Rob, I was referring not to fix or add feature to Wix toolset for visual designer but instead having a open discussion about a way make more people use Wix. I know how difficult it is to begin and pain you have to go thru creating a Installer in Wix. I have already done my search for Visual Designer, few are good but nothing close to what I am looking for. So, I am already thinking of writing a VS Plugin to view/add/edit Wix file using a visual editor.
Anyways, thanks for hitting my head. Arun Perregattur -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 12:53 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development There are several products out there that provide the functionality you are asking for. Some are commercial, some are open source. I encourage you to go investigate them. Creating a full blown editing UI for the WIX toolset isn't something we're particularly interested in doing here right now. Too many other things to work through... -----Original Message----- From: Arun Perregatturv [mailto:aperregatt...@napcosecurity.com] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 06:02 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development No. If you open an Msi in Orca you have the tables on the left and details on the right. Same way, if you open a Wxs file, list all the Directory, Components, ComponentGroups,on the left. So I click on Components it will list all the components on the right and selecting individual component will list all the Files and selecting a file properties will list all the properties available to File. If you take a look at ISTool http://www.istool.org for InnoSetup its very simple interface and will allow you to write scripting and add files visually. Something like this for Wix would make it easier and more people will adopt to it. For example, if I have to create a small installer in Inno it takes 10 minutes or less to add files set the properties(all visually) and create a executable. But If I choose Wix it will take more than 10 minutes for me to create a msi not executable. Having a Visual tool to create setup will definitely make more people to use Wix toolset and create installers faster and on the other hand you can still go back to code and modify it. The reason for comparison is to give an idea of how easier or how Wix can be used by more people with less learning curve. I know there are lot of Wix Utilities available but most of them open one wix file instead of the Wix Project. I tried the SharpDevelop it opens Wixs Project and looks good. Arun Perregattur -----Original Message----- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 6:31 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development >> something like Orca look and feel Really, what that bad :-) -----Original Message----- From: Arun Perregatturv [mailto:aperregatt...@napcosecurity.com] Sent: 11 February 2009 21:51 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development I would like to vote for this feature. if needed I can help in developing. VS Plugin something like Orca look and feel. Arun Perregattur -----Original Message----- From: eseeR [mailto:0x000...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:49 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development Thanks, I tried that out a little but it's sort of clunky. What would be awesome is a plugin for VS that let's you author the dialog like WinForms. Anyone working on something like that? 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