Re: [WiX-users] running a msi via a custom action...

2012-09-10 Thread Steven Ogilvie
nning a msi via a custom action... Steven, It sounds like you are calling one MSI from another. This is not a Windows Installer recommended practice. If you need to install two MSI's for your application, you should consider using a bootloader such as Burn to install them one at a time.

Re: [WiX-users] running a msi via a custom action...

2012-09-10 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Sorry for the false alarm, Figured it out myself... I had the property named one thing but was calling the deferred customaction with a different Id than the property name hence it didn’t work :) Steve -Original Message- From: StevenOgilvie [mailto:sogil...@msn.com] Sent: September-10

Re: [WiX-users] running a msi via a custom action...

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Lord
Steven, It sounds like you are calling one MSI from another. This is not a Windows Installer recommended practice. If you need to install two MSI's for your application, you should consider using a bootloader such as Burn to install them one at a time. Hope that helps Chris -Original

Re: [WiX-users] running a msi via a custom action...

2012-09-10 Thread Phil Wilson
Recursive MSI installs don't work (an oversimplification, but a complete explanation is too complex). General approaches are to use Burn to install them separately, or to have one be a prerequisite for the other. This restriction is why VC Redist runtimes and other MSI-based setups are never run f