Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package

2009-04-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Madden, William wrote: > "A custom action can't run another installer." > > This is only partially true, a custom action can run another installer if run > from the UI sequence not the Execute sequence, only one install at a time can > be within a execute sequence. > True. But not supporting

Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package

2009-04-09 Thread Thomas S. Trias
Still probably safer to use a bootstrapper rather than a pseudo-nested install. Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package From: Madden, William To: General

Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package

2009-04-09 Thread Madden, William
rnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 7:17 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package Yu, Brian wrote: > Is it still the case where WIX don't really support it? Even with using > cust

Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package

2009-04-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Yu, Brian wrote: > Is it still the case where WIX don't really support it? Even with using > custom action? > A custom action can't run another installer. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- This SF.net email i

Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package

2009-04-09 Thread Yu, Brian
I'll try and learn how to use dotnetinstaller Brian -Original Message- From: dB. [mailto:dbl...@dblock.org] Sent: 19 March 2009 12:18 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package On an even more positive note thi

Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package

2009-03-19 Thread dB.
: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:29 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package Hey Jim, There is not an "official" way to do this at the time. You could develop your own "bootstrapper" that would launch the se

Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package

2009-03-18 Thread Brian Rogers
Hey Jim, There is not an "official" way to do this at the time. You could develop your own "bootstrapper" that would launch the sequence. It is highly recommend that you don't use a custom action to launch a secondary process while installing. On a positive note, WIX is currently in the process o