You could create a simple bootstrap exe that reads the settings from a
file and launches your msi with the appropriate command line.
Neil
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Quirion
Sent: 21 February 2007 18:35
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix and Answer file (unattended install)
Thanks Mr. Krueger,
Ive played with Transforms most of this morning. Sadly, since every
installation will be different (my installer actually installs 3
products), a "generic" Transform file is not possible, and i cant ask my
customers to learn how to make their own transform files. Transform
files, while not being really hard to understand, requires too much
tinkering OR the use of expensive tools (AdminStudio...). Sadly, i cant
ask my customer to produce such transforms as part of our installation
process. And i cant ship a template to my customer, since its a binary
file that requires an editor like Orca.
Passing info thru the command line seems a bit impractical too as i will
have a serial number, list of installed products, database connection
infos (for licensing purpose).
Having a flat-textfile answer file would be the best option for me. So,
i guess what are you are saying is that i will have to go ahead and code
the whole thing in an CustomAction ??
Thanks
On 2/20/07, Stefan Krueger [MVP] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
User input is stored in properties. If these are public properties (in
all
upper case) and listed in the SecureCustomProperties property you can
set
them on the command line. If you prefer a "response file" like solution,
a
transform could store the property values.
--
Stefan Krueger
Microsoft Windows Installer MVP
Please post your questions in the newsgroup or vist one of these web
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Windows Installer FAQ
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InstallSite - Resources for Setup Developers
http://www.installsite.org
http://www.installsite.de (GERMAN)
"Carl Quirion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Hi,
I'm currently trying to figure out how to provide my MSI installer with
an
answer file. This answer file would be used for unattended setups, so
that
users of my application are able to deploy it thru their active
directory's
GPO.
How would i pass this file to the msi. Are there existing mechanism that
will automatically do what i want to do, or do i have to code it.
If i have to code it, would i need a "custom" action DLL ? Or is there a
way
to use InstallExecuteSequence and specify which "field" of my text file
goes
into which "field" of my setup ?
Thanks,
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