Re: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs

2008-09-29 Thread shawny
chrpai wrote: > > Actually this is possible with multiple instance transforms if you follow > a few simple design guides. I discuss it in detail on my blog. > InstallShield has custom tables to teach the build engine to generate and > embed these tables and I've recently written some XML d

Re: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs

2008-01-24 Thread Peter Jaworski
> The UI part gathers the information from the user and the target system as > usual, then opens the MSI database of the target package, "patches" it with > new GUIDs, starts the main installation as msiexec /I > and silently closes itself. In such case every > time you install your product, from

Re: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs

2008-01-24 Thread Christopher Painter
eresting way to deal with the problem. I understand now how to deal with the problem. Regards Daniel - From: Yan Sklyarenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 January 2008 10:51 To: Daniel Hatala; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: wix-users@lists.sourcef

Re: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs

2008-01-24 Thread Christopher Painter
Actually this is possible with multiple instance transforms if you follow a few simple design guides. I discuss it in detail on my blog.InstallShield has custom tables to teach the build engine to generate and embed these tables and I've recently written some XML driven custom automation t

Re: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs

2008-01-24 Thread Yan Sklyarenko
ilto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Janz Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs I don't think that this is possible because of the GUIDs which would have to be different every time yo

Re: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs

2008-01-24 Thread Daniel . Hatala
m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Janz Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs I don't think that this is possible because of the GUIDs which would have to be diff

Re: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs

2008-01-24 Thread Daniel . Hatala
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs Via VBScript custom action: ' open the MSI database of external package Set installer = CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer") path = Session.Property("SETUPEXEDIR") & "\name.msi" Set

Re: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs

2008-01-24 Thread Yan Sklyarenko
cute insertView.Close End Function Hope this helps. -- Yan ____________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:36 PM To: Yan Sklyarenko; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Wix mu

Re: [WiX-users] Wix multiple installs

2008-01-24 Thread Daniel Janz
I don't think that this is possible because of the GUIDs which would have to be different every time you install the package. Try to build an installer which copies the same files into different locations instead. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]