I don't use it, so I wouldn't know. Sorry. Rob
Ricardo Lopes wrote: > That is what i was thinking, do you know if the bootstrapper generated > by the msbuild GenerateBootstrapper task passes some property to the msi ? > > Thanks. > > On 21/02/07, * Rob Hamflett* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > It's possible to include an MSI with an executable as a > resource. The program would then need to > extract the MSI before running it. > > A simpler and quicker solution is to add a new property to the MSI > call. When your bootstrapper > calls the MSI, pass a property like STARTEDFROMBOOTSTRAPPER=1, and > have a launch condition on the > MSI that throws an error if STARTEDFROMBOOTSTRAPPER <> 1. > > Rob > > Ricardo Lopes wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I made a MSI installer using Wix and a bootstrapper using the msbuild > > GenerateBootstrapper task, it creates a setup.exe and a msi file, but > > the msi can be invoke directly overcoming the checks made by the > > bootstrapper and there are checks on the bootstrapper that are > difficult > > to include as conditions to prevent the installer from running. > > > > Is there any way to do any of this : > > > > - avoid the msi from unless is started by the bootstrapper (some > kind of > > condition) > > - merge the bootstrapper and the msi in only one file and start the > > setup.exe when the merged file is started. > > - any other suggestion ? > > > > I tried to change the extension of the msi to .dat and start that > file > > from the setup.exe but it doesn't work as i expected. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ricardo Lopes. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > <http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto: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 > > <http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV> > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > -- > > Ricardo Lopes > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
