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Is there anyway to embed a usercontrol inside a WIX installer?
We’re trying to replace an InstallShield installer with a WIX installer, however there are a couple of involved UserControls that the InstallShield installer embeds that would be easier to reuse than reimplement.
As far as I know, it is not possible to embed user controls inside Wix installers. This is because Wix simply outputs a standard Windows Installer MSI file, and that only supports limited types of controls.
That being said, you might want to look out for Burn, a newcomer to the Wix toolset expected later this year, which is likely to include support for custom UIs on top of Windows Installers.