Re: [WiX-users] MSI to EXE and Dark Exception

2008-07-14 Thread Alex Goryuk
r at > SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix/ - Tracker category Dark > and version 3.0). > > Will also take a look at Setupbld.exe. > > Regards, > > Tony > http://www.58bits.com > > -- > > Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:36

Re: [WiX-users] MSI to EXE and Dark Exception

2008-07-14 Thread Anthony Bouch
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Re: [WiX-users] MSI to EXE and Dark Exception

2008-07-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Anthony Bouch wrote: > I was wondering what my options were for trying to produce a .exe from the > .msi Take a look at setupexe. > - mainly so that Vista users can right-click and "run as Administrator" > (should they want to - if we leave aside the security issue for a moment). > MSI produ

[WiX-users] MSI to EXE and Dark Exception

2008-07-13 Thread Anthony Bouch
Hi All I'm a newbie (but definitely a convert) to WiX. I've successfully create a fairly advanced WiX script with some help from a sample project. Also building fine from NAnt. I was wondering what my options were for trying to produce a .exe from the .msi - mainly so that Vista users can right-c

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Thomas Leigh wrote: That's the beauty of open-source: if we wanted it that badly, we'd branch and do it ourselves wouldn't we :P No reason to fork -- just contribute the code. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - Thi

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-25 Thread Christopher Painter
apilik (Indigo Rose Corporation) - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peterson, Joel Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:07 AM To: Christopher Painter; Bob Arnson; John Vottero Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-25 Thread Brett Kapilik
2007 11:07 AM To: Christopher Painter; Bob Arnson; John Vottero Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe I think half the subscribers to this mailing list are waiting for that. :) Joel Peterson

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-25 Thread Thomas Leigh
o Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe I think half the subscribers to this mailing list are waiting for that. :) Joel Peterson Quality Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance Engineer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-25 Thread Peterson, Joel
8:09 AM To: Bob Arnson; John Vottero Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe I didn't want to beat this thread to death, but that's exactly right. >From my perspective I'm trying to investigate how WiX can make my life easier then InstallShield a

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-25 Thread Christopher Painter
I didn't want to beat this thread to death, but that's exactly right. From my perspective I'm trying to investigate how WiX can make my life easier then InstallShield and I have to admit, while I know how to program a bootstrapper from scratch, I'm completly spoiled in that I'm used to simple

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-25 Thread Bob Arnson
John Vottero wrote: We use iexpress to bundle everything into a self extracting executable. We then add a manifest to that executable and sign it. When the self extracting executable unpacks, it runs our bootstrapper which does all the detecting etc. and then invokes msiexec with the corre

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-23 Thread John Vottero
: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 10:09 PM To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] msi to exe It was clearly purposed for packaging IE, it always was. Now it also seems to have become repurposed as a generic basic

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread Christopher Painter
What says it’s for packaging IE not other apps? From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 8:24 PM To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] msi to exe Yes but it still says it's for p

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread John Vottero
What says it's for packaging IE not other apps? From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 8:24 PM To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] msi to exe Yes but it still says it's for packaging IE not othe

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread Christopher Painter
nt: Friday, June 22, 2007 5:47 PM To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] msi to exe Google as alot of hits with \IEAK\ and dllhelp is too slow ( and often too inaccurate ) for me to confirm right now. I might not have the right EULA, but it seems pretty

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread John Vottero
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 5:47 PM To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] msi to exe Google as alot of hits with \IEAK\ and dllhelp is too slow ( and often too inaccurate ) for me to confirm right now. I might not have the right EULA, but it seems

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread Christopher Painter
Kit” and yet, I have IExpress.exe. Why do you think that license covers IExpress? From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 5:31 PM To: Christopher Painter; John Vottero; Afshin Sepehri; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] msi

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread John Vottero
pehri; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe I'm reading this page: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/ie/ieak7/eula.mspx And I don't see any rights to use iexpress in the way that I read it being described here. Christopher Painter <[

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread John Vottero
o see the command line switches. From: Afshin Sepehri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 5:06 PM To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] msi to exe I need this to be done as part of an automatic daily build

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread Christopher Painter
riday, June 22, 2007 5:06 PM To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] msi to exe I need this to be done as part of an automatic daily build process which also creates the .msi file. I am not sure if IExpress can be used for this purpose. Any alt

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread Christopher Painter
epehri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 5:06 PM To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] msi to exe I need this to be done as part of an automatic daily build process which also creates the .msi file. I am not sure if IExpress can b

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread John Vottero
We use IExpress as part of an automated daily build. Do "iexpress.exe /?" to see the command line switches. From: Afshin Sepehri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 5:06 PM To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] msi to exe

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread Don Tasanasanta
Sepehri; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] msi to exe Use IExpress.exe. You probably already have it (it's part of IE). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Afshin Sepehri Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 4:53 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforg

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread Afshin Sepehri
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] msi to exe Use IExpress.exe. You probably already have it (it's part of IE). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Afshin Sepehri Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 4:53 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread John Vottero
Use IExpress.exe. You probably already have it (it's part of IE). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Afshin Sepehri Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 4:53 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] msi to exe Hi, How can I convert an .msi fi

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread Peterson, Joel
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[WiX-users] msi to exe

2007-06-22 Thread Afshin Sepehri
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