Re: [WiX-users] Generate MSI during install

2008-05-18 Thread jmcfadyen
here is a method I use to consume an xml file. You could get your server application to generate an xml and let the client consume it during installation. http://johnmcfadyen.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9DD01136FC094724!197.entry Matthew Sheets wrote: > > To expand on some of the earlier sugg

Re: [WiX-users] Generate MSI during install

2008-05-16 Thread Matthew Sheets
To expand on some of the earlier suggestions, I would offer the following: * As suggested earlier, create two WiX projects--one for the server and one for the client. * Create the client so that all options (or at least a many as possible) will be used as properties. To get the client WiX proje

Re: [WiX-users] Generate MSI during install

2008-05-16 Thread Phil Sayers
small issues until I get them worked out. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gendelman, Yuri Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 10:38 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Generate MSI during install Hello Phil, You can c

Re: [WiX-users] Generate MSI during install

2008-05-16 Thread Gendelman, Yuri
Hello Phil, You can create 2 separate WiX projects, for a server, and for a client. Than add a Custom Action to the first one (server), which will launch a batch file for compiling and linking the second one (client). MBR, Yuri -Original Message- Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:05:47 -0400 Fr

Re: [WiX-users] Generate MSI during install

2008-05-16 Thread Dan Hoeger
Check out the windows installer SDK there are api's to allow you to edit an MSI. I would suggest just creating the client MSI and then using a custom action to edit some properties during the server install. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Sayers Sent: Friday