Use a bootstrapper to chain multiple MSIs with pre-conditions.
http://dotnetinstaller.codeplex.com is a good choice.
Hope this helps,
-dB.
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From: Carter, Patrick [mailto:patrick.car...@stryker.com]
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> Fastest way to get what you want working might be to use dark.exe to turn
> everything into
5 version?
>
> Thanks
> Jk
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Carter, Patrick wrote:
> I have been tasked with building a CD-based "install" that check the pre-reqs
> (this I can do) and get all these MSI's into one install so they can be
> selected and de-selected as &quo
s correct or if I could combine two extracted MSI's
>
>
> Patrick J. Carter
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:01 PM
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I could combine two extracted MSI's
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>
> Patrick J. Carter
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:01 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
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Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:01 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX, InstallShield and combining multiple MSIs
Carter, Patrick wrote:
> I have been tasked with building a CD-based "install" that check the pre-reqs
Carter, Patrick wrote:
> I have been tasked with building a CD-based "install" that check the pre-reqs
> (this I can do) and get all these MSI's into one install so they can be
> selected and de-selected as "features".
>
You need a chainer. WiX's chainer is still in development.
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What you don't mention are the following:
Which of the 21 MSIs are written in WiX (as opposed to InstallShield) and
how many (of each) are written in older versions of each of those two
toolsets.
Will you be supplying your own UI binary (a bootstrapper) or will you be
attempting to combine the va
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