Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-29 Thread Arun Perregatturv
olset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive You shouldn't be doing this from an MSI, but from a bootstrapper. MSIs are not design to run other installers. Try http://dotnetinstaller.codeplex.com. Hope this helps, Cheers dB. -Original Message-

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-29 Thread Arun Perregatturv
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive SourceDir property - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371857(VS.85).aspx It will be resolved to a root dir of the installation package (whatever it might be - CD ROM or admin installation somewhere

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-29 Thread dB .
onday, December 28, 2009 10:15 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive I searched all over the Wix but couldn't find anywhere how to install application from cdrom drive. I have wix install which should install SQL S

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Alexander Shevchuk (Volt)
. -Original Message- From: Arun Perregatturv [mailto:aperregatt...@napcosecurity.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:07 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive CA Type 34 - does it give me the D

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Chad Petersen
e (InstallUI or InstallExecute) -Original Message- From: Arun Perregatturv [mailto:aperregatt...@napcosecurity.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive So my code wou

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Arun Perregatturv
- From: Alexander Shevchuk (Volt) [mailto:a-ale...@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 5:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive You need CA Type 34 (http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Arun Perregatturv
ML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive And, maybe I should point out that you might actually need two CustomAction entries to run one program. Here's mine The first one sets up the command line to use. The second one is what actually gets run. Notice

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Chad Petersen
t one. -Original Message- From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:27 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive I do have a CustomAction that references the Sour

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Alexander Shevchuk (Volt)
[mailto:aperregatt...@napcosecurity.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:09 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive Thanks, I will try that. I was thinking of using a CustomAction to run the external program

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Chad Petersen
...@napcosecurity.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:09 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive Thanks, I will try that. I was thinking of using a CustomAction to run the external program, which I already do

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Arun Perregatturv
-Original Message- From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 4:20 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive Don't take what I said the wrong way. WiX is

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Chad Petersen
ebugging many issues. Good luck with your project. -Original Message- From: Arun Perregatturv [mailto:aperregatt...@napcosecurity.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 11:52 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Arun Perregatturv
ersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:25 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive You can't generally launch one install program from within another. However, I am not familia

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Chad Petersen
neral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive Anyone? Arun Perregattur From: Arun Perregatturv Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 10:15 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Install extern

Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Arun Perregatturv
Anyone? Arun Perregattur From: Arun Perregatturv Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 10:15 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Install external program from CDROM drive I searched all over the Wix but couldn't find anywhere how to install application from cdrom d

[WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive

2009-12-28 Thread Arun Perregatturv
I searched all over the Wix but couldn't find anywhere how to install application from cdrom drive. I have wix install which should install SQL Server 2008 based on user selection. Say, if user selects client install I don't have to install SQL Server but if he selects Server install then I hav