Re: [WiX-users] Single deployable bootstrapper EXE in 7Zip selfextracting archive

2006-12-09 Thread Rob Mensching
That's my plan for the WiX bootstrapper. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:06 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Single deployable bootstrapper EXE in

Re: [WiX-users] Single deployable bootstrapper EXE in 7Zip selfextracting archive

2006-12-09 Thread David Thielen
Hi; Is there a way that the original setup.exe can be set as run-once when Windows boots so that after the reboot it starts from the beginning? That would be ok because at that point everything is installed and it then runs your installer. ??? - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303

Re: [WiX-users] Single deployable bootstrapper EXE in 7Zip selfextracting archive

2006-12-08 Thread Rob Mensching
et Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Single deployable bootstrapper EXE in 7Zip selfextracting archive Right, I just noticed all the bootstrapper talk but it doesn't address my problem. I am doing what you suggested by using MSBuild GenerateBootstrapper task to generate setup.exe and then using 7Z

Re: [WiX-users] Single deployable bootstrapper EXE in 7Zip selfextracting archive

2006-12-08 Thread Jesse Englert
Right, I just noticed all the bootstrapper talk but it doesn't address my problem.  I am doing what you suggested by using MSBuild GenerateBootstrapper task to generate setup.exe and then using 7Zip (offers same functionality as chilkatsoft) to create a self-extracting executable that launches

Re: [WiX-users] Single deployable bootstrapper EXE in 7Zip selfextracting archive

2006-12-08 Thread David Thielen
Hi; There was just a bunch of emails on this as I was asking the same thing. * For the bootstrapper program, look at the GenerateBootstrapper task in MSBuild. * Once you have that, you now have 2 programs (your MSI and GenerateBootstrapper's setup.exe). Combine them using http