we have a legacy installer built using Installshield. Considering the cost and licensing issues we are moving towards Wix. If any has made this switch what were the problems you faced like Upgrade scenarios ?
Potential problems when we are migrating from Installshield to WIX 4
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I did this migration two years ago for the same reason and it was not as easy as I thought. The biggest problems I faced were:
Today, I would do the following:
But after all the migration proved to be beneficial to my project.