Thanks for the tip! I will look into the AutoIt language. To get me started, could you provide me with a sample piece of your script that checks the .NET version and downloads/launches the installer?
Logan DEÁK JAHN, Gábor-2 wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:41:05 -0700, Rob Mensching wrote: > > Hello, > > as I had to face the same problem just a couple of weeks ago, the final > approach I took was putting together a very simple bootstrapper in the > AutoIt scripting language. Nothing fancy, it is a Setup.exe that checks > for .NET 2.0 and SP1 in my case, downloads and executes them from a known > location, then downloads the actual MSI and launches it. In a distributed > media scenario (eg. all files on a CD) it is even simpler because there is > no need to download anything. > > Bye, > Gábor > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > DEÁK JAHN, Gábor -- Budapest, Hungary > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/.NET-Bootstrapper%2C-Self-Extracting-Executables-tp1351845p1355907.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
