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From: Michael Urman [mailto:mur...@gmail.com]
Sent: 03 March 2010 13:20
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The biggest problem with installing dependencies from your UI sequence
is that they do not get called if your MSI is run with silent or basic
UI. And then, since your MSI can't show any UI, it's harder for it to
explain the failure. One hopes that if a person runs the MSI silently,
they know how to
Would it be alright to call an msi/exe from the UI sequence of another msi,
i.e., before the execute sequence of the parent msi even begins? I've tried
this out and it seems to work. I was wondering if there are any hidden side
effects.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Sascha Beaumont
wrote:
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Darn. I'll have to try some other route then. Thanks a lot for the help.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Sascha Beaumont
wrote:
> Unfortunately no. The EXE may contain a compressed MSI anyway :)
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> Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, etc. don't use the internal Windows
> Installer UI - the UI is
Unfortunately no. The EXE may contain a compressed MSI anyway :)
Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, etc. don't use the internal Windows
Installer UI - the UI is handled externally by the bootstrapper which
means you can drive installation of multiple MSI's.. If you take a
look at the Office DVD you
So there's no way for me to nest an installation inside my msi, even if the
installer I'm calling is an exe not an msi?
The problem is the license agreement and application feature selection
screen must be shown before the prerequisite installation starts.
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Bob Arn
On 2/24/2010 3:44 AM, Lisa Gracias wrote:
> I've tried the GenerateBootstrapper task in MSBuild but since it bootstraps
> all the prerequisites before calling the msi, it doesn't serve my purpose.
>
You can't install multiple .msis from within another .msi -- that's not
supported by the MSI e
Hi,
Download the tool BMG (Bootstapper manifest generator).
Give your .msi and select the pre requisite from list. If not in list download
from net.
Hope it solves your problem
Thanks,
Rahul.
From: Lisa Gracias [mailto:lisathelugubri...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wed 2/2
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