What is he doing in his current installer? There are some things in MSI that are more complex than in InnoSetup and NSIS (although Burn in WiX v3.6 tackles most of them). I'm curious because tackling the complexity problem/perception is very important to me in WiX v4.0.
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Katherine Moss <katherine.m...@gordon.edu>wrote: > Hi guys, > Since I am just learning to be a .NET C# programmer, can somebody shed > light on why using WiX over something like Inno would be more complicated > and why programmers are often less compelled to use WiX? I'm asking this > because my friend has got a project he's working on where the main > programmer is insistent on using Inno instead of WiX. It's bothering me > because if my friend wants his product to be more administrator-friendly > and compatible with group policy, doesn't he need to be using MSI > technologies? I mean, he wants that administrative/ease-of-deployment > across multiple servers/workstations edge, but is he going to get it using > Inno? And if not, then what can I say to these people to help dispel the > supposed "complications" of Windows Installer? Thanks. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM > Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly > what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app > Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
