Sorry, I guess was only hinting that if you want to have a discussion about improving one of the projects that is closest to your needs you'd be better off having a discussion with them wherever they live.
Below it sounded like you were suggesting that we should implement such a project in the WiX toolset. I wanted to be very clear that in the near term we very much have our hands full and that a general purpose UI editor is not on the roadmap for the next couple releases. There is simply too much other stuff to do. Arun Perregatturv wrote: > 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? > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Neil Sleightholm (via Nabble) < > ml-user+58265-1177156...@n2.nabble.com<ml-user%2b58265-1177156...@n2.nab > ble.com> > >> wrote: >> > > >> I use WiXEdit: http://wixedit.sourceforge.net/ >> >> Neil >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: eseeR >> > [mailto:0x000...@...<http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&n > ode=2310507&i=0>] > >> Sent: 11 February 2009 18:23 >> To: >> > wix-us...@...<http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=231 > 0507&i=1> > >> Subject: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development >> >> >> Hello, is there any guidance/tools on how to author dialogs with a >> visual >> interface? >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://n2.nabble.com/Visual-Dialog-Development-tp2310386p2310386.html >> Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> ------ >> Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with >> Adobe(R)AIR(TM) >> software. 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