It will fail with error code 1618 "Another installation is already in progress.
Complete that installation before proceeding with this install."
Why do you need to run the msi nested? Could you run one msi and then the other?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dix, John
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:42 PM
To: Bob Arnson
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Executing embedded MSI's
So is there a way around this? Creating a CustomAction in a DLL I write that
spawns the msiexec application against the MSI's maybe?
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From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue 8/21/2007 10:24 PM
To: Dix, John
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Executing embedded MSI's
Dix, John wrote:
It copies the file but I am not sure how then to execute it. I would rather
execute the file than copy it. My previous installer experience is with
InstallShield 11.5 and event hen it wasn't a lot of customization. Would it
help greatly to learn MSI parallel to WiX? Or is learning the WiX environment
sufficient?
You definitely need to know MSI -- WiX concepts are almost direct mappings to
MSI functionality (except the custom actions, which are all WiX-specific).
In this case, MSI no longer supports "nested installations" so there's nothing
WiX can do. A bootstrapper is in development, to allow you to chain multiple
MSIs together.
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