Re: [WiX-users] Investigating use of WiX

2010-04-07 Thread Devlyn
Hello, I have just prototyped an installer package using WiX that does all the below you outlined (excepting SQL Server 2005 Express, not 2008) as well as registering COM components manually (i.e not self-registering). It will be a single easy step for your user, however, required a lot of invest

Re: [WiX-users] Investigating use of WiX

2010-04-06 Thread Pally Sandher
1 - not possible using Windows Installer. You need to use a bootstrapper to sequence installation of multiple products. 2 - Sounds simple enough. 3 - Someone else with experience of installing & configuring SQL databases with WiX will need to answer as I've never had to do this myself (as yet).