David Reed (MCS - HOUSTON) írta: > Howdy, again, folks. I have been trying to "reuse" a single installer to > deploy multiple "instances" of the same product to a single machine, and this > seems to be impossible with a single MSI. The installing user will specify > the instance name, path, etc, which distinguish it from other instances. > > Can anyone validate/verify that my hard knocks larnin' to be accurate? It > appears that ProductName and ProductID cannot be modified by manipulating > properties within WiX to allow multiple instances of the same product. > > The Windows Installer is a convenient, portable delivery mechanism, but it > seems to have a presumption of single-instance shrinkwrap inherent in it that > precludes it from being used for less rigorous setup and configuration > purposes. My current usage doesn't care about upgradeability or prevention of > installation of the same or other versions... > > The only way this installer novice can find to accomplish my goal would be to > wrap the "main" MSI in a shim application/installer which manipulates the > properties in the "main" MSI database before installing it. Please tell me > that I've overlooked the obvious. ;-) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > Just curious :D Why would anyone want to have the same application installed many times on a single computer?
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