Michael,
One constraint of Windows Installer is that it is not possible to run
one MSI from within another (also known as a nested install). If you
have two MSI files, you need an external application (the bootstrapper)
to trigger the installation of each MSI in turn. (I.e. your second
option.)
There is probably no need to write the bootstrapper from scratch, since
there are several already available. Check the archives for
"bootstrapper".
Regards,
Richard
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Reiland
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:20 PM
To: Brett Kapilik; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Calling external install script from
yourinstallscript?
Thank you for the quick response Brett.
I'm rather ignorant when it comes to installer scripts (This is a new
hat for me) so I'd like to make sure I'm understanding you.
The other software is installed via MSI so when you say I need to
bootstrap into 1 setup.exe does that mean I should create my MSI file
then create another MSI file that's made up of both my software MSI and
the OEM MSI?
Or are you stating that I should write a simple program named Setup.exe
that runs both MSI files in the background?
- Michael Reiland
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