Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-16 Thread Christopher Painter
l Urman To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Fri, July 16, 2010 10:05:15 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX While extracting it from the temp folder, or the cached location mentioned in a log file will work, why not just perform an administrative insta

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-16 Thread Thode, Katelyn
Thanks - that worked perfectly! -Original Message- From: Michael Urman [mailto:mur...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:05 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX While extracting it from the temp folder, or

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-16 Thread Michael Urman
While extracting it from the temp folder, or the cached location mentioned in a log file will work, why not just perform an administrative install? This way you can drop the .msi file wherever you'd like. http://helpnet.flexerasoftware.com/robo/projects/installshield12helplib/IHelpSetup_EXECmdLine

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-16 Thread Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS)
for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX If you have WinZip and you open that exe with it, you may see the embedded files. Or the internals might be proprietary. Otherwise as I said. If you run the exe the MSI file will be extracted somewhere, just hunt

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-16 Thread Christopher Painter
now a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me - Original Message From: "Thode, Katelyn" To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Fri, July 16, 2010 8:28:03 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX Thanks - I d

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-16 Thread Thode, Katelyn
: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:20 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX They won't be able to say where it extracted because while different versions hav

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-16 Thread Christopher Painter
[WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX On 7/15/2010 8:02 PM, Wilson, Phil wrote: > If you have WinZip and you open that exe with it, you may see the embedded >files. Or the internals might be proprietary. Otherwise as I said. If you run >the exe the MSI file will be extracted somewhere, j

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-16 Thread Bob Arnson
On 7/15/2010 8:02 PM, Wilson, Phil wrote: > If you have WinZip and you open that exe with it, you may see the embedded > files. Or the internals might be proprietary. Otherwise as I said. If you run > the exe the MSI file will be extracted somewhere, just hunt for it and > copy/save it. > O

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-15 Thread Wilson, Phil
, Katelyn [mailto:katelyn.th...@guidancesoftware.com] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:06 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX The executable wraps an msi that was created with InstallShield 12. Is there a way for me to

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-15 Thread Thode, Katelyn
: Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX It can't be MSI-based with guids everywhere *and* be simply an executable, so I'd verify that it's not an older non-MSI setup of the type that InstallShield used to do. If it is MSI-based and an exe, then maybe the MSI file is embedded i

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-15 Thread Thode, Katelyn
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX Yes, a million info programs around Try SuperORCA On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:39 AM, Thode, Katelyn wrote: > I am working on porting an InstallShield installer over to wix.  I don't have > the source code for the instal

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-15 Thread Wilson, Phil
com] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 9:40 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX I am working on porting an InstallShield installer over to wix. I don't have the source code for the installer and the installer itself is an executable file. Is the

Re: [WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-15 Thread Alec Taylor
Yes, a million info programs around Try SuperORCA On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:39 AM, Thode, Katelyn wrote: > I am working on porting an InstallShield installer over to wix.  I don't have > the source code for the installer and the installer itself is an executable > file.  Is there a way to get

[WiX-users] Porting installer to WiX

2010-07-15 Thread Thode, Katelyn
I am working on porting an InstallShield installer over to wix. I don't have the source code for the installer and the installer itself is an executable file. Is there a way to get the GUIDs for the product Id and upgrade code from the executable file? Thanks, Katelyn Note: The information c