Well done Stephen, you found another easy to forget dependency between VS and the browser, but luckily I didn't stumble over that one. Wix is dreadfully complicated. I spent about 8 solid hours getting my first one mostly working correctly earlier this year, and thereafter I just clone it and pray. I still haven't figured out how to make a Wix web installer that prepares the IIS environment, every time I think I have the guts for another go, I sit down read the instructions and endless conflicting examples and advice and give up with a headache and waste another couple of hours. I really miss the vdproj files.
I am suspicious that the InstallShiled Lite will be crippled in some subtle and horrible way and I'll just become another drone on their marketing lists. I guess I have no choice but to try it. Greg K On 22 October 2013 12:36, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com> wrote: > I imagine in the short term you'd use VS2012 to build your Wix project. > Work in VS2013 (and set the Wix project to not build assuming it won't > open?) > > I've not tried VS2013 at work yet. I went to install it and it forced me > to upgrade to IE10 (which may or may not be an issue.) the default browser > in this environment is IE 8 running in compatibility mode. Forcing me to > upgrade my browser was a bit of a concern but it seems running IE10 in IE7 > mode gives me a similar browser experience as what I'm supposed to be > supporting. It's a dependency that has me concerned though. If I have to go > back to IE8 then I can't use VS2013 essentially. Browser version tie in? > Really?? wow. > > Can't answer your setup question yet. Not tried it. Would love something > simpler than Wix. Wix is like having to learn a whole new programming > language... actually, that's simpler than learning Wix... > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > >> Folks, I just installed the official (I hope) VS2013 in a fresh Windows 7 >> for a bit of a feel around. I haven't look deeply yet but it all looks >> fairly okay and I see that some of the old extensions are now built-in. >> >> Because I was accidentally burned by the removal of vdproj projects from >> VS2012 I tried to create a new Setup and Deployment project to see what >> would happen. I see the only choice is InstallShield Limited, and I have to >> register, download and install it. I've never used it before so I'm >> hesitant to do so unless anyone can report that it's great to use. Anyone? >> >> I started migrating over to WiX which integrated nicely into VS2012, but >> it looks like they haven't caught up yet and there is no fresh WiX IDE >> plugin. >> >> So I'm stuck with the choice of something I've never used and something >> that lagging behind. What are others here doing for VS2013 setup projects? >> Greg K >> > >
