Re: [WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage

2012-09-05 Thread jhennessey
I just created a stand-alone executable. As long are you already require .NET then it makes sense to do it in C#. In my particular case I did it in vc++ (and statically linked the runtime) so I could use it for both native and managed bundles. -- View this message in context: http://windows-ins

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage

2012-09-05 Thread Thomas . Deboben
Datum: 29.08.2012 07:32 Betreff:Re: [WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage UPDATE: OK, using the recommendation of creating a stub EXE I have got this working. Here's what I did in case anyone else needs to handle this type of installer. 1. Created a stub executable that ma

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage

2012-08-28 Thread jhennessey
UPDATE: OK, using the recommendation of creating a stub EXE I have got this working. Here's what I did in case anyone else needs to handle this type of installer. 1. Created a stub executable that manages the installation and removal of the package. The stub exe does a few things: a) Parses s

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage

2012-08-23 Thread Rob Mensching
b Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:53 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage > > Yeah, sadly we totally missed this pattern of exe installers in the firs

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage

2012-08-23 Thread jhennessey
Good idea, I'm going to look into this approach and post back if I'm successful...thanks for the idea! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-InstallAnywhere-ExePackage-tp7580040p7580050.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archi

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage

2012-08-23 Thread Hoover, Jacob
ssage- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:53 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage Yeah, sadly we totally missed this pattern of exe installers in the first versi

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage

2012-08-23 Thread jhennessey
Yeah I have never even been exposed to this type of installer until very recently. Should I file a bug for 3.7 to track this? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-InstallAnywhere-ExePackage-tp7580040p7580047.html Sent from the wix-u

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage

2012-08-23 Thread Rob Mensching
Yeah, sadly we totally missed this pattern of exe installers in the first version of Burn. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 7:41 AM, jhennessey wrote: > I was wondering if anyone out there has had the unfortunate task of trying > to > bootstrap an InstallAnywhere package? > > I ask because apparently to u

[WiX-users] Burn - InstallAnywhere ExePackage

2012-08-23 Thread jhennessey
I was wondering if anyone out there has had the unfortunate task of trying to bootstrap an InstallAnywhere package? I ask because apparently to uninstall these types of packages you need to launch an "uninstall.exe" file that gets installed by the setup executable. That being the case it appears b