Thanks - I do have it all ported over without looking at the previous source code. I am just interested in getting the upgrade GUID and the previous product GUIDs.
I was able to locate the extracted .msi files on my hard drive. Thank you all for your help. -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:20 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX They won't be able to say where it extracted because while different versions have had default locations, it's always been a setting the developer can override. Short of searching the whole hard drive, the easist thing to do is enable MSI logging in the registry and start the install. Once you see the logfile get created, look for the value of the OriginalDatabase property. I have extensive experience in converting InstallShield projects to WiX and personally I reccomend treating it as a major upgrade and take the liberty of not just porting it over but also taking the opportunity to refactor the whole design. Not a ding against InstallShield just a realization that the former developer probably made some really poor choices. ----- Original Message ---- From: Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Fri, July 16, 2010 7:52:38 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX On 7/15/2010 8:02 PM, Wilson, Phil wrote: > If you have WinZip and you open that exe with it, you may see the embedded >files. Or the internals might be proprietary. Otherwise as I said. If you run >the exe the MSI file will be extracted somewhere, just hunt for it and >copy/save >it. > Or ask InstallShield how to do it... -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
