GUI for Dialog-design for WiX

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WiX is great in that there is no GUI, you just write the installer you want it to be. No fiddling with GUI-wizards!

However, drawing GUI is actually one thing I prefer to use a GUI for.

So, is there any Dialog-drawing program which exports WiX-data?
(I suppose else-wise perhaps I could transform what Visual Studio's forms editor does to WiX-XML.)

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score 54 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 16 '20 at 08:00

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I created a full list of editors for WiX here: https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2007/11/20/wix-editors/ (which is amazingly still up to date)

edited Dec 16 '20 at 08:00

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answered May 01 '10 at 22:22

Rob Mensching

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PLEASE keep this list updated. :) – Jake Berger Mar 02 '12 at 18:09
Something similar like WixEdit should be default in Visual Studio 2015... – juFo Mar 01 '17 at 14:34

score 36 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '10 at 23:35

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You can try WixEdit.

answered Apr 02 '10 at 23:35

VitalyVal

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I highly recommend this installer. It walks you through the step of creating an installer from scratch. It may be out of date, but you can always use SharpDevelop to finish where it left off. – ATL_DEV Jul 26 '12 at 03:41
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Hasn't been updated since March 2011. – PeterX Apr 23 '13 at 07:22
[Changelog](https://wixedit.github.io/changelog/) shows it's been updated (October 14, 2021 at time of writing). – Vimes Jun 11 '22 at 01:38

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 05 '10 at 21:36

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SharpDevelop also has built-in capabilities for laying out a WiX dialog. I prefer it over WixEdit.

answered Apr 05 '10 at 21:36

Bryan Batchelder

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This is what I was never able to achieve. Hopefully, it would be better in latest versions. – Farrukh Waheed Apr 23 '13 at 07:41

score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 17 '15 at 09:47

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this is excellent GUI IDE and it is open source.....

try this... http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/mattward/archive/2006/09/17/WixIntegration.aspx

download IDE from here:

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Download/

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answered Jun 15 '12 at 09:05

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered May 05 '10 at 13:07

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If you use Visual Studio 2008/2010 and want to install an application that requires .NET framework you might be interested in having a look at SharpSetup. It allows you to graphically edit installer UI as WinForms controls (and use VS designer for that).

answered May 05 '10 at 13:07

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