Hi Graham When you build your WIX Project it generates Setup.exe and SetUp.MSI. SetUp.exe runs all the prerequisites and then automatically runs SetUp.MSI which installs your applicaiton. If you just run SetUp.MSI then it just installs only your application. GenerateBootStrapper Element basically generates the SetUp.Exe. All the prerequisites are downloaded from the location which you specify in the BootStrapper Packages.
<GenerateBootstrapperApplicationFile="MyApp.msi"ApplicationName="My App"BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)"ComponentsLocation="HomeSite"CopyComponents="False"OutputPath="$(OutputPath)"Path="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\">GenerateBootstrapper> </ Observe that the Element CopyComponent is set to false and ComponentsLocation to Homesite which indicates the SetUp.exe to download the prerequisites from the location you specified in the Bootstrapper Packages. Just wanted to check from you: Do you have all the Bootstrapper packages in Packages Folder location? Thank you Anweshi ________________________________ From: Graham Allwood <graham.allw...@live.co.uk> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 5:36:35 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008 Wow, that looks very useful. I've never really used Wix (yet), can you tell me, does this product a Setup.exe as well as the usual product MSI file? Or are the Bootstrapper files included in my product MSI file? Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Anu Dev [mailto:queryl...@yahoo.com] Sent: 04 March 2009 11:22 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008 Hi Graham If you have all the Bootstrapper packages ready with you then here is code to include them in your WixProject. Open the WixProj file. Add the following : < <!-- include the name of your Packages-->BootstrapperFileInclude="Microsoft.Net.Framework.2.0">ProductName >Microsoft.Net.Framework.2.0</ProductName>BootstrapperFile>BootstrapperFileI nclude="Microsoft.SQL.Server.2008.CLR Types"Condition="">ProductName>Microsoft SQL Server 2008 CLR Types</ProductName>BootstrapperFile>BootstrapperFileInclude="Microsoft.SQL.S erver.2008.Express Management Objects Collection"Condition="">ProductName>Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Objects Collection</ProductName>BootstrapperFile>ItemGroup>TargetName="AfterBuild">G enerateBootstrapperApplicationFile="MyApp.msi"ApplicationName="My App"BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)"ComponentsLocation="HomeSite"Copy Components="False"OutputPath="$(OutputPath)"Path="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\">GenerateBootstrapper>Target> < < </ < < </ < < </ </ < < </ </ItemGroup> Let me know if you have any questions Thank you Anweshi ________________________________ From: Graham Allwood <graham..allw...@live.co.uk> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 6:21:15 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008 Thanks Arun, Its more the process of generating the Setup.exe and having that linked to the packages I was looking for. Graham -------------------------------------------------- From: "Arun Perregatturv" <aperregatt...@napcosecurity.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:31 PM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008 > This might help you even though it's for VS 2005 but this will work with > VS2008. I was able to get Windows Installer 4.5, NET35 SP1, SQL > 2008,VC++2005 Runtimes and Crystal Reports 10.5. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa730839(VS.80).aspx#custompkg_creat ingaproductmanifest > > > Arun Perregattur > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Allwood [mailto:graham.allw...@live.co.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:17 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008 > > 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 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