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#712 Add New dialog... additional file types
The Add New dialog shows a variety of templates:
Wix File, Wix Include File, Wix Localization, etc etc
and finally Text File.
It would be nice to offer a VBScript template.
I tend to do my Custom Actions as VBScripts. Easy to
implement, easy to debug, and very low cost
prerequiste (virtual all machines have VBScript
installed).
It would be handy if I could select a VBScript
template that starts me off with:
Option Explicit
sub Main()
end sub
or at the least:
Option Explicit
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You're right that having a VBScript (or JScript) template would be nice to have if it was a good thing to use them in your installer. :) We're purposely not adding these to Votive/Wix because in general they are not a good thing to use in your installer. In Rob's words, "VBScript and Jscript suck for CustomActions." :) You can read more about it in Rob's blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2004/05/20/136530.aspx.
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You're right that having a VBScript (or JScript) template would be nice to have if it was a good thing to use them in your installer. :) We're purposely not adding these to Votive/Wix because in general they are not a good thing to use in your installer. In Rob's words, "VBScript and Jscript suck for CustomActions." :) You can read more about it in Rob's blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2004/05/20/136530.aspx.