For what it's worth, I agree with you wholeheartedly :-(
On 22/01/2017 3:20 PM, Greg Keogh wrote:
So overall, either I'm really missing something, or nothing much has
changed and WiX is still just a huge XML file with a jumbled set of
command line tools.
/GK/
> *Breaking news* ... I see that WiX has Visual Studio integration since I
last tried it. This sounds really encouraging. Has anyone tried it? I'll
give it a try now (and I expect to shed more of my hair in frustration).
nope. the integration in VS is pretty poor/basic. It's sort of usable for
MSI
I have installed the latest 3.10 WiX (using their weird UI). Some project
templates are added to VS2015, but they are nothing more than a wrapper
around a single XML file, as I remembered from a few years ago. I can't
find any designer support or new features to help you create an installer -
it al
>
> I disagree. We use WIX significantly inside Visual Studio, and use it to
> build quite possible the largest in world using it (in terms of both
> packages and size). Office also used it for years.
>
Then for the love of humanity, please get someone to make it easier for
coders in the suburbs t
