You have to extract it. The Windows Installer engine doesn't know how to read MSI files out of resource streams. Besides, you're going to want to put the MSI in a place where future repair operations can find it. Otherwise the user will get prompted to find an MSI that is hidden inside your boostrapper (which may or may not be around anymore). You can see the setup.exe with WiX v3 caches.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Magus Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 3:24 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Embedding MSI in a bootstrapper Not really a wix questions, but I did create my program in wix, just wondering if anyone had done this before. My bootstrapper is suppose to control the UI for the Installer, and also check to see if the file is already installed and prompt user to play or uninstall if it is already installed. With that in mind I don't want to user to run the MSI itself I want to insure that that run the Bootstrapper. Is there a way to embed the msi inside the bootstrapper as a resource and then run it? I would like not to have to extract the MSI during runtime but to instead just run it from resource if its possible -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Embedding-MSI-in-a-bootstrapper-tf2379080.html#a6630105 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
