Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage: rename exe before runnning it

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Mensching
--Original Message- > > From: Benjamin Mayrargue [mailto:benja...@vapolia.fr] > > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 9:59 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage: rename exe before runnning it > > > > I

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage: rename exe before runnning it

2013-05-31 Thread Benjamin Mayrargue
lia.fr] > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 9:59 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage: rename exe before runnning it > > I need this feature because i'm launching an external installer (.exe) and > i need to give it a

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage: rename exe before runnning it

2013-05-31 Thread Hoover, Jacob
party installer had a non-standard idea. -Original Message- From: Benjamin Mayrargue [mailto:benja...@vapolia.fr] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 9:59 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage: rename exe before runnning it I need this feat

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage: rename exe before runnning it

2013-05-31 Thread Benjamin Mayrargue
I need this feature because i'm launching an external installer (.exe) and i need to give it a serial number (user dependent, asked in the bootstrapper UI) as parameter, and the only way to give it this parameter is by renaming this exe file from INSTALLER.EXE to INSTALLER_SERIAL.exe Yes i know thi

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage: rename exe before runnning it

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Mensching
No, and that won't work will with the way that Burn caches packages and such. This scenario isn't supported today. Why do you need to do such a thing? On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 5:08 AM, Benjamin Mayrargue wrote: > Hi all again, > i have a strange requirement. > > I need to rename the EXE file (set

[WiX-users] ExePackage: rename exe before runnning it

2013-05-31 Thread Benjamin Mayrargue
Hi all again, i have a strange requirement. I need to rename the EXE file (set in ExePackage) before running it. The renaming involves a variable set and known only at runtime. Is this possible out of the box ? thks, B. -