Your hunch is correct. There are 2 main reasons for the use of Burn as far as I know. 1 - "dogfooding" 2 - WiX installs a bunch of packages now instead of one monolithic package. If you look in \src\Setup\Bundle\Bundle.wxs you'll see it chains .NET 4.0 full, ProjectAggregator.msi if you have Visual Studio 2005 installed, core.msi which contains the WiX binaries, a bunch of WiX SDK packages for DTF, Burn etc & the Votive.msi.
If you want just the .msi's, use /layout to get them but you're then responsible for running the correct ones for your environment. Palbinder Sandher Software Platform Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: ecyo...@grandecom.net [mailto:ecyo...@grandecom.net] Sent: 18 October 2013 14:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX Toolset installer (Wix36.exe, Wix37.exe) I have a huncgh that the installer WiX Uses now is a burn style installer, because the install requires a check for the .NET 4 Framework. Quoting Jens Teutenberg <jens.teutenb...@t-online.de>: > I don’t like the installer which is used since V3.6 (Wix36.exe, Wix37.exe). > Why it isn’t possible to release a MSI file as used before V3.6 > (Wix2.msi, Wix3.msi, Wix35.msi)? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > October Webinars: Code for Performance > Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. > Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from > the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
