You are correct on pretty much all accounts. It's a space that needs more development to get really good.
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Nicholas Devenish <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm writing the installation for a software package, and want to use the > features selection to do so, and have it mostly running okay in the .msi. > The software uses .NET, so I'd like the option to automatically install if > it isn't installed - thus, I have been led to burn. > > The problem is, the only way any of the examples show include a wrapping > licence screen - the .msi has it's own licence screen, and the burn screen > doesn't seem to be removable, and ends up with two, thematically separate > licence screens (as well as lots more clicking for the same action). I just > want the user to be offered to install .NET if it isn't, and then passed > through to the normal msi installation. > > Are my expectations off? I'm starting to get an inkling that using the msi > interface is "deprecated" and that the whole UI should be in burn, but > can't find any examples that are between stupidly simple (i.e. the normal, > literal licence screen on burn) or stupidly complicated (the heavily > custom-ui of the WiX installation itself). > > Is there any way of doing/learning what I am looking for? > > Thanks! > > Nick > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and > much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - > 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. > SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
