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easy msi deployment

- integrate wix for msi deployment in IDE
- better scan of dependencies
- enhance custom action development. (integrate in ide...)
- support msp-patch development
- setup designer (setup GUI)

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    Stefan SchmidtStefan Schmidt shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    declined  ·  Visual Studio teamAdminVisual Studio team (Product Team, Microsoft) responded  · 

    Thank you for your idea. At this point, the MSI packaging solution for Visual Studio will be supplied by InstallShield LE, which you can find by going to New Projects / Other Project Types / Setup and Deployment.

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      • SteveCSteveC commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        InstallShield LE is unacceptable for mature and professional organizations that support automated deployment in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment configurations. WiX is the only answer, and we only use that in our environment. However, the learning curve for WiX is currently high, which creates "process drag" when we have to onboard new team members (or have to remember what we tweaked 8 months ago for a deployment). Please beef-up WiX support in VS 2012.

      • goeppelgoeppel commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I am using Visual Studio 2012. Not only is there no setup and deployment projects but the non integrated Install Shield LE or whatever it is. When I go to other Projects It ask If I want to download something for VS 11 Beta. Is that VS 2012. What a PITA.

      • Varun Gupta - MSFTVarun Gupta - MSFT commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Thank you for the feedback. Have you tried InstallShield Limited Edition that came with Visual Studio 2010? Would love to hear your feedback.

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