Here is what we use:
<Condition Message="Installation may not be executed directly. Please run
Setup.exe in root folder of installation disk">DIRECTEXECUTE = 1 OR REMOVE =
"ALL" OR REINSTALL="ALL" OR PATCH OR MSIPATCHREMOVE</Condition>
Then from your bootstrapper you need to add DIRECTEXECUTE=1 to the command line
Thanks,
Dan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Vottero
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:03 AM
To: Ricardo Lopes; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent MSI to be invoked directly
We use Wix and the MSBuild GenerateBootstrapper too. We use IExpress.exe to to
combine everything into a single executable. IExpress is part of IE so, you
probably already have it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ricardo Lopes
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:00 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Prevent MSI to be invoked directly
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.
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