Is the Microsoft Component Installer any use to you? It creates a setup that will install the prerequisites you mark as being needed, and then runs your installer.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cd11be5a-c735-48d9-9cdd-a6d211c2e1c1&DisplayLang=en Rob Ricardo Lopes wrote: > Hi, i use the GenerateBootstrapper task from msbuild to create a > bootstrapper but it doesn't do what you want to do, for that you have to > create your own bootstrapper. > > However if you want to give it a try here you have an example: > > <ItemGroup> > <BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.2.0"> > <ProductName>.NET Framework 2.0</ProductName> > </BootstrapperFile> > <BootstrapperFile Include=" Microsoft.Windows.Installer.3.1"> > <ProductName>Windows Installer 3.1</ProductName> > </BootstrapperFile> > <BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.JSharp.2.0 "> > <ProductName>Visual J# redistributable</ProductName> > </BootstrapperFile> > <BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Sql.Server.Express.1.0"> > <ProductName>SQL Server 2005 Express Edition</ProductName> > </BootstrapperFile> > </ItemGroup> > > <Target Name="Bootstrapper"> > <GenerateBootstrapper > ApplicationFile="app.msi" ApplicationName="My app" > BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)" OutputPath="bin" > ComponentsLocation="Relative" Culture="pt-PT" > Path="$(BootstrapperPath)" /> > </Target> > > In this example the bootstrapper includes the MSI 3.1, net2.0, j# and > SQLExpress. The property "BootstrapperPath" indicates the path to the > bootstrapper required files, default is: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft > Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper", however i use a local copy for > the cruise control server. > > Hope it helps. > > > On 20/03/07, *Chris Bardon* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I have some applications that depend on .net 2.0 being installed, > and I have an idea of how I'd like to have things work. A setup > file, deployed from an intranet site will check for the > prerequisites, and then once they are installed/verified, download > and run my MSI with the command line switches that I specify (if, > for example, I want to pass some property values in on the command > line). I understand that visual studio has a bootstrapper included > that should help with this, but I can't seem to find anything that > really talks about how to use it with your own MSI package. Is > there a sample out there of how to use the VS bootstrapper? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > <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
