WIX Installer time frame to develop an installer -
My boss has requested that I build Win installer MSI using WIX. He gave me 2 days on the basis of the fact that PA of the group says that it is easy to use Volks (he made an installer in about 2 months). Now for the fun part, applications put 4000 files at 14,000 locations, there are custom actions in it, and 25 services have been installed. The files go to the D drive along with the C drive. I have used WIX for about 8 hours and do not really know the design of this application ... but this is another problem ... I'm new to the group.
Do you understand Windows Installer (aka: MSI)? If not, then a big part of your time will be learning MSI. After that, heat.exe can help you prepare your authoring very quickly. Services will take some time and custom actions based on their complexity can be simple or complex.
I want devo time for at least two weeks to do this ... but I know the Windows Installer and YX) very well;) If the custom actions are all complex then I have 4 - 8 Week is required.
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