Hello all,
I've got an interesting situation that I'm hoping some folks on this list
might be able to help with. As part of a setup package I'm working on, I need
to install some files from another installation package that I cannot modify.
What I'd like to have happen is the user runs my package and at some point
during setup is prompted to insert the CD (or browse to the MSI), from which
those files (from the external MSI) are then installed to the location I need.
Most of my efforts on trying to solve this problem have been around trying to
trick MSI and WiX into thinking that there is a second "disk" on which the .cab
file (from the other install package) lives that contains the files I need.
This didn't work out so well as the disk prompt dialog only appears if the MSI
is on removable media (not a common scenario for my setup package), and didn't
provide a way for the user to browse for the package. That, and I'm not sure
this approach would work anyways, as it seems I might have to do a bit of
hacking in the .wxs to make WiX work properly with it. Playing around with
Orca and WiX, and looking through a ton of newsgroups, mailing lists, and
documentation didn't seem to yield an answer either.
Any thoughts on how best to do this? Or is this just a terrible idea in the
first place? Besides getting this to work, I'm concerned about this approach
in an administrative install scenario. Any insight is appreciated.
Thanks,
Jack Nichols
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
---------------------------------
Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace.
It's the best place to buy or sell services for
just about anything Open Source.
http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace
_______________________________________________
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
