[wix-users] Visual Studio "15" installer? [P]

[John Zajac]

>From what I've seen in the deployment guides, I can understand that
click-to-run presents some challenges. I've heard my sys admins complain
about it, too. IIRC they began breaking a few WoW64 rules with the new
click-to-run installers. 32-bit components in 64-bit folder I think is what
caught me off guard.

Back to the point of the original question: I don't think the new VS
installer uses Click-To-Run. However that article might actually be onto
something about them using Node, as I see the vs_installer.exe process has
a --node-integration=true command line parameter and a 'node.dll' in
'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer'. You could
probably dig some more and get a general idea of how they're using it.

I'm still not all that impressed. I think the WiX Toolset installer is way
cooler ;)

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Steven Ogilvie <Steven.Ogilvie at titus.com>
wrote:

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> ClickToRun is a ridiculous installer feature... (IMHO)
>
> You can't wait a few minutes to use the app?
> Most places install major apps after hours using GPO , ePO, or SCCM or
> other software push software...
>
> Steve
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> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of John Zajac
> Sent: May 5, 2016 11:25 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Visual Studio "15" installer?
>
> I also see evidence of Burn (v3.7), in the new "Visual Studio "15" Preview
> with new installer". When I saw the demo at their last Build event, they
> kept saying how fast it was, so I originally thought they were going to use
> the 'Click-to-Run' technology (like the new Office installers) where the
> user can immediately start working with the application and as they user a
> feature those bits would be downloaded as first priority.
>
>  this article
> <
> http://t.sidekickopen51.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs8r4Px6W3LyXBW4WrMg4N3J2C4j166gNf7lS-kF03?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Farticle%2Fheres-whats-inside-microsofts-private-preview-of-visual-studio-next%2F&si=5758464741081088&pi=2ef32f32-2ca0-4094-dd95-b840e459d826
> >
> claims
> that 'the new installer is a Node app'. Maybe they use some Node along
> with their telemetry/application insights. I'm not sure I understand that
> comment in the article. Not even sure how much I trust it either.
>
> Maybe that new 'minimal' UI you mention is populated dynamically through
> some kind of feed over the internet?
>
> Might be a good Quora question for some Microsoft employee to expand on.
>
>
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> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:21 AM, Nick Ball <Nick.Ball at grantadesign.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've just downloaded the preview of Visual Studio "15" and they have a
> > 'new' installer. Does anyone know what this uses? Having a poke around
> > it doesn't seem to be burn, but I might be wrong. It seems a lot more
> > in your face, showing the minimal UI for each package separate from
> > the main installer. Thoughts?
> >
> > -N
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-John