Are you considering to update the framework to provide extensibility to WIX targets? Here are few things I am looking at right now...
- I am against to change the framework files for custom menu items as we have one build server for several applications. Changing framework files screws up other applications. Also, any future updates to framework will loose the customization. If you can provide more extensibility to WIX (i know right now this is in .js file) ie, moving wix xml-composition to targets with extensibility, we will have lot of flexibility in customizing the MSI.
- Use of a property (something like InstallerFileName) for MSI name. [TFA -- available in BTDF v5.0]
- Setting File/Product Versions for assemblies (Alternatively I am changing the each project file before compile the solution) [TFA -- this must be done before compilation, so it cannot be handled by the Deployment Framework]
- Ability to set custom properties (like Version, Source, BuildServer) on MSI file. I don't know if that is possible with WIX. Right now I am using 'PackageComments' with concatenating all properties I need.
- I am against to change the framework files for custom menu items as we have one build server for several applications. Changing framework files screws up other applications. Also, any future updates to framework will loose the customization. If you can provide more extensibility to WIX (i know right now this is in .js file) ie, moving wix xml-composition to targets with extensibility, we will have lot of flexibility in customizing the MSI.
- Use of a property (something like InstallerFileName) for MSI name. [TFA -- available in BTDF v5.0]
- Setting File/Product Versions for assemblies (Alternatively I am changing the each project file before compile the solution) [TFA -- this must be done before compilation, so it cannot be handled by the Deployment Framework]
- Ability to set custom properties (like Version, Source, BuildServer) on MSI file. I don't know if that is possible with WIX. Right now I am using 'PackageComments' with concatenating all properties I need.
