Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot

2014-06-16 Thread Wesley Manning
discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot So your installer will install package you created PLUS this third party setup.exe? Or is the only thing your installer installing is this setup.exe

Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot

2014-06-16 Thread Moyer, Andy
11:43 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot It sounds like you want to create a self extracting archive of the 3rd party files. 7zip is a free tool that can do this. On Sun, Jun

Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot

2014-06-16 Thread Wesley Manning
. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot It sounds like you want to create a self extracting archive of the 3rd party files. 7zip is a free tool that can do this. On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 9:25 PM, Moyer, Andy wrote: > Thank

Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot

2014-06-15 Thread Marek Mielcarek
. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot Thank you, but my user base can install click-once prerequisites. Security is not the problem today. The problem is that the 3rd party redistributable is in the form of a setup.exe, with

Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot

2014-06-15 Thread Sean Hall
Sunday, June 15, 2014 6:55 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party > redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot > > ‎I am sorry, I hit "sent" before finishing the answer. > > A

Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot

2014-06-15 Thread Moyer, Andy
[mailto:mmielca...@actuate.com] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 6:55 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot ‎I am sorry, I hit "sent" before

Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot

2014-06-15 Thread Marek Mielcarek
‎I am sorry, I hit "sent" before finishing the answer. A vanilla/plain ‎version of your problem goes like trhis: "how to install a 3rd party distributable using click-once deployment". As I already pointed before, this is ‎is security issue. You can deliver (virtually) any binary to users host

Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable -- fixed link to screen shot

2014-06-15 Thread Marek Mielcarek
Hi Andy, if I understand your request correctly then it should not be a problem from wix/msi perspective. However , the real issue is that you want to push the installation of your 3rd party piece via click-once deployment. To be completely clear and honest, building wix/msi wrapper will not

Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable

2014-06-15 Thread Walter Dexter
I do this quite a lot. So long as the setup.exe isn't masking an MSI, its a simple matter of installing the files to the target system and doing a custom action to invoke it. On Jun 15, 2014 6:14 PM, "Nicolás Alvarez" wrote: > 2014-06-15 14:36 GMT-03:00 Moyer, Andy : > > What I need help with is,

Re: [WiX-users] simple re-packaging of a 3rd party redistributable

2014-06-15 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
2014-06-15 14:36 GMT-03:00 Moyer, Andy : > What I need help with is, how can I make an .msi or .exe that bundles up all > the files shown in the attached screen shot Attached files don't reach the mailing list. Please upload the screenshot to an image-sharing website and post the link instead.