Flame is a tool I wrote last year to take the nightmare that is working with WIX and make it easy to create a nice looking installer on windows with some important features (Shortcuts, Registry, File types, Custom Branding). I absolutely detest writing their inane xml by hand and generating then looking up GUIDs makes me want to hurt someone. So, instead of all that nonsense, you can simple run Flame and create a .kflame file for your project. You pick your files and some simple options, set up shortcuts and registry entries, and it does the rest. You don’t even have to run any of the wix exes, it does it all for you. Next time you want to make the installer, you just open the file with Flame, hit go, and you’re done. No retyping, no looking up GUIDs, no insanity.
This week I needed to create an installer for one of my other projects and decided it would be a good time to dust off Flame, fix the bugs, and add some features. Behold, the fruits of my labor, version 1.2.0. It successfully built its own installer, as well as some test ones, with no problems. However, due to the vast differences in how developers set up their projects, it would be incredibly helpful to get some real world testing done and get feedback on success/failure.
Here is the keeyai.com page for Flame, and here is the sourceforge page where you can actually get the files. Good luck, and may you spend your precious time developing instead of pulling your hair out over WIX’s inanities.
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