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Closed 10 years ago.
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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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)
You can try WixEdit.
SharpDevelop also has built-in capabilities for laying out a WiX dialog. I prefer it over WixEdit.
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/
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).
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Closed 9 years ago.
I want to test Microstrategy applications using any web testing tools. I figured out seleniun serves my purpose well. But microstrategy applications are deployed in flash formats. Please help me to guide how to test these flash applications is there any tool available? Can I use selenium only and how to use?
Thanks in advance
Selenium cannot interact with Flash objects.
You can use FlashSelenium, which is quite old but seems to work:
http://code.google.com/p/flash-selenium/
Or use Sikuli, Adobe's 'Genie' library, or Ranorex's library:
http://sourceforge.net/adobe/genie/wiki/Home/
http://www.ranorex.com/product/automated-ui-testing-of-flash-flex-applications.html
http://www.sikuli.org/
There is very limited tools and information for Flash UI Testing.
Another alternative is to interact with it directly using Javascript.
sikuli is a good one for it is based on JAVA so that you can add its jar file in to your build path .. Another one is AUTOIT where it is an 'easy bad' idea which is not recommend but in some case it may (or may not) come handy. As you have to give the co-ordination (x,y) of any element and enter code for it to interact with it like clicking or entering a text..
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Closed 11 years ago.
I'm searching for a good IDE that supports multiply languages and compiling of them, syntax highlighting, uploading of microcontroller projects etc.
The problem is; I currently have 8 different IDE:s, each for a different language (Programmer's Notepad (PHP, HTML), Qt Creator (C++ with Qt libraries), Eclipse C++ (C++), Eclipse Java (Java), Processing (Processing), Arduino IDE (Arduino), AVR Studio (AVR (C)), Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express (Visual C++)), and I am sure more will be added to the list.
So what I'm searching for now is a Windows (or cross plattform) Programming IDE with support for as many languages as possible, and not only with syntax highlighting (PN), I want ONE button to compile a program and ONE button to Run/Upload the program, not multiply from a list.
Can someone please help me?
Eclipse with according plugins can support almost all of the above, except maybe for VC++
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Closed 10 years ago.
While I used to VB 6 like the back of my hand, it has been a very long time I have never attempted to convert a large project. Are their any guides to help me along the process?
There is Dan Appleman's Moving to VB .NET
Also:
10 Things to Avoid When Moving From VB6 to VB.NET
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Migration Resource Center (an excellent resource)
Moving from VB6 to VB.NET (Windows Forms)
These 2 tools can be useful in conversions:
Code Advisor for Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Assessment Tool
At this http://migrationguide.artinsoft.com/ you will find a good guide, as a matter of fact is a whole book addressing a lot of issues of VB6 migration.
You can also look at the blogs in artinsoft which provide good information and also there is a tool by this company that you can download from MSDN.
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Exact duplicate: Best strategy for moving applications from VB6 to VB.Net
Exact duplicate: Conversion tool comparisons for VB6
can any one please tell the tool which converts vb6 to vb.net
thanks
dagg
There is one that comes with vb.net. When you open a .vbp vb6 project, it asks if you would like to automatically convert it to vb.net. It does a pretty good job, exclusive of third party add-ons.
Microsoft Corp just published a world-wide case study based on the successful VB6 migration project:
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000006181
You can also try Visual Basic Upgrade Companion.
It generates VB .NET and C# and maps COM components to Framework components.
pr_vb_companion
I believe that Visual Studio has a built-in VB6 -> VB .NET project and source conversion component built in. I haven't used it for a while, last time I did a conversion was with Visual Studio 2005. It was a little tricky, and there was still some manual clean up involved to get things working just right. I don't know what the VS2008 system is like.
This is certainly not a trivial matter.
DotNetRocks recently did a show on this, which you will find here - Francesco Balena on VB to .NET Migration - http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=491
This will introduce you to some of the issues, and indeed, a tool to do a conversion.
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Closed 11 years ago.
I am using WIX at the moment, but keep on running into limitations (such as ability to expand properties as the value of another property). Also not sure if I ran into a bug with the FileSearch element, because it is not working as expected (does not find a file that is definitely there). I can go the route of using custom actions built into a dll, but was just wondering if there is a beter way.
I think the best tool (maturity, features, documentation, easy-of-use) is currently AdvancedInstaller. I'm not usually recommending commercial tools but this one is really good value for money.
They also have freeware edition for basic needs.
I have been using Installshield almost a decade by now.