Howdy all, we are an ISV with a WPF app and we are currently moving from ClickOnce to MSI. We are evaluating Advanced installer to see if it will work for us. We realize MSIX is the wave of the future, but it is new and the open source repo has a lot of activity. We are trying to determine if MSI is for us and is ready.
Here are some of the requirements we have:
(1) silent update triggered from our application
(2) UAC during install (registry & scheduled tasks)
(3) non-UAC during update
(4) to move users form the old ClickOnce to MSIX we need to access the "old" isolated storage folder (signed with our key)
(5) application installed per machine
(6) multiple features
(7) download full package for offline install or download web installer and select only features to install
(8) install with SCCM/GPO
So do you think MSIX is ready for us to take the leap right now? Or should we hold off a year or so. Since we install on thousands of machines, I prefer stability and reliability.
thanks for the help.
Don
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Re: Is MSIX for us?
Hello and welcome to our forums,
Thank you for giving Advanced Installer a trial.
Looking over your requirements I can say that definitely you cannot use the new MSIX package type. This is mainly because the MSIX setup packages installs only in the per-user context and there you cannot spawn any UAC elevation prompt. To get a basic view about the MSIX format please have a look on our "MSIX Tutorial: A comprehensive 24-chapter guide" article.
So, since the MSIX is a new setup package format and its design is continuously shaped and improved by Microsoft based on their customers experience, for now (taking into account your setup requirements too) I would suggest you to still use the old MSI setup package type.
If there is anything else we can help you with just let us know.
All the best,
Daniel
Thank you for giving Advanced Installer a trial.
Looking over your requirements I can say that definitely you cannot use the new MSIX package type. This is mainly because the MSIX setup packages installs only in the per-user context and there you cannot spawn any UAC elevation prompt. To get a basic view about the MSIX format please have a look on our "MSIX Tutorial: A comprehensive 24-chapter guide" article.
So, since the MSIX is a new setup package format and its design is continuously shaped and improved by Microsoft based on their customers experience, for now (taking into account your setup requirements too) I would suggest you to still use the old MSI setup package type.
If there is anything else we can help you with just let us know.
All the best,
Daniel
Re: Is MSIX for us?
Thanks for the guidance Daniel - much appreciated.