Bugs item #1586908, was opened at 2006-10-29 16:27 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by justinrockwood You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642714&aid=1586908&group_id=105970
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: votive Group: v3.0 Status: Closed Resolution: Wont Fix Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Rob (rmacfadyen) Assigned to: Justin Rockwood (justinrockwood) Summary: Add New dialog... additional file types Initial Comment: The Add New dialog shows a variety of templates: Wix File, Wix Include File, Wix Localization, etc etc and finally Text File. It would be nice to offer a VBScript template. I tend to do my Custom Actions as VBScripts. Easy to implement, easy to debug, and very low cost prerequiste (virtual all machines have VBScript installed). It would be handy if I could select a VBScript template that starts me off with: Option Explicit sub Main() end sub or at the least: Option Explicit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Justin Rockwood (justinrockwood) Date: 2007-04-06 00:10 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1054914 Originator: NO You're right that having a VBScript (or JScript) template would be nice to have if it was a good thing to use them in your installer. :) We're purposely not adding these to Votive/Wix because in general they are not a good thing to use in your installer. In Rob's words, "VBScript and Jscript suck for CustomActions." :) You can read more about it in Rob's blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2004/05/20/136530.aspx. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Justin Rockwood (justinrockwood) Date: 2007-04-06 00:10 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1054914 Originator: NO You're right that having a VBScript (or JScript) template would be nice to have if it was a good thing to use them in your installer. :) We're purposely not adding these to Votive/Wix because in general they are not a good thing to use in your installer. In Rob's words, "VBScript and Jscript suck for CustomActions." :) You can read more about it in Rob's blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2004/05/20/136530.aspx. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642714&aid=1586908&group_id=105970 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
