Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-06-03 Thread Albert van Peppen
13 21:43 Aan: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Onderwerp: Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices +1 The chasm between getting things working in a development environment and getting them working seamlessly in the deployment environment (by end u

Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-05-31 Thread Alain Forget
: May 31, 2013 15:36 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices If it doesn't get built, it won't get tested. Period. Dev's have a tendency to consider installer building a waste of time (they always th

Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-05-31 Thread John Cooper
.com -Original Message- From: Drake, David [mailto:david.dr...@wizards.com] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 1:39 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices Albert, Do you require your regular code writing devs

Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-05-31 Thread Drake, David
uot; > OutputPath="$(OutputPath)" Path="..\..\Bootstrapper" /> > > Mark Freedman > > > -----Original Message- > From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 5:53 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Insta

Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-05-31 Thread Albert van Peppen
"$(OutputPath)" Path="..\..\Bootstrapper" /> > > Mark Freedman > > > -----Original Message- > From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 5:53 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >

Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-05-30 Thread John Ludlow
tPath)" Path="..\..\Bootstrapper" /> > > Mark Freedman > > > -Original Message- > From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 5:53 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [

Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-05-30 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
neral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices We're looking at simply making WiX part of the toolkit you need to build our solutions. We've tried this with some smaller projects and it's worked really well. De

Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-05-30 Thread John Ludlow
-Original Message- > From: Drake, David [mailto:david.dr...@wizards.com] > Sent: May-29-13 1:41 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices > > I am attempting to bring an extra layer of

Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-05-29 Thread Keith.Douglas
May-29-13 1:41 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices I am attempting to bring an extra layer of automation to my area of concern and have chosen to start packaging up each of our services into .msi files for e

[WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-05-29 Thread Drake, David
I am attempting to bring an extra layer of automation to my area of concern and have chosen to start packaging up each of our services into .msi files for easier deployment and configuration. Part of getting started is figuring out the best way to implement WIX installers into our build system