Okay, two things. How can .NET be dead if we still have ASP.net web sites being built daily? And secondly, you're grandly missing something. You forget that WiX is open source, and that there are nice editors for it right there on CodePlex and source forge. Try WixEdit or ISWiX. They don't have all of the eatures, though both are open source, so all of the developers here could take time to less-complicate things a bit in their spare time if they felt like it. I'd definitely do it if I had more time and if my development in C# and others was stronger.
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 8:34 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Visual Studio 2013 and setup projects It's simple. .Net is dead. Long live the web! On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net<mailto:g...@mira.net>> wrote: There are certainly a lot of rude comments about Flexera and Microsoft's disregard for developers requiring install software. Indeed! I found a fair swag of angry comments from irritable and frustrated people and journals during searches later in the day. I ran haphazard searches for various relevant keywords and it's quite clear that something went weirdly askew with setup projects after VS2010. You just can't get a straight answer anywhere about why things changed in the way they did, or where things are going. Even the "official" pronouncements are all shallow and evasive. I'm an MSDN subscriber who tries to keep up with tech gossip in my spare time, and even I didn't realise the vdproj was dropped last year and here I am wondering where the hell it's all going now, and no one seems to know. I even tried to find a clear description of the features (or limitations) of InstallShield Limited Edition without luck. All you can find in searches are pages of marketing bullshït telling you why you should upgrade to Professional, Ultimate or Cosmic editions. I'll ask in the Wix forum what the truth is about VS2013 integration with their releases and let you know if I find anything useful. Greg K
