Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-16 Thread Bob Arnson
On 16-May-11 14:07, Kevin MacDonald wrote: > behind the times. All I know is that they have specifically requested a > single MSI. That requires the use of an embedded chainer, which requires MSI 4.5 or later. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-16 Thread Kevin MacDonald
ot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > --- On Sat, 5/14/11, Bob Arnson wrote: > > > From: Bob Arnson > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Saturday, May 14, 20

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-15 Thread Christopher Painter
hread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Sat, 5/14/11, Bob Arnson wrote: From: Bob Arnson Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 7:23 PM On 13-May-11 13:32, Wilson, Phil wrote: > Well being picky you don'

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-May-11 13:32, Wilson, Phil wrote: > Well being picky you don't need MSI 4.5 if all you want to do is install a > collection of MSI files wrapped in your custom UI using > MsiSetExternalUIRecord - that's always been an option. MSI 4.5 gives you > transaction support (so you don't need to un

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-13 Thread Wilson, Phil
[mailto:t...@mondago.com] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 10:02 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together As has already been said, if you really want to do this you must use Windows Installer 4.5 and its multiple package installati

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-13 Thread Thom Leigh
n fact, that is what I do :-) -Original Message- From: Kevin MacDonald [mailto:kevinmacdon...@gmail.com] Sent: 13 May 2011 17:32 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together Using the latest version of Wix I could not see a

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-13 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
efore printing this e-mail > -Original Message- > From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 8:16 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs togethe

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-13 Thread Christopher Painter
--- Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Fri, 5/13/11, Kevin MacDonald wrote: From: Kevin MacDonald Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together To: "General di

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-13 Thread Kevin MacDonald
icked a > long time ago and extending the pattern is a piece of cake. > > > > --- > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > --- On Thu, 5/12/11, Cast

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-12 Thread Christopher Painter
ad that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Thu, 5/12/11, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) wrote: From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Date: Thursday, May 12, 2011, 7:40 PM A b

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-12 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -Original Message- > From: Kevin MacDonald [mailto:kevinmacdon...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:57 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Instal

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-12 Thread Hambright, Eric
27;t support chaining of MSIs. -Original Message- From: Kevin MacDonald [mailto:kevinmacdon...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:57 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together So, dotNetInstaller is a package of .NET cl

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-12 Thread Kevin MacDonald
So, dotNetInstaller is a package of .NET classes that facilitate chaining together MSIs? But, if it requires .NET then wouldn't any bootstrapper one builds with dotNetInstaller require that it be bootstrapped itself with .NET? My target computers don't necessarily have the .NET runtime installed.

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-12 Thread John Cooper
Burn is meant to provide this functionality, but it is under developed. There are plenty of chaining/bootstrapping products out there in the meantime. One I like is DotNetInstaller: http://dotnetinstaller.codeplex.com/ . You could use this to install the prerequisite Adobe AIR, if necessary,