Re: [WiX-users] Making an MST at install time...

2008-10-26 Thread Rob Mensching
PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 16:29 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Making an MST at install time... Then what would I have to do instead in order to have the same effect? (Would I have to have a bootstrapper create my second MSI, say?) The

Re: [WiX-users] Making an MST at install time...

2008-10-26 Thread Curtis Jewell
Then what would I have to do instead in order to have the same effect? (Would I have to have a bootstrapper create my second MSI, say?) The reason I ask is that the program I'm writing my setup for could be installed on multiple machines that connect to the same database. The first installation

Re: [WiX-users] Making an MST at install time...

2008-10-26 Thread Rob Mensching
A transform (MST) is a diff between two MSI files. There isn't a way that I know of to generate an MST from inputs entered during the InstallUI sequence. The tools that I've seen are outside of the installation process. -Original Message- From: Curtis Jewell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] S

Re: [WiX-users] Making an MST at install time...

2008-10-26 Thread Bob Arnson
Curtis Jewell wrote: > I remember somebody asking about making an MST at install time to save > the install settings, a la Visual Studio. > > Can I get an idea of what I would have to write in a C++ custom action > (pointers to the correct fine portions of the MSI SDK would help) and > how I would