Hi Anweshi, My application current requires things like: .NET 3.5 SP1, SQLNCLI, SQLCMD, Windows Installer 3, Crystal Reports 12. There may be others too.
Is there something in the Wix MSBUILD tasks that can produce a Setup.exe to launch these pre-reqs? Regards Graham -------------------------------------------------- From: "Anu Dev" <queryl...@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:42 PM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008 > HI > > What prerequisites are you looking for... .NetFramework? > > Let me know.. I have worked on it and its quite easy to include them in > WIX. > > Thank you > Anweshi > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "Wilson, Phil" <phil.wil...@wonderware.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 11:13:40 PM > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008 > > There's this too that I think is a different one, right? > > http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/bmg > > Phil Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin MacPherson [mailto:mar...@metapixel..co.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:50 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008 > > There is always the MSBuild GenerateBootstrapperTask. ( > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164294.aspx) > <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164294.aspx> > I've not used it but imagine it isn't the most flexible/powerful solution. > It looks pretty straightforward however. > > 2009/3/3 Jacob, Christian <cja...@toptechnologies.de> > >> I am not sure, since I am primarily working with InstallShield. But maybe >> you are searching for setupbld.exe? Look for it within this Mailing List. >> I used it for example to chain an MSI and an MSP together. >> >> Regards, >> Chris. >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Graham Allwood [mailto:graham.allw...@live.co.uk] >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. März 2009 14:49 >> An: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Betreff: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008 >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I'm looking in to replacing our existing VS2008 setup project with on >> authored in Wix. The one thing I am struggling to find out is how I would >> do >> a bootstrapper for my Wix project. Is there a tool included in Wix 3.0 >> that >> can install my applications pre-requisites then launch my msi? >> >> >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> >> >> Graham >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, >> CA >> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the >> Enterprise >> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source >> participation >> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: >> SFAD >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, >> CA >> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the >> Enterprise >> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source >> participation >> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: >> SFAD >> http://p.sf..net/sfu/XcvMzF8H >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists..sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, > CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: > SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists..sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, > CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: > SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, > CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: > SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
