Need to convert a Wise 7.x WSE to InstallShield RUL

msiexpert created the topic: Need to convert a Wise 7.x WSE to InstallShield RUL
I have a major need to move a critical WiseScript WSE file over so it can be use in InstalShield AdminStudio 9 or Premier 2009. The script logic is different in WiseScript vs InstallScript hence the immediate need for someone here to please have a look and try and convert it over to InstallScript. Thanks so much.

applicationPackaging replied the topic: Re: Need to convert a Wise 7.x WSE to InstallShield RUL
Is there a problem with compiling the WSE into an exe, and calling it as a custom action?

msiexpert replied the topic: Re: Need to convert a Wise 7.x WSE to InstallShield RUL
hehe.. no no you don’t understand.. we’re switching to InstallShield and the immediate need is to move our code over from WiseScript to InstallScript. We just need someone to translate our main code over to it so we can build our first InstallScript exe wrapper.

applicationPackaging replied the topic: Re: Need to convert a Wise 7.x WSE to InstallShield RUL
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That kind of enterprise-class work requires a non-trivial time commitment, and isn’t likely to come for free. There are a few people on the boards you could PM for a quote, but you will probably be better off investigating the technology yourself, and rewriting your mystery WSE as required. I would imagine that the translation will be non-direct, as they are two independent pseudo-languages with their own little quirks and syntax issues.

msiexpert replied the topic: Re: Need to convert a Wise 7.x WSE to InstallShield RUL
If its a WSE to RUL translation then perhaps I am willing to pay. Its not like its a large super-complex script after all. I just need it done.

applicationPackaging replied the topic: Re: Need to convert a Wise 7.x WSE to InstallShield RUL
Why on earth would you want to use InstallScript? That’s a retrograde step. Pretty much anything that happens in WiseScript can be accomplished natively in an MSI. Corporates HATE black-box packages and will re-package into an MSI so why not save them the bother? As for translation, I don’t think you have a prayer.

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