InstallShield ISM ( MSI backwards ) are stored in either Binary (MSI) format or XML format ( DTD format, a transformed representation of the MSI schema ) You can set the format used in the project settings of InstallShield or use the programs msi2xml and xml2msi (sourceforge) to convert back and forth.
But honestly, WiX and InstallShield are so different, you aren't going to accomplish a meaningful translation with only automation. You should probably approach this as a complete rewrite of your current installer. Programs like heat and dark will assist. --- On Tue, 6/9/09, Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) <chunyan.ji...@ge.com> wrote: > From: Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) <chunyan.ji...@ge.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to transfer data from InstallShieldinstallation > package to Wix installation > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 6:03 AM > Hi Neil, > > Thanks for your tips. The InstallShield package is .ism > file. Is there some possible to transferm .ism file to .xml > or some other format? > > Regards, > > Chunyan > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Juni 2009 12:08 > An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] How to transfer data from > InstallShieldinstallation package to Wix installation > > Take a look at the tool "dark", it turns an MSI into WiX > source. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) [mailto:chunyan.ji...@ge.com] > Sent: 09 June 2009 10:53 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] How to transfer data from > InstallShield installation package to Wix installation > > Hi Wix-users, > > I would like to move the installation from InstallShield to > Wix. > However, the installation package is very big, several > hundreds files inside the package. Manuelly input all the > file source to Wix project will be time consuming. Is there > some automatic way to transfer data from InstallShield to > Wix? > > Best regards, > > > Chunyan > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check > out the new simplified licensing option that enables > unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for > externally facing server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check > out the new simplified licensing option that enables > unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for > externally facing server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables > unlimited > royalty-free distribution of the report engine for > externally facing > server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
