for, is to install .net 4.5 > > >> if its not already present and then kick off my msi. > > >> > > >> Is there any way to achieve this ? > > >> > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just > > $49.99! > > 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, > > SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. 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