Hi,

How can I convert VDPROJ (Setup project VS2003) to WIX?

Thank's

Alexei

Hi, Alexeiï¼?/p>

Based on my understanding, you want to convert the standard Setup Project to Wix Project in your Visual Studio, don't you?

Well, I am afraid to say that, as far as I know,there are no such automatictool available for that job right now.

So, you will have to do that job manually, and it may be something difficult at beginning, because you cannot use drag and drop and it is using XML to define the process (That's why it is called Windows Installer XML). But when you are familiar with Wix, you will find it powerfulfor developing MSI packages.

Here are some tutorials which may help you to start learning Wix projects.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnwingen/html/wixsetup.asp

http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/

Hope this helps,

Regards

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You don't convert the project file, you convert the MSI file. There's a tool called Dark that converts an MSI into WiX source.

Hi, Alexeiï¼?/p>

Based on my understanding, you want to convert the standard Setup Project to Wix Project in your Visual Studio, don't you?

Well, I am afraid to say that, as far as I know,there are no such automatictool available for that job right now.

So, you will have to do that job manually, and it may be something difficult at beginning, because you cannot use drag and drop and it is using XML to define the process (That's why it is called Windows Installer XML). But when you are familiar with Wix, you will find it powerfulfor developing MSI packages.

Here are some tutorials which may help you to start learning Wix projects.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnwingen/html/wixsetup.asp

http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/

Hope this helps,

Regards

This response contains a reference to a third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and has not tested any software or information found on these sites; therefore, Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there. There are inherent dangers in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any software from the Internet.

You don't convert the project file, you convert the MSI file. There's a tool called Dark that converts an MSI into WiX source.