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Re:Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler by jenscow on Friday April 04, 2014 @08:39AM (#7530920)
We know they stink, but it's what a lot of people have spent time working with.

There is no straightforward migration path from vdproj to WiX, either. It's a case of re-writing all of your deployment code (which has already been tested/tweaked/hacked on for years) for no upfront benefit.

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Re:Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler by bananas on Friday April 04, 2014 @08:46AM (#7530966)
It's pretty simple. We used this and it took about an hour on top to adjust our build system to label the packages properly:

http://www.add-in-express.com/vdproj-wix-converter/index.php

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