Re: [WiX-users] Check installer integrity

2014-09-24 Thread Phil Wilson
The usual way to check the integrity of anything like that is to sign it with a certificate. If your company already has a certificate through VeriSign, Thawte etc then use it to sign your packages. --- Phil Wilson On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 3:52 AM, HugoR wrote: > Thanks Gus, I will ta

Re: [WiX-users] Check installer integrity

2014-09-24 Thread HugoR
Thanks Gus, I will take a look at Signature. Also, I tried to download our setup (which is a self extractable by the way), and to stop internet connection before the end of the downloading. And when I execute the installer, a 'File corrupted' error message is displayed and neither the extraction n

Re: [WiX-users] Check installer integrity

2014-09-23 Thread Gus Nassar
Hugo, I think that's what the signiture verification is for. Even if you were to suppress it, burn will do a hash check on the file. If it fails the hash check, burn does not trust the file and retries. I'm not sure about catching the error. You could attach to: Boot

[WiX-users] Check installer integrity

2014-09-23 Thread HugoR
Hi everyone, Is there any way to check the integrity of the installer before the setup wizard is launched? I have one setup package which is downloaded over internet, and I would like to ensure that something like an error message will be displayed to the client in case the installer is damaged wh